Turnitin

Description

• Turnitin allows you to check your students’ written work for originality and includes feedback and grading features.

Teacher Accounts

• Teachers will need to access Turnitin.com through Canvas. It may cause problems if teachers try to access their account directly through Turnitin.com.

  • Option 1: Turnitin External Tool

    • Create a Turnitin Assignment in Canvas

    • Submit a Turnitin Assignment in Canvas

    • Manage a Turnitin Assignment in Canvas

  • Option 2: Plagiarism Framework

    • Creating an Assignment with the Canvas Plagiarism → Framework

    • External Tool vs. Plagiarism Framework

Student Accounts

• Student accounts are created when students access assignment in Canvas.

• Turnitin uses the same assignments upload process you'll already familiar with. If you haven't submitted using Canvas before, follow the steps below.

  • From the Assignments tab, open your assignment.

  • Use the Submit Assignment button to get started

  • Share this link of step-by-step directions with students 

Resources

• Link to Turnitin Essentials (Google Drive Folder)

• Using Turnitin with Canvas

• Turnitin's AI writing detection capabilities FAQ

• Trouble shoot student access: Chrome: Update Chrome OS and Clear Cache

• Suggest a document

Support

• Turnitin's help guides

• Turnitin's help center/Submit a  help ticket

• District support at:edtech@smuhsd.org

Licensing

• All sites are licensed to use this resource.

Student Data Privacy Agreement

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