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Authorship Q & A

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Students' resubmission for plagiarism check

Hi, I am an instructor and I have this challenge of having to manually remove students' submissions on Turnitin before they can resubmit. This is cumbersome.…
- Nathanael_Damilare_Ojo
- 12 days ago
- 1reply
- 27
- 2
- Last replyJana Bielecki6 days ago
- Authorship Q & A

how do i check for student plagiarism?

a calidad de vida en una ciudad depende de muchos factores, que van desde la infraestructura y los servicios públicos hasta la oferta cultural y el acceso a espacios verdes.…
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- Maria.3
- 6 mths ago
- 2replies
- 99
- Last replyMaria4 mths ago
- Authorship Q & A
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No Readability Level

I have run a number of authorship reports for docx. submissions and have noticed that there's no readability for the assignments! Does anyone have an explanation for why Turnitin is not able to pick…
- cscurr
- 3 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 36
- Last replyGill Rowell3 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Submissions by Group User

Hi, just wanted to check if there is a workaround available for using the tool for individual submissions made by Group User? The tool can locate the paper but can't find comparison files based on…
- Office of Educational Integrity
- ed_integrity
- 3 yrs ago
- 7replies
- 28
- Last replyed_integrity3 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Hidden text

I can't see anything in the user manual to explain Hidden Text which is one of the new features of the beta version. I have Googled and investigated but I can't see any 'hidden text' in the document…
- Academic Integrity Investigator and Advisor, CQUniversity
- Aysen
- 5 yrs ago
- 10replies
- 84
- Last replyAysen5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A

Error message - report not opening

I am having an issue opening reports once created. I am getting an error message saying saying ‘Hmm .. we couldn’t find that ...Please check to make sure you've entered the correct URL'.…
- Office of Educational Integrity
- ed_integrity
- 5 yrs ago
- 4replies
- 37
- Last replyEric_Holm5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Investigation recommended vs not recommended.

On what data is the investigation "recommended" "not recommended" labels determined? Trying to make sense of all the data and not seeing why some come up as one and not the other.
- Dwaldron
- 5 yrs ago
- 3replies
- 24
- Last replyMichael Ryan5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Filenames missing from report

Filenames not appearing in the generated report- the details etc are included, the files are found, but the report does not include the file name- the items are listed as either blank or "null".…
- Greg_Preston
- 5 yrs ago
- 4replies
- 19
- Last replyMichael Ryan5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Similarity score and % in quotes

I've got a report with 0% Turnitin similarity score but according to the Authorship Report 12% in quotes. However there are only 2 words in quotes and the word count is 2363.…
- Academic Integrity Investigator and Advisor, CQUniversity
- Aysen
- updated 5 yrs ago
- 3replies
- 76
- Last replyMichael Ryan5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Draft submissions

The Turnitin paper ID for the Investigation File excludes any drafts for that particular assignment in the report. Therefore, if I am interested in viewing the drafts of the Investigation file,…
- Academic Integrity Investigator and Advisor, CQUniversity
- Aysen
- 5 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 25
- Last replyGill Rowell5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Side bar for individual reports

there used to be a side bar for each submission providing a summary of author details, paper size, images etc. It is no longer there or is there a button I can press to get it back.
- Academic Integrity Investigator and Advisor, CQUniversity
- Aysen
- 5 yrs ago
- 5replies
- 21
- Last replyMichael Ryan5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Oops! Something went wrong

For one particular student, using different Turnitin Submission numbers I keep getting the Oops message. What could be the explanation please?
- Academic Integrity Investigator and Advisor, CQUniversity
- Aysen
- 5 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 51
- Last replyMichael Ryan5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Report Not Downloading

I cannot download a report I need to send to someone as a PDF. It is a lengthy report.
- shenriks
- 5 yrs ago
- 2replies
- 22
- Last replyshenriks5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Investigation File and draft submissions

I discovered last week that the Turnitin paper ID for the Investigation File excludes any drafts for that particular assignment in the report. Therefore,…
- Academic Integrity Investigator and Advisor, CQUniversity
- Aysen
- 5 yrs ago
- 21
- Authorship Q & A

This is not an 'issue' - I just need advice please - is it possible to add more work AFTER the report has been done? Thanks
- jameso01
- 5 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 19
- Last replyAlistair Clampmoderator5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
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Sentence types display

For some reports I am only able to view the numbers and others I can view the graphic display.
- Director of Learning, Online Eucation Services
- dRobbie
- 5 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 15
- Last replyAlistair Clampmoderator5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

Oops message for .docx file

I am getting ooops messages for correct .docx files saying files cannot be processed. Is there another issue?
- Director of Learning, Online Eucation Services
- dRobbie
- 5 yrs ago
- 3replies
- 22
- Last replyAlistair Clampmoderator5 yrs ago
- Authorship Q & A
- Answered
- Answered

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