Turnitin Originality

Turnitin Originality is Purdue’s centrally supported originality checker and plagiarism detection tool for files submitted through Brightspace assignments. The tool works by comparing the text in file submissions to Turnitin’s database of previously submitted papers, published research papers, and numerous internet resources. A “similarity report” is then produced highlighting areas of the paper that match content in Turnitin’s database. Originality also includes E-rater grammar feedback technology that can check submissions for grammar, mechanics, style, and spelling errors. 

Turnitin Originality is free to both instructors and students. The tool is only available within Brightspace and only for assignments where the instructor has enabled it. Files previously submitted to SafeAssign through Blackboard have been migrated to the Turnitin database. 

Getting Started

Instructors

  • How to Enable Turnitin for a Brightspace assignment  
  • How to interpret the Similarity Report  
  • Supported File Types  
  • How do I interpret the Similarity Report?  
  • Turnitin Roadmap    
  • Why has the Similarity Report not generated?   

Support Information

Contact  

  • Purdue Information Technology  
  • Weblink: https://it.purdue.edu/help/index.php   
  • Email: [email protected]  
  • Phone: 765-494-4000 (44000 when dialing from a campus phone) 

Funding  

  • West Lafayette Central Campus 
  • New Brightspace Tool Integration  
  • Support & Training
  • Request a New Tool

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