Submission Details and Document Details in the new Similarity Report

Submission Details is a feature that provides file information recorded as a document is submitted to Turnitin. 

1. To open Submission Details, select the “i” icon in the top right-hand corner of the report.
   
   
2. Available information is organized into relevant tabs (depending on license) within Submission Details.
   

Submission

Details specific to Turnitin, including the class, assignment, student, and more. This information is available to all license types.

• Class ID
• Class Name
• Assignment 
• Submission ID (formerly Paper ID)
• Submission Date
• Submission Count
• Student ID

File

Document metadata, which is often used by investigators of academic misconduct as key evidence in their cases.

• Author Name - The Author Name is the name given to the file’s creator. The data for the Author Name can be retrieved from .docx and .pdf files. In .docx files, the author is the name of the license holder. This could be a parent, peer, or institution.
• Last Modified by - This is the last user to open the file and make a change before submission. Assuming the student used one device, the name here should be the same as the name shown in Author Name. Last Modified by data can only be retrieved from .docx.

• Paper Size - Paper size can reveal the origin of a document and can be retrieved from .doc, .docx, .pdf, and .rtf files. There are four types of results: US Letter, A4, Other, and Multiple.
  
  US Letter is the paper standard in the United States, while A4 is standard in other countries. Files listed as Other use a different page size than US Letter or A4. If there is more than one identifiable paper size, this section will display Multiple. It would be unusual if a file was not the standard paper size for your region. It is worth investigating all paper size inconsistencies.

• Software - This data reveals the software, along with the version, that was used to edit the file last.
• File Name
• File Extension
• File Size
• Character Count
• Word Count
• Page Count

Text

Data pertaining to the fonts, spelling, and any possible contract cheating keywords (available for certain licenses). 

• Font - Subtle differences in font size and color can indicate the copy and pasting of content. For example, a student may write an essay in a black (#000000) size 14 font. They then may copy a large portion of text from a different file that is dark grey (#22222) size 13.5 and paste this content into their essay. Fonts can be retrieved from .docx, .doc, and .pdf files. Font data includes:
  • the font families (for example, Times New Roman, Arial, etc.) used in a file
  • the font sizes used in a file
  • the font color hex code (for example, #000000)

• Spelling - Many words have different spellings depending on the nationality of the author. For example, color (American spelling) vs. colour (British spelling). This section will show the distribution of American and British spelling in the file. Submission Details can identify the following word patterns:

• -ER vs. -RE
  For example, meter (American) vs. metre (British)
• -OR vs. -OUR
  For example, color (American) vs. colour (British)
• -SE vs. -CE
  For example, realize (American) vs realise (British)
• -IZE vs -ISE
  For example, organize (American) vs. organise (British)
• Scientific American vs. Scientific British
  For example, pediatric (American) vs. paediatric (British)
• Single consonant vs. Double consonant
  For example, tons (American) vs. tonnes (British)
• No silent e/ue vs. Silent e/ue
  For example, dialog (American) vs. dialogue (British)

Feedback

Includes a timestamp of when a grade or feedback was last applied to the submission, along with how many Quickmarks and Comments are on the submission.