Turnitin AI Detection

The Turnitin tool used in Canvas has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) detection feature. This feature will help faculty determine if generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, have been used by students when submitting work in their class. The AI writing detector can identify 97% of ChatGPT and GPT3 authored writing, and has a less than 1/100 false positive rate. It can be used to help faculty make an informed decision, but is not meant to be used as a sole determinant for whether or not a student has committed academic misconduct.

AI Detection Feedback Report

To review the AI Detection Feedback report for a student's submission, you will need to access the Similarity Score report in Speedgrader. Before students submit to any assignment, you should ensure that all relevant assignments have Turnitin applied in the settings.

Note: Turnitin can’t be set up in an assignment after students have already submitted. If you have not set up Turnitin for the assignment, you will not see this Similarity Score in Speedgrader.

To review the feedback report for a student’s submission:

1. Access the student's submission via the Speedgrader tool.

2. Next to the file download link for the student's submission, you will see a colorful box with a Turnitin Similarity Score in it.

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   Note: The score shown here does not indicate how much of the match is attributed to generative AI versus other sources. It is possible a submission could have a low Turnitin Similarity Score, and a high AI detection score. Follow the steps below to access the AI detection score.

3. Click on the score box to open Turnitin Feedback Studio.

4. On the review panel in Turnitin Feedback Studio, you will see a box on the right-hand side with an AI detection score.

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5. Click on the score to pull up everything the tool has highlighted within the assignment that might have been generated by an AI.

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