Turnitin Student Support

Turnitin standard assignments allow instructors to collect work from you and have that work checked against other student papers, the Internet, and journals/periodicals/publications. Each submission receives an Originality Report with the results of these checks.

Turnitin Clarity (new for Fall 2026) provides a space within Turnitin for you to compose your submission to provide greater visibility into your writing process. Instructors can see a playback of your composition and view a report on pasted text, typing patterns, and revision history. Instructors also have the ability to enable optional features that include AI chat for guided writing support, grammar feedback tools that help you identify and revise writing issues, and citation checking features that encourage stronger attribution and academic writing practices. Clarity also provides access to the same robust feedback tools as standard Turnitin assignments. It is important to note that Clarity is not an AI detection tool. Note: Turnitin Clarity does have some lingering accessibility issues. If you use assistive technology and have trouble with Clarity, please reach out to your instructor. 

Please be aware Clarity will not function properly using the Canvas Student app. You can still use a mobile device (iPad, smartphone, etc.) to access Clarity, you will just need to log in to Canvas through a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) instead of using the Canvas app. 

Help Guides

IMPORTANT NOTE: These guides may feature settings or options that either CSUSM does not have enabled or your instructor chose not to enable.

Clarity Assignment

• Getting Started with Turnitin Clarity
• Starting your Clarity assignment
• Writing in Turnitin Clarity
• Using keyboard shortcuts with Clarity assignments
• Using Turnitin Clarity’s AI Assistant (if enabled by your instructor)
• Submitting a Clarity assignment
• Reviewing your Clarity submission and Writing Report
• FAQs for students using Turnitin Clarity

Standard Assignment

• Submit to a Standard Assignment

Feedback & Originality Report

• Reviewing your grade and rubric
• Reviewing instructor feedback
• Navigating the student Similarity Report
• Using exclusions and filters
• Downloading a Similarity Report as a student
• Generating a new Similarity Report after resubmission

Multi Part Assignment

A Multipart assignment is one larger assignment made up of separate parts. Your instructor may use a Multipart assignment to help you complete work in stages, such as an outline, bibliography, draft, and final submission.

• Multipart Assignments for Students
  • Open a Multipart assignment
  • Review the Multipart Overview
  • Submit to a Multipart assignment part
  • Review feedback for a Multipart assignment part

Additional Support

If you are encountering issues when using Turnitin standard assignments or Turnitin Clarity assignments, you can email us at cchelp@csusm.edu. Please include in your email your course number, assignment name, and a description of the problem (screenshots are a plus!). 

We also provide virtual drop-in support in our online office hours (meeting ID 296496061) Monday-Friday 10am-4pm. When you first enter you will be placed in a Waiting Room until someone is available to assist you.