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The Maine Community College System has implemented a new plagiarism detection utility named Copyleaks. This article will demonstrate how to enable the plagiarism checker on assignments in Brightspace.

1. Create an assignment as you would normally

2. Click on Assignments → Plagiarism Checker in the Navigation Bar

3. Click Continue if prompted to allow the tool to access your information (optionally select Do not ask me again for this application to avoid being prompted in the future)

4. Select View Instructor Page

5. Toggle the switch on any assignments you’d like to have automatically checked

6. Click on the assignment name to view the submission details after students have uploaded files and the system has scanned them

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show you how Copyleaks works and how to use its various features. For further assistance please contact the BoLTS team.

About Copyleaks

The Copyleaks Plagiarism Checker uses advanced AI to detect plagiarism in over 100 languages, the slightest variations within the text, paraphrasing, and AI-generated content. Ensure your content is original and free of any and all plagiarism, including multiple forms of paraphrasing, image-based text plagiarism, manipulated or hidden characters, and more. ^{[source: copyleaks.com]}

Using Copyleaks

There are two main ways to submit work to Copyleaks for plagiarism detection: manual direct upload, and assignment-based. A manual direct upload is great for one-off situations where you may suspect plagiarism after the assignment has been submitted, you can upload one (or more) documents at a time to Copyleaks to have it analyze on-demand. Assignment-based detection is great for when you just want everything to be automatically taken care of. Using this method, every students' assignment is submitted immediately to Copyleaks after they upload the file, and you can view results at your leisure in the dashboard.

Accessing Copyleaks

Copyleaks is accessed from within your course in Brightspace. Follow these steps to gain access to the Copyleaks dashboard:

1. Open the course in Brightspace

2. Create a hidden module, named something like Instructor Resources or Copyleaks

   1. This step is optional if you already have a hidden module, or will hide the link itself in another module

3. Click on Existing Activities at the top of the module, below the description

4. Click on Copyleaks Instructor Scan Tool

5. Wait a moment while the new link is generated, the page will automatically refresh when done, showing the new Teacher Scanning Tool

Direct Upload

Follow these steps to upload a file directly to Copyleaks for :

1. Click on your Teacher Scanning Tool

2. Click Upload Files in the top-right of the Copyleaks interface

3. Select any applicable files and select OK

   1. Optionally, click on Scan Settings to adjust your preferences for the scan, hitting Save Settings when done

4. Click on Scan

5. Wait for the software to scan the document(s) then view the results

   1. Scans usually take 5-10 minutes, depending on how long the document is