TurnItIn
Overview
- Overview
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Turnitin is an academic-integrity and writing-feedback platform. Students submit writing and educators review similarity information, source matches, feedback, and revision evidence to teach responsible research and writing. Similarity information describes relationships between submitted text and matched sources. Teachers interpret it with the assignment, citation expectations, and revision history when discussing responsible writing with students.
Features
- Features
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Audience and instructional role
Grades / learners:
secondary and postsecondary writers, with K–12 use concentrated in middle and high school
Primary users:
students, teachers, writing instructors, librarians, and administrators
Learning focus:
source use, citation, originality review, feedback, and writing revision — an academic-integrity and writing-feedback platform rather than a curriculum
How it supports learning
- Students submit writing and educators review similarity information, source matches, feedback, and revision evidence to teach responsible research and writing.
- Teachers should use the product within a defined instructional model rather than treat activity completion as evidence of learning.
Implementation and instructional decisions
- Similarity scores are not findings of plagiarism; educators must interpret matches, teach citation, provide due process, and govern repository retention and AI-writing indicators carefully.
- Districts should confirm accessibility, language support, student-data practices, assignment workflow, reporting, and the role of teacher judgment.
Student Data Privacy
- Student Data Privacy
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Review the Common Sense Privacy Rating:
N/A
TurnItIn Privacy Policy:
https://www.turnitin.com/privacy-policy-website/
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Company News
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Interoperability
Learning Management System Connectivity
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Quick Start Guide
- Quick Start Guide
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