1. Turnitin in Canvas

2. Turnitin
• Plagiarism detection software
• Canvas add-in
• Checks assignments against websites, library databases (including
Ebsco and JSTOR), and student papers in Turnitin paper database

3. Setting up an assignment to use Turnitin

4. Create an assignment

5. Create a new assignment
Click on “More Options” to
set up Turnitin
Create an assignment

7. Submission Type: Online
It must be an online
submission to utilize Turnitin

8. Submission Type: Online
It must be an online
submission to utilize Turnitin
Select “Enable Turnitin
Submissions”

9. Submission Type: Online
It must be an online
submission to utilize Turnitin
Select “Enable Turnitin
Submissions”
Advanced Turnitin Settings: What
papers will be checked against.

10. Submission Type: Online
It must be an online
submission to utilize Turnitin
Select “Enable Turnitin
Submissions”
Advanced Turnitin Settings: What
papers will be checked against.

11. How to access Turnitin Score

12. Turnitin Scores can be access either through the gradebook or through the assignment viewer. Look for this
icon (Red means bad; blue means good):
Gradebook

13. Turnitin Scores can be access either through the gradebook or through the assignment viewer. Look for this
icon (Red means bad; blue means good):
Gradebook
Clicking on the icon in the
gradebook brings up a
second window; click on
the icon to open the report

14. Click on the icon
in the assignment
viewer to open
the report
Assignment viewer
Turnitin Scores can be access either through the gradebook or through the assignment viewer. Look for this
icon (Red means bad; blue means good):
Gradebook
Clicking on the icon in the
gradebook brings up a
second window; click on
the icon to open the report

15. • Clicking on the Turnitin Icon will open up a report
• Turnitin highlights the suspect text and indicates where it was found
• Sometimes it will find the text in more than one place
• Click on the source will show the context and provide source URL
Originality Score: 84% of this
paper is similar to other
sources