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Turnitin: How to view and interpret the Similarity Report

There are two main ways to access your Similarity Report depending on whether you are using assistive technology or not.

In either case you will need to locate your submitted paper by going to the Assessment area, clicking on the assignment title and launch Turnitin to open the Assignment Inbox or dashboard.

Click on relevant assignment in assessment area

Text-only Similarity Report

If you use assistive technology, you may prefer to view the text-only report. To do this, click on the Text-only report link at the bottom of the page.

For further guidance, please see the Turnitin guidance: Accessing the text-only Similarity Report

Feedback Studio layers menu

You will see your Similarity Score shown on the Assignment Dashboard page. To open the Similarity Report, click the percentage (%).

Highlighting the Similarity report in the assignment dashboard

You can also click the Paper Title button to open your assignment and access the Similarity Report.

The page that opens is called the Feedback Studio.

Similarity score in feedback studio

Use the red menu icons in the right hand Layers menu to investigate the source of matches made in your assignment.

Matches in Turnitin

Remember: The matches shown do not necessarily indicate plagiarism. The report will highlight all matches it finds to an online source. Some of these can be safely disregarded, for example, if they are commonly used phrases or if you have cited and correctly referenced the text.

Important: There is a 24 hour delay in the generation of the similarity report when you re-submit your work more than three times to the same assignment.

Also See:

  1. Navigating the Similarity Report (Turnitin Support guides)
  2. Help from Study Advice on using Turnitin in the Academic Integrity Toolkit.

Guide last updated on November 28, 2022

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