Plagiarism

Turnitin Draft Coach is a new tool that gives NWTC students access to Turnitin Similarity Reports, Citations Reports, and Grammar Guide directly in their NWTC Microsoft Word Online account.

Similarity Check shows if your writing matches text from other sources.

• Helps you make sure your work is original and not copied from someone else
• Highlights sections of your paper that match outside sources
• You can run a similarity check up to three times per document

Citations Check finds missing references or citations. 

• Identifies any in-text citations without a corresponding reference on your Works Cited or References page.
• Identifies any reference that does not have a corresponding in-text citation.
• Does NOT correct the format of your references or in-text citations. Please see the NWTC Citation Guide for APA and MLA formatting rules.

Grammar Guide highlights grammar errors and suggests corrections.

It is available to all current NWTC students when logged in to Microsoft Word Online with your NWTC login. (Draft Coach cannot be used on the desktop version of Microsoft Word.)

Please note that Turnitin Draft Coach is only available in Microsoft Word Online through your NWTC Microsoft 365 account; it is not available in the desktop app. For more information on Microsoft 365, see How do I get Microsoft 365 at NWTC? and Using Microsoft 365 Online at NWTC (3-minute video).

Once you open a Word Online document.

1. Click on the Turnitin tab on the ribbon .
2. Then click on the Draft Coach button.
3. Draft Coach will open on the right side of the page. There are three options: Similarity, Citations, Grammar. Choose Similarity Check.

Please note:

• There may be a delay of a few seconds from the time you open a Word Document to when the “Turnitin” button appears in the ribbon. 
• If you are prompted for your Microsoft credentials, enter your ID number@nwtc.edu (00000000@nwtc.edu)
• If you see an Authentication Failed message, it may be because your internet browser is blocking the sign-in pop-up window. To fix this problem please allow pop-ups for nwtcedu-my.sharepoint.com.