Help Center: Excluding Small Matches
Turnitin users now have the ability to exclude small matches from Originality Reports as an assignment setting or within Originality Reports. There are two options for excluding small matches either by word count or by percentage. With this feature instructors now have greater control on sifting out smaller matches, allowing them to focus on more problematic and suspect matches within the Originality Reports.
How to exclude small matches by word count or percentage as an assignment setting
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on the "new assignment" button
3. Click on the "more options" link
4. Select "yes" from the "Exclude small matches?" radio buttons
5. Once yes has been clicked the "Exclude matches by:" option window will open. There are two options by which to exclude small matches: by word count or by the percentage of the text in a match compared to the overall paper. Click in the radio button to the left of the exclusion option you would like to use and enter the value that you would like to be excluded for Originality Reports generated in this assignment
How to exclude small matches by word count or percentage in an Originality Report
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on the "View" link to the right of the assignment name
3. Click on the Originality Report icon
4. On the tool bar the exclude small matches option can be adjusted at any time by clicking on the "exclude small matches" link
5. Select whether to exclude small matches by amount of words or percentage and then enter the chosen value to be excluded within the appropriate field. Click submit to apply the changes to the Originality Report you are viewing
Additional Information
- For information on reading Originality Reports, please view our Originality Report video.
- For information on printing an Originality Report, please view our article on printing Originality Reports.
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