Check Your Paper with Turnitin Draft Coach in
Google Docs
Turnitin Draft Coach
helps students improve their academic writing and research skills by providing
instant feedback where they write.
· Correct Grammar - Draft Coach highlights grammar mistakes and provides
explanations to help students edit and deepen their understanding.
· Check for Similarity – Students access Similarity Reports directly
within Google Docs to ensure proper research and understand where to revise
their writing prior to final submission.
· Improve Citations - Students give credit where credit is due by
using Draft Coach to find any missing references and citations.
Only documents created
by you are able to be submitted. Submissions to Draft Coach will not be saved;
therefore the final submission in MyFIRE will not be flagged or reflect your
submissions to Draft Coach. Students will only have three (3) Draft
Coach submission checks available per paper. This tutorial demonstrates how
to check paper submissions in Turnitin Draft Coach within Google Docs.
1. Navigate to your desired Google Doc. If needed, refer to the Google Suite Overview tutorial to locate Google
Docs.
2. Ensure that you have
finished and/or are almost finished with writing and editing your
paper.
3. From within the Google
Doc paper, select extensions at the top of page in the navigation
bar.
4. A drop-down menu will
appear. Hover your cursor over Turnitin Draft Coach.
5. An additional menu will
appear. Select Turnitin Draft Coach.
6. Turnitin Draft Coach
will load. This process may take a few moments depending on your internet
speed. A working notification will appear at the bottom of the
page.
7. Within the Turnitin
panel on the right hand side of the page, select get feedback now. This
step only needs to be completed the first time you utilize Draft Coach.
8. When the panel
refreshes, select the agreement checkbox at the bottom of the panel.
This step only needs to be completed the first time you utilize Draft Coach.
9. Then select continue
to draft coach. This step only needs to be completed the first time you
utilize Draft Coach.
10. The panel will refresh
again. Three options will become available to you. Select the desired area that should be checked.
a. Similarity Check - This option allows students to check for
plagiarism. Note: The amount of checks utilized will be visible and
tracked by Draft Coach. The Similarity percentage is
not a measure of the amount of plagiarism in a document. The similarity score
is calculated by dividing the number of matching words by the total number of
words in the document. Human judgment should always be used to determine if
this value is acceptable.
i. Select go to similarity.
ii. Select how should I use these checks listed
in blue.
iii. The panel will refresh. Choose the type of method
that you typically use when writing your paper: I like to draft the whole
assignment before making revisions or I like to continually make
revisions as I draft. Draft Coach will provide next step suggestions on how
to best utilize and check your paper through Draft Coach.
iv. Select back at the top of the panel.
v. Then select back to similarity check.
vi. Select run similarity check.
vii. When the panel refreshes, select confirm. Note:
Do not alter your text while the check is running for accuracy purposes.
viii. When the panel refreshes
again, your similarity score will appear at the top of the panel. If
similarities have been identified, select either:
1. The what should I do with my score link
listed in blue to determine next steps based on the similarity result.
2. The similarity source(s) listed below the
score to see the matching in your paper
3. View full report at the bottom of the page to review the report in greater
detail.
b. Citations Check - This option allows students to check references
and citations for correct formatting.
i. From the Turnitin details tab, select go to
citations.
ii. Select how should I use these checks link
listed in blue.
iii. The panel will refresh. Choose the type of method
that you typically use when writing your paper: I like to add citations when
I finish my draft or I like to add citations as I write my draft.
Draft Coach will provide next step suggestions on how to best utilize and check
your paper through Draft Coach.
iv. Select back at the top of the panel.
v. Then select back to citations.
vi. Select run citations check.
vii. When the panel refreshes, the citation check
results will appear. Review the results by selecting any citations that
appear under the Issues title and then select what should I do with this
report to view suggested corrections for your paper.
c. Grammar Guide - This option allows students to check their
paper for grammatical errors by giving examples of correct grammar usage. It
does not generate rewritten sentence and/or word replacement options.
i. From the Turnitin details tab, select go to
grammar.
ii. Select how should I use these checks link
listed in blue.
iii. The panel will refresh. Choose the type of method
that you typically use when writing your paper: I like to check my grammar
all at once when I finish my draft or I like to check my grammar as I
write my draft. Draft Coach will provide next step suggestions on how to
best utilize and check your paper through Draft Coach.
iv. Select back at the top of the panel.
v. Then select back to grammar.
vi. Select run grammar check.
vii. When the panel refreshes, the grammar guide
results will appear. Review the results by selecting any grammar suggestions that appear under the Issues title and then select what should I do with
these results to view suggested corrections for your paper.
11. Once done reviewing your
results and editing your paper, submit your paper in MyFIRE.