Looking for a good and reliable plagiarism checker to use with your students? Originality Reports is a good option to try out. Originality reports is a feature introduced by
Google that helps teachers conduct originality scans on
students work. Instead of the traditional way of using Google Search to
look for plagiarism, Originality reports, which is integrated with
Classroom and Assignments , "compares student work against hundreds of
billions of web pages and over 40 million books with a single click".
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instance of plagiarism is highlighted in reports and links to external
resources are provided. Students can also benefit from this new feature.
It will particularly help them identify and fix unreferenced works and
submit original work. Another key feature provided by Originality
reports for users of G Suite Enterprise for Education is the ability
to compare current students works with that of past students. However, Originality reports is not totally free, only five free reports are supported per class .
Other features provided by Originality Reports include:
- "Compare student-to-student matches against your domain-owned repository of past work when you sign up for the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Google Workspace for Education Plus
- Admins can add or delete files from the school repository manually
- You always own your data — it’s our responsibility to keep it more secure."
Watch this video to learn more about how to use Originality reports on Google Classroom and Google Assignments.
