This guide will explain how to set up an assignment for Copyleaks Plagiarism Checking in Canvas.
- 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.
- Select Edit to open up the assignment settings.
- Scroll down to Plagiarism Review. By default, None will be selected. Open the dropdown menu and select Copyleaks Plagiarism Checker.
- The Copyleaks Quick Actions menu will open. You can edit the following Copyleaks settings in this menu:
- Upload exclusion templates (a document you want Copyleaks to exclude from plagiarism detection, for instance, an assignment template with questions, or a graphic organizer).
- Toggle on or off: AI Content Detection, Plagiarism, Writing Assistant
- If/when the report is shown to students
- 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:
- Excluding certain internet sources
- Omitting quotes/citations from plagiarism detection
- Toggling on/off the internal database scan
- Adding supplemental languages to detect cross-language plagiarism
- Moderating what a student can view within the report
Click Save Settings when done.
NOTE: If you would like to use Copyleaks Teacher 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 Teacher Scan Tool.
For more information on Copyleaks:
Have Questions? Contact the Academic Technology Support Team
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Phone at 727-341-3500
(Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST).
After-hours or weekend assistance? Contact the Technical Support Center at 727-791-2795 or onlinehelp@spcollege.edu
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