Accessing the text-only Similarity Report
While Turnitin Feedback Studio is not currently completely WCAG 2.0 AA compliant, you can use our text-only report for a better experience with an assistive technology and Turnitin.
- Open a paper in Turnitin Feedback Studio by selecting the paper title from the Assignment Inbox.
- Select Text-only Report from the bottom of the document viewer (this is only available in a desktop browser).
- The text-only similarity report will now load in a new window. Turnitin Feedback Studio will remain open in your previous window. You can also select on the Document Viewer to load it again.
What we still need to work on
- Student submission - The text of a student submission is image-based and cannot be read by a screen reader in its default view
- Inline comments - Turnitin currently doesn’t allow the ability to navigate to comments left inline within the paper with a keyboard or screen reader in its default interface.
- Non-student workflows - Strict conformance to WCAG 2.0 A and AA is limited to the student-facing interfaces. The below-mentioned workarounds are for student workflow only.
Workarounds
- Leaving voice comments - When leaving comments for students with hearing disabilities, we recommend instructors leave a text-based comment instead of a voice recording.
- Using a screen reader - Students using a screen reader can access a text-only version of their similarity report by pressing Tab + Enter upon accessing the Similarity Report.
- Visual impairments - Students can download a text-based PDF version of their report. When leaving comments for students with vision impairment, we recommend instructors include the original text alongside their comments so that students can associate the instructor’s comment with the text of their submission.
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