iThenticate

CDU HDR students and their Principal Supervisors have access to iThenticate via the CDU license. Login details have been emailed to eligible users: 

• Students will find them in their student email
• Staff in their CDU staff email.

To log in:

1. Visit the Plagiarism Detection Software | iThenticate
2. Select the login button at the top right-hand side of the page.
3. Enter your login details.

If you can't find your login information - Check your junk mail folder. 

If it's still missing, follow these steps:

1. Visit the Plagiarism Detection Software | iThenticate
2. Choose "Forgot Password."
3. Enter your email address:
   1. HDR students: use your student email (e.g., if your number is 107107, your email is s107107@students.cdu.edu.au).
   2. Principal Supervisors: use your CDU email address.
4. Click submit.

If you continue to have trouble logging in, email research.degrees@cdu.edu.au with:

• A screenshot of the login screen and any error messages.
• The email address you are using to log in.

• Once logged in locate the "my folders" and "my documents"

• On the right-hand side of the page, choose “Upload a File”:

• Once the file has uploaded it will appear in your “My documents” list:

• Click on the % shown in the “report” column against the relevant document to view the similarity report

   

Report Settings

To exclude references, select the document report from your documents then select the filter icon (highlighted in yellow below) and tick “exclude bibliography”. The apply changes.

Viewing the Report

See this link for more info on viewing the similarity report: The Document Viewer

Interpreting the Report

“It is perfectly natural for a submission to match against sources in the database. If the submission has used quotes and has referenced correctly, there will be instances where there will be a match. The similarity score simply makes the user aware of any problem areas in the submission; iThenticate should be used as part of a larger process, in order to determine if the match is or is not acceptable.”

 The student and supervisor should read the report carefully and determine if any of the similarities picked up need to be addressed or not.

Downloading the Report

From Downloading a PDF Version of a Similarity Report:

“The Similarity Report can be downloaded in a print-friendly PDF

To download a report, select the print icon at the bottom left of the Document Viewer. This will prepare a readable PDF version of the report. When downloading a report, the downloaded version created is based on the current view of the Similarity Report. For example, selecting the download icon while using the default Match Overview will create a PDF with color-coded highlights.” 

See the guides for more information The Similarity Report (turnitin.com)