Overview
Turnitin is a tool integrated into Canvas that contains many options for submission. Through Turnitin, instructors are able to check for authenticity, or plagiarism, as well as keep student submissions organized.
Turnitin has been integrated into Canvas and you can find instructions about how to use Canvas with Turnitin by going to the Set up Turnitin in Canvas page.
File Size Limit
If an assignment is set to allow any file type, Turnitin will accept any file that:
- is less than 100MB
- is less than 800 pages
File types not checked for similarity
Turnitin will not accept the following to generate Similarity Reports:
- Password protected files
- Microsoft Works (.wps) files
- Microsoft Word 2007 macros-enabled .docm files
- OpenOffice Text (.odt) files created and downloaded from Google Docs online
- Document (.doc) files created using OpenOffice, as they are not 100% Microsoft Word equivalent
- Apple Pages
- Spreadsheets created outside of Microsoft Excel (e.g., .ods)
- Text with visual effects