Similarity report flagging the student's own work
Students submitted a Rough Draft of a Value of Life writing assignment last week, and a Final Draft last weekend.
I was checking the rough drafts today (which were submitted over a week ago) and now they are showing similarity to the students' own writing on the Final draft that was submitted within the last day or two.
I hope this can be used to bring back Revision assignments. My understanding is that if a student shows 99% similarity from rough draft to final draft, that student has not revised anything and should receive a zero on their final draft. Unfortunately the time stamp seems reversed, since many students are showing similarity on the rough draft submitted first, and not the final draft.
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I understand I can choose not to submit papers to the repository. However I like the function of being able to compare rough drafts to final drafts. If this similarity percentage were reversed, it would be very helpful in a revision assignment to show an extent of revision. For example 100% similarity would show ZERO revision, since it is the same writing.
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Thank you for sharing such detailed and thoughtful feedback, We’ll pass this along to our product team for review. Please keep the suggestions coming, as they help us improve the experience for both educators and students.
- Kat, Turnitin Team