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Turnitin: A staff guide to viewing the Similarity Report - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turnitin: A staff guide to viewing the Similarity Report - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is a Similarity Report? The similarity report highlights text in a student\u2019s paper that matches an online source. Lecturers can choose to generate a similarity report when a student submits their assignment through Turnitin in Blackboard. Why make use of Similarity Reports? The similarity report can be used as a formative learning tool to assist students in understanding and avoiding plagiarism. It is possible to allow students to see the similarity report produced on their submitted work. A similarity report can support tutors in the deterrence or detection of plagiarism and collusion to help maintain the academic integrity of work. How to do it When is a Similarity Report produced? The choice to generate a report is made when a New Assignment submission is set up. You will need to choose Optional Settings and select Yes under the heading \u2018Generate Similarity Reports for submissions?\u2019 to enable this feature. Allowing students to see their Similarity Reports Choose the following settings when creating a new Assignment, select the Yes box under \u2018Allow students to see the Similarity Reports?\u2019. And then under the drop down menu beside \u2018Generate Similarity Reports for submissions\u2019 choose either: Generate reports immediately (students cannot resubmit) If you want students to see a report before the Due Date but not be able to submit further work. Generate reports immediately (students can resubmit until due date): After 3 resubmissions, reports generate after 24 hours If you want students to be able to see their report before the Due Date. They can then re-draft their work in response to the content of the report and re-submit. When this option is chosen, Similarity Reports will regenerate within an hour after the assignment deadline, to allow student submissions to compare against one another within the assignment. A change in the Similarity Report similarity index may result from this regeneration of the reports. Generate reports on due date (students can resubmit until the due date) If you only want students to see their report after the hand-in deadline, for reference (note: with this setting students can still resubmit up until the due date). 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\r\nPlease only make requests to view papers where there is a substantial match to another paper that cannot be explained after looking closely at the report and requires further investigation. It is unlikely that the requests made for small matches will be accepted by the corresponding University.\r\n<\/pre>\n![\"Side](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/08\/9-7.png\")
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