When students use Draft Coach add-in to run a Similarity Report, their submissions are not indexed/saved in the repository - this means that originality reports run for class assignments will not match against draft submissions. Students are limited to three similarity reports for a document and should be advised to use them wisely. 

You can only run 3 similarity checks for a paper - be strategic.

After you have turned on the Draft Coach add-in:

1. select the Similarity tab
2. click the Run Similarity Check button

 

3. a notice will tell you how many checks you have left for the paper; remember, you can only run three similarity checks on a paper
4. click the confirm button if you want to run a check
5. be patient and wait for the report to complete, it can take a little while depending on the length of the paper

Brief information will be displayed in the side window, click the View Full Report button to open the report in a new tab/window. You will see extra options to understand the report when it is expanded.

The first time the full report is open, the program will offer a quick tour of the page. You can always access this helpful tour from the question mark in the

 

A few quick things to know about an originality report:

We highly recommend this guide to understanding the results for Draft Coach by Turnitin