Turnitin - Plagiarism and Similarity Checking

Turnitin is plagiarism detection software that scans student work for matched text by comparing the work to a large database of student work, publications, and materials on the internet.

Thanks to Turnitin’s unparalleled index of archived student papers (929 million and counting) student collusion, i.e., the improper sharing of work both within and across institutions, is discouraged. Additionally, 67 billion web pages and 178 million journal articles and subscription content sources, protects against search engine plagiarism and helps ensure originality of research papers, theses, and dissertations by comparing them to online and offline subscription content.

The Turnitin service is available through an interface built in to AIU's Learning Management System (ODeL Portal).

AIU students are expected to practice academic integrity. 

Turnitin is a learning technology tool that can help students meet these requirements and learn how to properly reference and cite.

When you submit your essay based assignments to ODeL, they will automatically be run through Turnitin.

You have full access to the Turnitin originality report. Simply click on the percentage (similarity index) number to open the Turnitin report in a new window. 

Please note that the similarity index represents all text matches including references, direct quotes, etc. View the report to determine what matches need to be resolved.