Turnitin
A service for checking academic texts for plagiarism and detecting content created by artificial intelligence.
Overview
Turnitin
Description of the Turnitin AI
Turnitin is an institutional system for checking academic texts for plagiarism and detecting content created by artificial intelligence. The service was founded in 1996 at the University of California, Berkeley, and over the decades has become the de facto standard for academic integrity in educational institutions around the world. Today, the platform counts more than 71 million students and 16,000 educational institutions among its users.
The system compares uploaded documents against an extensive database containing 1.9 billion student papers, open web data, and academic databases. Based on the check results, a detailed report is generated showing the percentage of borrowed content, its sources, and the proportion of text that may have been generated by neural networks. The tool integrates with popular educational platforms such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, and D2L, as well as with Google Docs and Microsoft Word.
Turnitin Features
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Academic integrity system, plagiarism checker, AI detector, grammar checker |
| Category | Plagiarism and uniqueness checking, AI text detectors |
| Year founded | 1996 (at the University of California, Berkeley) |
| Number of users | More than 71 million students, 16,000 educational institutions |
| Monthly visits | 18.5 million |
| Access type | Educational institutions and publishers only (institutional solution) |
| Platforms | Website, LMS integration (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, D2L) |
| Interface languages | More than 30 languages (including Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese) |
| Free plan availability | No (sold only to educational institutions) |
| Website | www.turnitin.com |
Who is the Turnitin AI for?
Educational institutions and instructors
Turnitin is primarily designed for universities, colleges, and other educational institutions. Instructors can check student papers for plagiarism and detect AI-written fragments within a single report. The system deeply integrates with learning management systems (LMS), allowing the checking process to be automated.
Students
Students can use Turnitin indirectly — through their educational institution. Papers are submitted through the university's system, after which the instructor sees a similarity report and the percentage of AI authorship. There is no direct access for private individuals.
Researchers, academics, and publishers
For checking scientific manuscripts before publication, there is a separate version of Turnitin — iThenticate. It is designed for researchers, academics, and publishers who need to verify the originality of materials prepared for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
How to use the Turnitin AI?
Through an educational institution
For students and instructors, the process looks like this: the paper is uploaded through the learning management system (LMS) into which Turnitin is integrated. The instructor configures the check parameters (originality, AI detection), after which the system automatically analyzes the document and generates a report. No additional action is required
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