Can Turnitin be wrong?

Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. Reality: There is no “threshold” similarity score that is either “good” or “bad.” Each Similarity Report needs to be examined to understand whether a student has plagiarized and whether there is a problem.

How do I correct plagiarism on Turnitin?

5 ways How to Reduce Similarity on Turnitin

1. Cite your sources to avoid plagiarism.
2. Use Quotation marks to reduce similarity.
3. Avoid too many quotes.
4. Paraphrase thoroughly to remove plagiarism.
5. Avoid copying word-to-word.

Does Turnitin detect plagiarism from your own work?

Turnitin cannot identify incidents of plagiarism. Please refer to Algonquin’s Plagiarism policy (AA20) and the Learning Resource Centre’s Academic Integrity web page for more information. The true learning power of Turnitin in terms of academic integrity is realized when students perform their own originality check.

What is a high Turnitin score?

Some universities accept Turnitin scores of 10\%, others entertain as high as 45\% if the sources are well cited. No matter the accepted score, anything above 20\% is just too much plagiarism and shows a lot of copying.

How does Turnitin detect plagiarism?

1. Turnitin detects plagiarism. Reality: Student papers are compared against content in the Turnitin database, and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. Instructors MUST look at the Similarity Report to determine if there is a problem.

How many papers does Turnitin receive daily?

Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our software, servers, and databases. Want to provide meaningful student feedback and deter plagiarism?

What is the similarity score of the Turnitin paper?

They submit this paper to Turnitin on 15th October and receive a similarity score of 25\%. The student who originally wrote the paper submits it to Turnitin a week later, receiving a 100\% similarity score.

Why did my Turnitin score result result result be 100\%?

A student may have used Turnitin to submit drafts of the same paper, meaning their final draft has resulted in a score of 100\%. As the instructor is likely aware that their student has submitted multiple times, they can rectify this issue by excluding the student’s previous submissions from the Similarity Report.