How to Set an Assignment Up to use Copyleaks Plagiarism Detection in Canvas

Introduction

This guide will explain how to set up an assignment for Copyleaks Plagiarism and AI detection in Canvas. 

Setting up an Assignment to use Copyleaks

1. Navigate to your course, then open the assignment you want to setup for Copyleaks Plagiarism detection in Canvas. You can access your assignments from two locations on the navigation bar: Modules and Assignments. 
   
   
    
2. Select Edit to open up the assignment settings. 
   
   
    
3. Scroll down to Plagiarism Review. By default, None will be selected. Open the dropdown menu and select Copyleaks Plagiarism Checker. 
   Note: If you don't see the Plagiarism Review section, make you've setup your assignment submission type to either Text Entry or File Uploads. This will ensure you have the Plagiarism Review section in assignment settings. 
   
    
4. The Copyleaks Quick Actions menu will open. You can edit the following Copyleaks settings in this menu:
   1. Turn on Matched Text feature (which finds text that mathes web sources and the Copyleaks hubs).
   2. Turn on AI content feature (which identifieds AI-generated text, including paraphrased or reworded writing). 
   3. Turn on Grammar checker (which will flag grammar, spelling and mechanics issues)
   4. If/when the report is shown to students
   5. Links to the assignment analytics, a button to rescan failed scans (only use this if you notice failed scans in SpeedGrader), and a hyperlink to the more advanced suite of Copyleaks settings. 
      
      
       
5.  Selecting Advanced Settings will open the full Copyleaks Assignment Settings Dashboard, which allows you to edit everything in the Quick Actions menu, with the addition of:
   1. Excluding certain internet sources
   2. Omitting quotes/citations from plagiarism detection
   3. Toggling on/off the internal database scan
   4. Adding supplemental languages to detect cross-language plagiarism
   5. Moderating what a student can view within the report
   6. Click Save Settings when done. 

Video Demo: Advanced Settings in Copyleaks

NOTE: If you would like to use Copyleaks Quick Scan Tool to scan student discussion posts for plagiarism and/or AI usage, or a student has to email you an assignment due to technical issues and you want to scan it through Copyleaks, please use the Copyleaks Quick Scan Tool. 

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