Using Copyleaks

Owned by Skylar Grant
Last updated: Jul 23, 2024
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The Maine Community College System is in the middle of transitioning plagiarism detection tools. We are switching from TurnItIn (by Ouriginal, formerly known as Urkund) to Copyleaks in July 2024. This page is a work in progress and being updated continually, please check back later for more comprehensive instructions.

The Maine Community College System has implemented a new plagiarism detection utility named Copyleaks. This article will 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