{"id":12037,"date":"2025-08-19T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:01:23","slug":"august-2025-canvas-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/august-2025-canvas-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2025 Canvas Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Turnitin AI writing detection<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Turnitin AI writing detection is now available, but instructors should use it with caution<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Turnitin Originality, the centrally supported originality and plagiarism checker made available by Academic Technology per many requests from faculty through its Canvas learning management system, is adding a feature to scan for writing generated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructors should be cautious about relying fully on results from the system because it may return false positives or fail to detect some AI-generated material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turnitin states: \u201cWe only flag something as AI-written when we are 98% sure it is written by AI. This is because we want to make sure we don\u2019t falsely flag something as AI-generated that isn\u2019t. This means, however, that we will likely miss up to 15% of text written by AI, with a less than 1% false positive rate (incorrectly identifying fully human-written text as AI-generated). While Turnitin has confidence in its model, Turnitin does not make a determination of misconduct, rather it provides data for the educators to make an informed decision based on their academic and institutional policies. Hence, we must emphasize that the percentage on the AI writing indicator should not be used as the sole basis for action or a definitive grading measure by instructors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AI-checking feature will appear to users as an additional indicator within the Similarity Report interface. All submissions made to Turnitin after August 25th<\/sup>  will automatically be checked for AI writing. The AI writing detection indicator and report will only display to instructors and is not visible to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Turnitin\u2019s new AI-checking capability, please see Turnitin\u2019s FAQs<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting started with AI writing at Turnitin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI writing detection in the Similarity Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accessibility Settings Update \u2013 Dyslexia Friendly Font<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Reading just got a little easier! You can now switch to a dyslexia-friendly font in Canvas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Click Account<\/strong> on the Global Navigation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Toggle on Use a Dyslexia Friendly Font<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Refresh your browser to see the change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Smart Search<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    Once instructors enable Smart Search and add it to their course menu students and instructors alike can quickly find relevant course information by typing in questions or keywords related to what they\u2019re looking for. Smart Search is currently limited to only querying the following items within a course:\u00a0content pages, announcements, discussion prompts and assignment descriptions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n