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      • Turnitin is a text-matching software. It generates a similarity report by comparing student submissions to published works, web content, and a library of student assignments across the globe. If there are occurrences where a student's writing is similar to, or matches, one of the database sources, then Turnitin highlights this for review.
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  1. Oct 31, 2024 · Even when a submission has quotation marks and references, the quoted text will show as a match. The similarity score is simply the percentage of text in a submission that matched to other sources. Use this as a tool within your review process to make your own determination if any academic misconduct is present.

  2. Protect your institution's academic standards with Turnitin's plagiarism detector. Identify copied content and ensure originality in every submission.

  3. Jul 9, 2024 · The similarity score is the percentage of matched text your submission contains. We calculate this by dividing the total words in a submission by the amount of words matched to outside sources. It is likely your submission will match against some of our database.

  4. Aug 17, 2018 · This guide describes what a similarity report shows and how to interpret matches highlighted on a student’s assignment submitted to Turnitin. The similarity report is an effective way to: Check that online sources in an assignment have been properly cited and the text has not simply been copied without appropriate referencing.

  5. Aug 15, 2023 · By integrating Turnitin into their programs, academic institutions can help promote academic honesty, help to preserve intellectual property, and keep access to the educational process fair. Using Turnitin also helps students learn to effectively research, paraphrase, quote, and cite sources.

  6. Nov 7, 2024 · The Turnitin Similarity Report is a flexible document that provides a summary of matching or similar text in submitted work compared against our database and highlights where writing is similar to one of our sources.

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  8. Sep 29, 2023 · Building Better Results: Benefits of Turnitin for Academic Writing. During revision (the process of fine-tuning and polishing), specific features of Turnitin allow writers to revise with an eye toward using sources effectively, meeting APA guidelines for citations and references, and correcting grammar errors.