Supported written assignment types (short writings, journals, and teacher-added writing prompts) that are not automatically scanned can be manually scanned to check for plagiarism and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content. Use this page to learn how to use the Plagiarism Checker and Generative AI Detector to manually scan for potential plagiarism and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content in students' work.
Notes
- The Academic Integrity add-on, which includes the Plagiarism Checker, Generative AI Detector, and Speed Radar, is a paid add-on feature. If you would like to purchase this feature, contact your Imagine Learning Account Executive.
- This feature is not available for customers using Thin Common Cartridge.
Alert
The Plagiarism Checker and Generative AI Detector require a minimum of 10 words for the scanner to run. If the student submits anything less than that, the scan will not complete.
Frequently Asked Questions
In EdgeEX courses, all Short Writing and Essay: Revising activities are scanned for plagiarism automatically. In heritage courses, only Essay: Revising activities are automatically scanned.
Short writings (in heritage courses), journals, and teacher-added writing prompts can be manually scanned.
Reflection activities in eDynamic Learning courses and the writing part of World Language Course exams can also be manually scanned.
Note
The Plagiarism Checker and Generative AI Detector will not work for any activity for which a student uploads a file.
The scan typically takes less than 2 hours to complete, but it can take up to 48 hours during peak load times. If anything is detected then the report will display for the educator to view.
No. The Plagiarism Checker and Generative AI Detector will flag all content it finds in online sources. While sometimes the evidence of plagiarism is clear (for example, and entire student response has been copied from a website), other times there is some level of overlap but the student has appropriately cited a source. The Generative AI Detector reports a probability that the text was generated by AI. The probability is not evidence. It is up to the teacher to review the academic integrity flags and determine whether the student has plagiarized or used Generative AI to generate the text, and what action to take. Therefore, we do not surface the alert to the student.
For plagiarism, the scan will detect if a Spanish text was copied from a Spanish site. However, if the student plagiarizes the content in English and then uses an online translation program to translate it into Spanish, the Report will not detect it.
The Generative AI Detector currently works only in English.
The scan does not take into account whether a student cited the source. Teachers would need to check for this when reviewing the report.
Yes. Even with a 0% plagiarism match and a 0% Generative AI probability, the report will be generated.
Revisions will not be scanned automatically. Resetting the activity will be automatically scanned. An educator can always manually scan.
Need to know how to access this page? View the steps here.
- Click the course to view assignments.
- Click an assignment.
- Click Start Scan.
- Two icons display under Academic Integrity: P (plagiarism) and AI (AI-generated content). Click either icon to see scanner details for both.
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Note
To view the student's submission, click the Attempt (#) hyperlink.
- Review the report.
- The report starts with a summary of the Plagiarism Detection and AI Content Detection scan.
- Scroll to see a list of sources that show the percentage of similarities between the source text and the student's submitted assignment.
- The report then shows a detailed breakdown of the areas where potential plagiarism was detected.
Note
If you see a match to the "Copyleaks Internal Database," it means that the student's submission matches a submission from another student.
- The report provides a heatmap of the areas where potential AI-generated content was detected.
- The report starts with a summary of the Plagiarism Detection and AI Content Detection scan.
- Review the Best practices for avoiding false accusations section of the Generative AI Detector for essays — Overview article to help you with next steps.