Turnitin
How to Use Turnitin in Canvas
- Turnitin is a tool to help students avoid plagiarism and improper citation. Instructors can enable Plagiarism, Citation checking and AI dectection by simply choosing Turnitin from the Plagiarism Review dropdown box while configuring the Canvas assignment.
- Students submit their paper as a normal Canvas Assignment and access the Turnitin Similarity report within Canvas. Student may also generate a Turnitin Similarity report and citation checking before they submit their paper to Canvas, using the Turnitin Draft Coach Plugin in USF Google Docs.
Instructor Resources
Creating and Configuring the Turnitin Assignment in Canvas
- How to Create a Turnitin Assignment
- Turnitin Assignment Configuration Options Explained
Store in, Compare against, Exclude, etc... - Student Instructions for Finding and Viewing Turnitin Similarity Report
- Import Template Turnitin Assignment into your Course from Canvas Commons: Go to Canvas Commons and search for USF Turnitin Template Assignment
Once a Report is Generated
- Navigating the Similarity Report
- Managing exclusions and filters in the Similarity Report
- Flags in the Similarity Report
- Viewing Document Details
- Generating a new Similarity Report for an exsiting submission
Turnitin AI Detection for Instructors
- Turnitin’s AI Writing Detection Capabilities FAQS
- Turnitin AI Instructor Guides
- Professional Resources
An overview of resources for educators in search of academic integrity solutions in instruction and assessment when faced with student usage of artificial intelligence tools.
Submitting Existing Student Papers Directly to Turnitin
If you are an instructor and need to submit a paper directly to Turnitin outside of a Canvas assignment, please contact itt@usfca.edu
Student Resources
Submtting your Turnitin Assignment and Viewing the Similarity Report
If your instructor has enabled your Canvas Assignment to be evaluated in Turnitin, you will just submit your assignment as usual. The Similarity report will be generated automatically.
- Student Instructions for Finding the Turnitin Similarity Report
- Navigating and Interpreting the student Similarity Report
Turnitin Draft Coach
The Turnitin Draft Coach provides students the opportunity to run their USF Google Documents through the Turnitin Similarity, Citation and Grammar checkers before submitting the final document in Canvas.