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Turnitin Faculty Support at IECC
Support authentic student work, provide meaningful feedback, and develop trustworthy evidence of learning.
Choose the right workflow, learn it on demand, apply it to one assignment, and then consult with CETL.
Start Instructor Online Training | Find the Right Workflow
What are you trying to do?
- Create a writing assignment in Canvas: Standard Assignment
- Give feedback and grade student work: Feedback Studio
- Make the writing process more visible: Clarity
- Review Similarity or AI-writing information: Review and Respond
- Help students improve work before submission: Draft Coach
- Respond to an authorship concern: Review and Respond
Choose an Assignment Workflow
| Faculty goal | Recommended workflow |
|---|---|
| Collect work, review sources, and provide feedback | Standard Assignment with Feedback Studio |
| Observe drafting and revision within a writing space | Clarity Assignment |
| Help students improve work before submission | Draft Coach in Microsoft Word Online |
IECC Turnitin Services
| Service | Primary purpose | Access context |
|---|---|---|
| Similarity | Identifies matched text and potential source-use concerns | Turnitin report through Canvas |
| AI-writing detection | Provides a review signal about potentially AI-generated text | Turnitin report through Canvas |
| Authorship | Supports specialized review of possible authorship concerns | Designated IECC review pathway |
| Draft Coach | Helps students review similarity and citation practices while drafting | Microsoft Word Online through M365 |
| Feedback Studio | Supports feedback, rubrics, comments, and evaluation | Standard Turnitin assignment through Canvas |
| Clarity | Makes drafting, revision, and writing process evidence more visible | Clarity assignment through Canvas |
Turnitin reports provide evidence for faculty review; they do not independently determine plagiarism, AI misuse, or academic misconduct.
Trustworthy Assessment Evidence
Academic integrity is strengthened when instructors:
- Align assignments with course learning outcomes.
- State permitted and prohibited AI use for each assignment.
- Collect appropriate evidence of drafting, revision, reasoning, or reflection.
- Use Similarity and AI-writing information as part of a larger review.
- Discuss concerns with students before reaching conclusions.
- Apply the IECC Academic Integrity Policy consistently.
Training-First Support Pathway
- Complete on-demand training.
- Choose one real assignment.
- Apply what you learned.
- Consult with CETL for course-specific support.
Ready to use Turnitin in your course? Complete the Instructor Onboarding Hub online training, choose one assignment where you will apply what you learned, and then request a CETL consultation for course-specific support.
Complete On-Demand Training | Open Instructor Onboarding Hub | Request Consultation After Training
Content owner: CETL. Last reviewed: October 2026. Reviewed before each semester and after major Turnitin updates.