Feedback Studio • Feedback Studio w/ Originality • OC
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Flags for review
The Flags indicator lives on the similarity layer of the Similarity Report, indicated on the right side panel as a group of red icons. Flags are represented by a number and a red flag icon. Select this icon to open the Flags for Review panel.
If one or more Flags are found, an overview will be displayed in this panel. Select the Learn more about this Flag button to learn more about why this behavior has been flagged as strange or unusual.
Replaced characters
Some characters in foreign alphabets can look similar to the expected alphabet. To the naked eye, it is difficult, if not impossible, to tell them apart. Turnitin automatically swaps these characters out when scanning a submission so they will not affect the Similarity Report. The intent is to try and prevent a potential similarity match.
Hidden text
Hidden quotation marks can influence the amount of quoted material recognized by Turnitin in a document. For example, if an instructor excludes correctly referenced matches using our Exclusions functionality, in a manipulated document this could also hide plagiarized content.
In the image above, the student has put the letter "i" between each of these words and made the letter white hoping that the sentence is read by Turnitin as one complete word instead of a plagiarized sentence.
Similarity • SimCheck
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The Insight panel
In the Insight panel, you'll find a quick overview of any integrity insights we've found in a document. Depending on your Turnitin license, it can include Similarity, Flags for Review, and Document Details. Viewing more information is as easy as selecting the one you're interested in learning more about.
An overview of any Flags that have been found in a document are shown in the Flags section of the Insight Panel. Simply select the Flag to view more information about it.
Replaced Characters
Some characters in different alphabets can look similar enough that to the naked eye, it is difficult, if not impossible, to tell them apart.
Turnitin automatically swaps these characters out when scanning a submission so they will not affect the Similarity Report. However, by replacing characters, the intent is to try and interrupt a similarity match.
Hidden text
Essay mills and authors looking to hinder similarity matching abuse text manipulation techniques by trying to pass plagiarized content off as genuine. These techniques are commonly found on YouTube and social media platforms as ways of ‘cheating Turnitin’.
For example, hidden quotation marks could influence the amount of quoted material recognized in a document. When an instructor excludes well-referenced matches using the Exclude Quotes functionality, in a manipulated document this would also hide plagiarized content.
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