Similarity Q & A Category

Similarity Q & A

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Similarity Reports

Hello! My teaching partner and I have recently experienced issues with similarity reports. Those essays submitted earlier in the day (1st period) are not compared to those submitted later in the day…
- Dena_Wilson
- 3 yrs ago
- 1reply
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- Last replyGill Rowell3 yrs ago
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Questions of the day

Have you ever encountered unfair paraphrasing? Was it synonym swapping or something else? How do you recommend tackling these situations?
- Associate Product Marketing Manager
- Yuliadanyliuk
- 3 yrs ago
- 34
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A handful of tips for teaching paraphrasing

For students to see the real value of paraphrasing, it should be incorporated across various courses and in as many contexts as possible (not only writing, but also reading, speaking, and listening).…
- Associate Product Marketing Manager
- Yuliadanyliuk
- 3 yrs ago
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- Similarity Q & A

Paraphrasing classroom resources arrived!

Since we’ve been talking about paraphrasing lately, we’ve put together some useful classroom materials. Here, you’ll find anything from a lesson plan to student handouts:…
- Associate Product Marketing Manager
- Yuliadanyliuk
- 3 yrs ago
- 51
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A list of back-to-school essentials for you!

The new academic year has arrived, which means you’ve already deep dived into the learning process. Just to ensure that Turnitin Similarity will serve you well,…
- Associate Product Marketing Manager
- Yuliadanyliuk
- 3 yrs ago
- 34
- 1
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Hey and welcome to the Turnitin Similarity community!

This is the place for you to share advice on using Turnitin Similarity with your peers, learn about upcoming product updates and receive recommendations on making the most of the existing…
- Associate Product Marketing Manager
- Yuliadanyliuk
- 3 yrs ago
- 55
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Similarity Of My Own Report

I am using University Instructor account but the problem is that I have mistakenly add my report in the repository. I have to remove the report from the turnitin repository for this purpose I have…
- Data Scientist | ML Engineer
- tayyab
- updated 5 yrs ago
- 4replies
- 111
- Last replyTayyab Vohra5 yrs ago
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Similarity report not shows

Hi, i've been troubled to have the similarty report since two days ago. the similarity icon shows 0% and in the feedback studio also 0%. try to submit the document into another assignment,…
- researchsynergy
- 6 yrs ago
- 3replies
- 80
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- Last replyGill Rowell6 yrs ago
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Excluding submitted material and checking references

I've just had my first experience of using Turnitin and Feedback Studio for marking coursework essays. It didn't go well. I found multiple instances of students using too much text from their cited…
- Susan_Peirce
- 6 yrs ago
- 2replies
- 179
- Last replySusan Peirce6 yrs ago
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I don't want to enter Feedback Studio; I want the old view

Hey, there: For some reason, when I click on the originality icon, I started getting sent to Feedback Studio. I didn't ask for that and it doesn't have the one thing I want--the ability to remove…
- Kenneth_Killiany
- 6 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 46
- Last replyGill Rowell6 yrs ago
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Similarity Percentage

In the similarity check of a document with another document there is a similarity percentage. I think this percentage indicates the similarity percentage of the checked document with the other one.…
- Recai_Erdem
- 7 yrs ago
- 4replies
- 544
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- Last replyKamal Hossain6 yrs ago
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