{"id":26618,"date":"2023-08-29T15:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=26618"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:42:44","slug":"brightspace-turnitin-similarity-tool","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/article\/brightspace-turnitin-similarity-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace \u2013 Turnitin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turnitin is a tool that can be used to assess similarities between students\u2019 written submissions and other documents. TurnItIn generates a report that compares the content of student submissions to websites, journal articles, and other written assignments collected at the University of Vermont, along with other schools.<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert  hts-messages--withtitle  \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Note<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tAll images in this tutorial are screenshots.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<h2>Creating a Turnitin Similarity Assignment<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Go to Course Tools: Assignments<\/h3>\n<p>Create an assignment as you normally would, but tweak some options for TurnItIn.<\/p>\n<p>See the UVM Knowledge Base article:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/article\/brightspace-how-to-create-an-assignment\/\">\u00a0Brightspace \u2013 Assignments.<\/a><\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--success  hts-messages--withtitle hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Best Practice<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tAdd a note to students&#8217; instructions: \u201cTurnitin is enabled for this assignment.\u201d     \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<h3>Step 2: Under Submission &amp; Completion, select &#8220;Compatible with Turnitin&#8221; under Allowable File Extensions<\/h3>\n<p>When you select Compatible with Turnitin, these are the Allowed File Extensions: doc, docx, html, hwp, odt, pdf, pps, ppsx, ppt, pptx, ps, rtf, txt, wpd, xls, and xlsx.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Under Evaluation &amp; Feedback, select Manage TurnItIn<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2.png 404w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2-33x50.png 33w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2-40x60.png 40w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-2-67x100.png 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--success  hts-messages--withtitle hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Best Practice<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tAllow learners to see similarity scores in their submission folder    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p>Choose &#8220;Enable Similarity Report&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3.png\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3.png 984w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3-50x40.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-3-100x79.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Evaluating a Turnitin Similarity Assignment<\/h2>\n<p>Go to <strong>Course Tools<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Assignments<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Select a Turnitin Assignment<\/strong> &gt; <strong>View Submissions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5.png\" rel=\"lightbox-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5.png 598w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5-50x44.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5-60x52.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-5-100x87.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Interpreting a Turnitin Similarity Report<\/h2>\n<p>Select the report you wish to review<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7.png\" rel=\"lightbox-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1357\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7.png 1357w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7-50x31.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7-60x37.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-7-100x62.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1357px) 100vw, 1357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report will open in a new window.<\/p>\n<p>The similarity tools are on the left-hand side of the report.<\/p>\n<h4>Flag<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hidden Text<\/strong>: Text has been found that is the same color as the background color. This can be an attempt to artificially inflate the word count of a document or to throw off similarity detection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Replaced Characters<\/strong>: The author of the paper has swapped out easily mistakable letters from different alphabets to try to elude similarity detection. The characters were replaced for the characters that align with the language of the paper when generating the Similarity Report, but the intention of academic misconduct is there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Score<\/h4>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert  hts-messages--withtitle  \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Note<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tHigh similarity scores are not good or bad. They indicate closer examination by you is needed.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a.png\" rel=\"lightbox-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a.png 490w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a-50x46.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a-60x55.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8a-100x92.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ranking icon views all sources and indicates the location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b.png\" rel=\"lightbox-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b.png 390w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b-150x300.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b-25x50.png 25w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b-30x60.png 30w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-8b-50x100.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\">Turnitin Guides -&gt;\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/categories\/22037225052173-Academic-integrity-tools\">Academic integrity tools -&gt;\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/23289410960781-The-Similarity-Report\">The Similarity Report<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Grading a Turnitin Similarity Assignment<\/h2>\n<p>Evaluate the assignment as you normally would. See the UVM Knowledge Base article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/article\/brightspace-grading\/\">Brightspace \u2013 Grading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9.png\" rel=\"lightbox-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9-60x33.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TurnItIn-9-100x54.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Turnitin Documentation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/24008452116749-Welcome-to-Turnitin-Guides\">Turnitin Guides.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\">Support Center<\/a> where you can <a href=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\">create a ticket with Turnitin&#8217;s support team<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>UVM Resources<\/h2>\n<p>See <a class=\"breadcrumb__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/wid\/turnitin\">UVM&#8217;s Writing In The Disciplines (WID) Turnitin page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turnitin is a tool that can be used to assess similarities between students\u2019 written submissions and other documents. 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