The tool generates a similarity reports that highlights any instances of text in a student's work that match other sources and flags this for instructors with a percentage score indicating the likelihood of plagiarism.

BLUE: No matching text

GREEN: One word to 24% matching text

YELLOW: 25-49% matching text

ORANGE: 50-74% matching text

RED: 75-100% matching text

However, this is not an indictment of plagiarism, as use of popular quotes or references can increase a similarity score. This simply highlights any matching areas in your paper so your instructor can use this as an investigative tool to determine if the match is or is not acceptable.