Please click on Interpreting the Similarity Report (turnitin.com) to assist in your interpretation of your report.
Your report will show an index of matching text:
Not all text identified as similar is an originality concern:
False Flags (and are not of concern) | Originality/Similarity Flags (which are of concern) |
Quoted material using ““ and not ‘ | Material copied from website |
Bibliographies/Reference List | Exact or similar responses from another submission or from the Turnitin database |
Assignment Instructions/Cover Page | Paraphrasing that is too similar to the original text of another author |
Assignments in which the answers are intended to be the same across students (maths etc.) | The use of Artificial Intelligence |