Excluding an individual source
Sometimes, you may notice that a source is included in the Similarity Report that you didn't intend, or there may be a source you think was permissible, and don't want it to contribute to the overall similarity score.
- Select My Files from the sidebar.
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Find the file containing the document you'd like to view and select its title.
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From the sources sidebar, choose a source view.
Sources Overview: A list of the top sources found in the document
All Sources: A list of all sources that have matched in the document.
Excluding from either of these views will also exclude it from the other view
- Hover over the source you would like to exclude. An eye icon with a strike through it will appear.
Select this icon to exclude this source. - You will be presented with options to state why you are excluding this particular source.
These options are:- Student's own work
- Not the original source
- Valid collaboration
- Other (you will be asked to specify)
- Exclude without reason
- You're all done! The similarity score will be updated to reflect the exclusion you have just made.
Excluding a sub-domain will only remove the match from that level of the domain. If there are multiple matches, from different parts of a single domain, they will be treated differently.
For example: help.turnitin.com would be a different source to example.turnitin.com
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