Here you will find information about how to access and use Turnitin's generative AI detection tool when setting up assignments in your Canvas course.

Turnitin Has AI Writing Detection Capabilities

UNCW provides faculty with a plagiarism detection tool, Turnitin, which now has an AI Detection feature available to use for all Canvas course writing assignments. Please note the following disclaimer from Turnitin:

"Our AI writing assessment is designed to help educators identify text that might be prepared by a generative AI tool. Our AI writing assessment may not always be accurate (i.e., our AI models may produce either false positive results or false negative results), so it should not be used as the sole basis for adverse actions against a student. It takes further scrutiny and human judgment in conjunction with an organization's application of its specific academic policies to determine whether any academic misconduct has occurred."

Turnitin has added an AI writing indicator to the Similarity Report. It shows an overall percentage of the document that AI writing tools, such as ChatGPT, may have generated.
The indicator further links to a report that highlights the text segments that their model predicts were written by AI.
Please note that students do not see the AI detection tool score; only instructors and administrators can see the indicator.
FYI: Turnitin's FAQ regarding it's AI writing detection tool

What are the file requirements for an AI writing report to be generated?

This article from Turnitin details those requirements, and this resource clarifies what is meant by the term prose text. Per this Turnitin article, a submission that does not meet the requirements is the most likely reason for receiving the message, "AI writing detection is unavailable."

Is Turnitin able to analyze AI writing in files composed in languages other than English?

This article from Turnitin details that there are currently three supported languages: English, Spanish, and Japanese.

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