These reports are usually ready in 10-15 minutes of submission, sometimes longer if the assessment is large. The following colours highlight the amount of matching text:
- blue - no matching text
- green - 1-24%
- yellow - 25-49%
- orange - 50-74%
- red - 75-100%
There is no single percentage which indicates an acceptable level of matching in a Turnitin report. Different assessment tasks require different amounts of matching text, some types of text are legitimate matches such as:
- the assessment topic
- quotations (some tasks require more quotations than others)
- reference list (this should match, as it indicates that it has been formatted correctly)
- key technical terms or phrases which cannot be paraphrased
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