iThenticate is a software program marketed by Tunitin that is designed to be used to screen written material for originality and to check for instances of plagiarism in submitted documents.
The iThenticate software compares the uploaded files against >7052 billion web pages and 74 million content items from leading academic publications. When the iThenticate comparison process is complete, a “similarity score” is generated.
The Graduate School allows for up to 12% similarity in reports submitted to TDS. If all efforts to reduce the score to 12% or less are unsuccessful, the student’s advisor must submit to TDS via email an explanation for the high score (e.g., terminology, formulas, etc.). The Dean of the Graduate School will review the report and either provide recommendations to improve the score or accept the paper as submitted.
The Office of Academic Technology creates and maintains iThenticate licensed accounts on behalf of faculty. All faculty supervising thesis and dissertation students can obtain access to iThenticate by obtaining a license through Tina Freeman (tina.freeman@tamuc.edu). Once you have been granted access, click the following link for access to the iThenticate website: https://www.ithenticate.com/
Before uploading a student’s document to iThenticate, remove the following pages and save as a new document.
Setting Exclusion Criteria
Set your iThenticate account to apply the following criteria automatically. To apply these criteria, do the following:
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Update Settings.”
Follow the steps below to run a report:
Follow the steps below to save the report as a PDF.
The iThenticate website houses a large collection of training resources. Also, see the helpful video tutorial on Plagiarism under the TDS/Zoom and YouTube Presentations.
If you have any questions, please contact Thesis and Dissertation Services, 903-886-5968.