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Top 10 FAQs for Administrators Using Turnitin Clarity: What Every Administrator Should Know
As an administrator, you may have a lot of questions about Turnitin Clarity.
Here are the answers you need:
- What is Turnitin Clarity?
Clarity is a Feedback Studio add-on that provides visibility into the student writing process and supports academic integrity.
- How can I purchase Clarity?
It’s available as a paid add-on for Feedback Studio customers.
- Do I need to license Originality to use Clarity?
No, but if you want AI writing detection in Clarity, you must license both Clarity and Originality.
- How is Clarity enabled?
At the institution, sub-account, or individual instructor level.
- How is Clarity accessed?
Through your LMS via LTI 1.3 integration (recommended).
- Who can see the Writing Report?
Instructors see the full report; students can access a simplified version if enabled.
- Does Clarity work offline?
No, students must be online to use it.
- Which AI models power the assistant?
Anthropic Claude 3.5 (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific) and Amazon Nova Lite (grammar feedback).
- Does Clarity write assignments for students?
No, the AI assistant provides feedback and suggestions, not answers.
- Is student data used for training AI?
No. Turnitin Clarity uses pre-trained models, like Claude Haiku 3.5 and Claude Sonnett 3.5, which do not use or retain any student or assignment data submitted to Turnitin for AI training and evaluation.
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