Turnitin Review: AI Tool for Education

Comprehensive plagiarism detection

Leading anti-plagiarism platform using text matching and AI writing detection to help maintain academic integrity

Turnitin compares student work against student submissions, premium publications, and 20+ years of internet content. Flags similarities for educator review. Advanced AI writing detection distinguishes AI- from human-written text. Used globally by millions. Established in 1998 from UC Berkeley.
Category
Assessment and Grading
Pricing
Paid
Rating
3.2/5 (5 reviews)
Website
https://www.turnitin.com/
GDPR Compliant
Unknown
COPPA Compliant
Unknown
FERPA Compliant
Unknown

Key Features

  • Similarity Report with text matching
  • Comparison against submissions, publications, internet
  • AI writing detection
  • Similarity percentage scoring
  • Source matching and citation identification
  • Grading interface integration
  • Rubric-based feedback tools
  • Plagiarism prevention education
  • Multi-format submission support
  • Plagiarism assessment and tutorial features

Educator Reviews

★★★☆☆

There are multiple components to TurnItIn, and I have mixed feelings about them. The Originality Report shows both traditional plagiarism and AI detection results; the traditional plagiarism check is more reliable than the AI detection. I would strongly encourage either report, however, to be...

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★★★☆☆

While I was never a fan of Turnitin I used it a lot over the years because the schools I worked in required teachers to use it. Once I purchased Grammarly for myself I would often run a couple of papers through both when grading just to see how much difference there would be. I found it was...

- Educator

★★★☆☆

My principle concern about Turnitin is its marketing push and abysmal accuracy levels in 'detecting' AI output. I fin the detection solution solution presented by Turnitin is both reductive and oversimplifies the embedding and education required to support cultures of authentic and embedded...

- Educator

★★★☆☆

I am not a fan of Turnitin. We have to use a product like this for our HE provision and their doesn't seem to be many alternatives. We integrate with Teams which works on the most part, but we regularly have bugs and rely on admin going into the admin platform to retrieve data. Also if...

- Educator

★★★★☆

A great tool for checking plagiarism in assignments but reserving judgement with regard to it detecting AI generated materials. Turnitin Clarity looks like a very useful feature (we use Process Feedback extension) and the Draft Coach extension looks a useful tool for students while doing their...

- Educator

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