Plagiarism Detection on Canvas – VeriCite Student Guide Canvas Quick Start Guide

Canvas QuickStart Guide: VeriCite WhoThis Tip Sheet is written for  Grader  GTFs  Faculty  Students  Course Designer WhenWhen a student needs to submit an online assignment WhyTo identify potential plagiarism or improperly cited text of the assignment

Table of Contents: A.What is VeriCite and how does it work?What is VeriCite and how does it work? Web browsers compatible with VeriCite B. How do I submit an Assignment in VeriCite on Canvas?How do I submit an Assignment in VeriCite on Canvas? What kinds of files you can submit How to submit an Assignment C. How do I Review my Grades for VeriCite submissions?How do I Review my Grades for VeriCite submissions? View VeriCite reports Search and sort through plagiarized text Leave feedback or comments/grading for my students in VeriCite D. Questions or HelpQuestions or Help

A. What is VeriCite and how does it work? What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

1. What is VeriCite? VeriCite is a plagiarism detection service that identifies potentially plagiarized or improperly cited text. The service automatically checks submitted work against an ever- increasing index of online sources. 2. How does VeriCite work? VeriCite works by scanning student submissions against multiple repositories to generate report highlighting potentially plagiarized or improperly cited text for students and instructors to review. More detailed information is available in our “General VeriCite Information Guide” located here: What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

3. What web browsers are supported for VeriCite? Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are the recommended browsers. Note: VeriCite will not work in Safari. What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

B. How do I Submit an assignment in VeriCite? What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

1. Find the VeriCite Assignment Find the VeriCite Assignment that your teacher has assigned (it should be under the “Modules” or “Assignments” tabs) the assignment itself should look like this: What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

2. Upload Assignment VeriCite can consume student in-line submissions and submission files in any file format (e.g. pptx, html, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, ppt, doc, odf, etc.). Click or drop a file where it says “Drop file here or click to upload”, select your assignment to turn in What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

3. DON’T FORGET TO HIT SUBMIT After you have uploaded your submission and reviewed it within the text box (VeriCite does strip the formatting of the page) click the “Submit Paper” button under the text box What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

4. View Report It will take a couple seconds to generate the report but you will need to click the view report button to see how much of your submission has been plagiarized. What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

C. How do I review VeriCite submissions? What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

1. Navigate to the VeriCite Assignment Navigate to the assignment which you turned in, it should look like this: Click on the “%” What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

2. View Report/Grade Here you will be able to see all of areas where VeriCite, has found a match between your paper and the databases. Also By clicking the “Details” tab you can view your grade (once you instructor has graded it) What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

D. Questions or Help? What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help

Have Questions or need help? Knight Library - LMS Student Support: Location: Knight Library, 1 st floor Reference Desk near the spiral stairs/printing area Phone: What is VeriCite? How to Submit Review Submission Questions or help