To help you to interpret the similarity report, Turnitin has a range of filters that can be applied. To use these filters, click the Filters and Settings icon:

The filters and settings button in the Turnitin Feedback Studio.


 Filter
 Purpose
Exclude Quotes/Exclude Bibliography
You may wish to exclude quotes, bibliographies, and items of a similar nature from influencing your students' similarity scores.
Exclude small sources (measured by word number or percentage)
 You can exclude sources in the source list that are below the threshold set by you. For example, if the threshold is set at 3%, any 1% or 2% match would be removed from the current report mode's source list.
Generate a new Similarity Report
If you believe an item may have been added to the Turnitin database since a Similarity Report was last generated (this could be a website, journal article, or even another student’s paper), you can generate a new report to receive an up-to-date similarity score.