How to check a paper for plagiarism

Do you want to check a paper for plagiarism without a Canvas or PebblePad assignment? In this short tutorial you will learn how.

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Turnitin

UM staff can hand in a paper for a plagiarism check via:[turnitin.maastrichtuniversity.nl](https://turnitin.maastrichtuniversity.nl) . Login with your UM username and password.

It is not possible to login via maastrichtuniversity.turnitin.com. Login via [turnitin.maastrichtuniversity.nl](https://turnitin.maastrichtuniversity.nl).

Click 'Launch' on the Home page.

Click 'Upload' at the top right to open the upload popup.

You can view the file requirements here.

Click 'Browse Files' and select the document you want to check from your computer. You can also drag and drop the file here.

Choose 'Index to your account's repository' if you want the submission to become part of the global Turnitin database. Indexed submissions will be available for comparison in Similarity Reports. By default, uploaded papers are not indexed.

Indexed submissions become part of Turnitin's global database.\ Student's papers are however not visible to people outside of Maastricht University.

Click 'Submit' to start the upload. If it is a large document, this might take a while.

The paper will now be checked against the database. The Similarity Report is being created.

As soon as the document is processed, the Similarity percentage will be visible.\ Click on the percentage to open the Turnitin Similarity Report.

Do you want to learn how to interpret the results? We've created two step-by-step guides for both available views: \ \ [New view: find and understand a Turnitin Similarity report in Canvas ](https://scribehow.com/shared/Find_and_understand_a_Similarity_Report__New_view__o3aNCwoIRxWLvfxI8OazIg)\ [Classic view: Find and understand a Turnitin Similarity report in Canvas](https://scribehow.com/shared/Find_and_understand_a_Similarity_Report__Classic_view__RRlL8SVRQFej6nBPeskoeg) If you have more questions, visit the [UB Turnitin Support Page](//umlib.nl/turnitin)