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Overview
Submitting an Assignment
- File Type and Size Considerations
The Similarity Report
Resources

Ouriginal and Group Assignments - if multiple students submit the same document to a Group Assignment in Quercus that is using Ouriginal, it is possible for the subumissions to match against each other at 100 percent. It is strongly advised that if multiple copies of the same document need to be submitted, it should be done by the same student.

Overview

The Plagiarism Detection Tool assists instructors in detecting textual similarities between assignments submitted by students and other materials in the Plagiarism Detection Tool's database.

The Plagiarism Detection Tool helps students and instructors:

identify common writing issues (such as citation errors), and
deter plagiarism.

Note: The Plagiarism Detection Tool is used for course work only.

With the integration of the Plagiarism Detection Tool into Quercus courses, instructors and students should not access the program through the Ouriginal.com website.

Submitting an Assignment that uses the Plagiarism Detection Tool

Each time you submit an assignment that uses the Plagiarism Detection Tool, you will be asked to accept Plagiarism Detection terms of use by selecting the checkbox ‘I agree to the tool’s End-User License Agreement'

Text Entry submissions that exceed 500 words will not generate a Similarity Report. File Upload is recommended for assignment submissions.

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File Type and Size Considerations

Before submitting your assignment, ensure that your submission file meets the Plagiarism Detection Tool type and size requirements. Most file types are accepted (.docx, .pdf, etc..), provided they:

have a minimum of 20 words and/or 430 characters

See File Formats FAQ for more details.

The Similarity Report

When you submit an assignment, the Plagiarism Detection Tool generates a Similarity Report/ Analysis Report. The Similarity Report highlights any passages that match other materials in the Plagiarism Detection Tool database or on the web.

For additional information on how to read and understand the Similarity Report, please refer to Understanding the Similarity Report.

If your instructor allows, you can check the status of the Similarity Report for your assignment by clicking Submission Details.

Plagiarism Detection Tool submission details

A flag with a number indicates the Similarity Score. If your instructor allows you to see the Similarity Report, you can click the score to open the report.

Colours for the Similarity score will correspond to the following criteria :

Blue (no matching words)
Green (one matching word up to 24% similarity index)
Yellow (25-49% similarity index)
Orange (50-74% similarity index)
Red (75-100% similarity index)

flag with similarity score

You can also access the report from Grades. To the right of the possible points for the assignment, click the color-coded Similarity Score flag. Again, this will only work if your instructor has allowed you to see the Similarity Report.

view similarity score from Grades

Note: If you resubmit an assignment, you must wait up to 24 hours for the Plagiarism Detection Tool to generate a new Similarity Report.

Removing a Submission from the University's collection: Students cannot remove submissions from the University's plagiarism detection database on their own. Once a paper has been submitted, students should contact their instructor regarding paper deletion. The instructor will then need to contact the UofT plagiarism detection administrator. For contractual reasons, all paper deletion requests must be submitted by the University's plagiarism detection administrator to the company. The administrator will need the class ID, assignment name, and submission ID number, so students should provide those to their instructor to expedite the process. The submission ID is on the digital receipt that was generated and/or emailed to the student when they submitted the paper. The submission ID can also be found when viewing the submission in Feedback Studio and clicking on the information icon (‘i’).

Please note: if students wish to resubmit an assignment in order to submit a revised version of a paper, their instructor can enable this option for them. There is no need to delete a paper from the database in this situation. Please contact the course instructor regarding resubmissions.

For more information on removal of submissions, please see the Resources section below.

Resources

University of Toronto Resources for Students

Student Blog

Submitting Assignments to your Course

Student Quercus Guides

Resources from Ouriginal

Student Guide

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