Conversely, it is possible that only a small part of the text has been copied and that this does constitute plagiarism. It is possible that texts in the submitted work have been copied in a legitimate way (with proper acknowledgement of the source), thus showing a high percentage, without being plagiarised.

There is no fixed similarity percentage from which you can say plagiarism or fraud occurs. Documents handed in by students in Canvas (in assignments with plagiarism review) can be compared with sources on the internet, journals and previously submitted documents by UvA students with Turnitin Similarity plagiarism software. Please use the Resetting Your Password instructions, if the password has been forgotten, to gain access to the user profile if you had a previously existing Turnitin user profile, or use an alternate e-mail address for your Turnitin access.As such, it is important that all members of staff who assess students’ and doctoral candidates’ written work make use of plagiarism detection software.

If step 6 indicates that the e-mail provided is already in Turnitin, there is an existing profile under the e-mail you entered. From the completed user profile creation page, click on Log in to Turnitin.To continue using Turnitin, click on I agree - create profile.

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The Create a New Turnitin Student Profile form must be completed to create a new student user account.

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