Turnitin is an online tool that helps students, teachers, and institutions prevent plagiarism by detecting improper citations and copied content. It uses a proprietary algorithm to compare a submitted paper to its massive database of web pages, books, articles, and other student papers, as well as its own internal database of papers. It then flags any potential overlap between the submitted paper and the sources it has identified. It also allows users to check their papers for possible plagiarism before submitting them to an institution. It can be used to generate originality reports, which are helpful for teachers to quickly spot any sections of a paper that are not properly cited or have been copied from other sources. By helping to detect possible plagiarism, Turnitin helps maintain academic integrity and ensure that students are using their own ideas and words.
One of the best plagiarism tabs I've tried. + new integration with Canvas makes it as simple as possible, painless.