{"id":3754,"date":"2022-01-07T13:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:22:17","slug":"including-powerpoint-notes-in-turnitin-similarity-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/including-powerpoint-notes-in-turnitin-similarity-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Including PowerPoint Notes in Turnitin Similarity check"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Submitting PowerPoint Slides to Turnitin<\/h3>\n<p>When you submit PowerPoint slides to Turnitin the Similarity Report will include all the editable text on the slides.<\/p>\n<p>Any text in the Notes section will <strong>not be included<\/strong> in the similarity check if a PowerPoint file is submitted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11183\" 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