{"id":6340,"date":"2023-08-07T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6340"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:19:51","slug":"using-draft-coach","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/using-draft-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Turnitin Draft Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Draft Coach is only available on the web version of <a href=\"https:\/\/word.cloud.microsoft\/\">Microsoft Word<\/a>, which can be found within Microsoft 365. This tool can be very useful for university students who want to ensure that their academic writing is original and meets the standards of academic integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide will provide some context on academic integrity and how to interpret the \u201cSimilarity Report\u201d that can be generated within Draft Coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Draft Coach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the &#8220;Draft Coach&#8221; tab in the ribbon to open the programme in the right-hand sidebar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of MS Word showing the top ribbon with Turnitin highlighted\" class=\"wp-image-8507\" style=\"width:399px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4.png 602w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4-50x14.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4-60x17.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4-100x28.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1.png\" alt=\"The draft coach open in the right hand sidebar\" class=\"wp-image-8451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1.png 542w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-50x29.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-60x35.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-100x58.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Within this sidebar, Draft Coach provides 3 different tools to help students revise and polish their writing prior to submission:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cSimilarity Check\u201d generates a \u201cSimilarity Report\u201d which identifies matches between the text in the Word document and the collection of internet content, student papers, and academic journals within Turnitin. This can be used to ensure you have not plagiarised from any of the sources that you have used in your writing and to ensure you have properly cited these sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCitations Check\u201d identifies and suggests fixes for missing citations and references in numerous referencing styles. This helps to ensure you have properly cited all of the sources in your work and included all in-text citations in your bibliography.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cGrammar Guide\u201d finds grammar mistakes within the text and suggests edits to fix these. This helps to detect potential grammar mistakes in your writing and helps to explain why there may be a grammar mistake within the sentence that the tool is highlighting through providing examples of the grammar rule being used correctly.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Similarity Check<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Similarity Check means that the tool is comparing the text in a Word document with the collection of papers, journals, and submissions within the Turnitin system and looks for any samples of text that are identical (meaning they exactly match a piece of text found in another piece of writing) or highly similar (meaning these are only minor changes between the submitted text and another piece of text on the Turnitin system). The Similarity Check then provides a summary of any matching or very similar text samples found within the submitted text and highlights these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is completely normal, and often expected, for elements of an assignment to match against some other texts within the Turnitin database, meaning you should expect to have a Similarity Score. This is because if a piece of text uses quotes from academic articles (books, journals, etc.) you would expect to find a match as the document will highlight that the uploaded text has quoted text from another academic piece. Accordingly, having similarity score indicates that you are using and referencing academic research material in your work, which is expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason that the tool is used to highlight these matches is so a marker can look at these matches and determine if the match is acceptable, which will often mean ensuring that quotes are clearly referenced and containing within quotation marks, and ensuring that any sections of text with matches that aren\u2019t direct quotes have been correctly paraphrased. This means that when using Draft Coach, the Similarity Checker is an opportunity to see if you have quoted, paraphrased, and referenced correctly within your work, helping to avoid large chunks of your text being matched to a single source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To run a Similarity Check:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensure that your Word Document contains all of the text you want to check for plagiarism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on &#8220;Similarity Check&#8221; to scan the document for plagiarism by identifying where the text is too similar to existing content within the Turnitin system.<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-1024x589.png\" alt=\"The similarity check button in the right hand menu\" class=\"wp-image-8452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-50x29.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-1536x884.png 1536w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-60x35.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1-100x58.png 100w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-1-1.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once the scan is complete, Draft Coach will create a Similarity Report that shows any instances of text that match other sources.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-1024x566.png\" alt=\"A similarity report showing the overall similarity as a percentage in the right hand menu.\" class=\"wp-image-8453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-60x33.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2-100x55.png 100w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-2.png 1822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review the report and make any necessary changes to your document to ensure that your writing is original. Whilst the \u201cOverall Similarity\u201d score that is generated is a good indicator of the amount of similarity between a document and other texts, it is also important to review each individual similarity match to check if any information has been plagiarised from a source (see the guide on interpreting the Similarity Report below). Guidance is also provided by Turnitin on how to interpret the results of a similarity report <a href=\"https:\/\/help.turnitin.com\/integrity\/student\/draft-coach\/understanding-draft-coach.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can undertake this process 2 more times (meaning you can run 3 total Similarity Checks) on each separate document you create within an online Word document. The Similarity Checker will inform you how many checks remain on the document that you are working in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-1024x499.png\" alt=\"The remaining checks highlighted in the right hand menu.\" class=\"wp-image-8454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3-100x49.png 100w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-3.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/21993429763469-Understanding-your-Draft-Coach-reports#h_01HGZ7SVRK6CWKQYJHAGPX3CP4\">Learn more about similarity check<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interpreting the Similarity Report<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a similarity report with text that matches other sources highlighted.\" class=\"wp-image-6359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1-50x25.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10-1024x512-1-100x50.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Similarity Report generated by Draft Coach will show any text in your document that matches other sources, along with a percentage indicating the level of similarity. The \u201cOverall Similarity\u201d score will be shown at the top of the window, displaying the total amount of similarity within a document and the articles within Turnitin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.plymouth.ac.uk\/interpreting-a-turnitin-similarity-report\/\">Learn more about interpreting your similarity reports<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Integrity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding how the Similarity Checker tool works, and why having similarity matches within a piece of text may be okay or problematic due to how work has been quoted, paraphrased, or referenced within the text, helps you to better understand the policy of academic integrity and what is considered plagiarism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.plymouth.ac.uk\/academic-integrity\/\">Learn more about Academic Integrity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citation Check<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The citation check is designed to show if you have a mismatch in the number of references vs citations. Good practice is that for every citation in your work, there is a matching reference and vice versa. The citation check will cross reference. Please not this will not check the quality or accuracy of your referencing. Please note it will only recognise two referencing formats, APA and MLA, however this is just recognising it is that style, but not making any further checks, so please do not worry if it doesn&#8217;t recognise the style you use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a citation report stating that in the submitted text, 2 citations and 3 references were detected.\" class=\"wp-image-6569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.png 314w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-50x31.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-60x37.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-100x62.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/21993429763469-Understanding-your-Draft-Coach-reports#h_01HGZ7V7RJRGWA2DRSP6ECWX5D\">Learn more about Citation Check<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grammar Guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Grammar Guide searches your draft for any grammatical mistakes using US-English grammar rules. More information can be found here in the Grammar Guide tab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note the citation and grammer guide are not exhaustive guides to these aspects of academic writing. Please also use other grammar help and guidance available where needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/21993429763469-Understanding-your-Draft-Coach-reports#h_01HGZ7X6T9R213XY4A1JFH4XHA\">Learn more about Grammar Guide<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, Draft Coach is a very useful tool for university students to ensure that their writing is original and meets the standards of academic integrity. By following these installation and usage instructions, and interpreting the Similarity Report with care, students can use DraftCoach to their advantage in their academic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/28423411707533-Turnitin-Draft-Coach-FAQ\">View Turnitin Draft Coach FAQ<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft Coach is a plagiarism checker that is available as an add-in for the web version of Microsoft Word, accessible within Microsoft 365.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[190],"ht-kb-tag":[361,360],"class_list":["post-6340","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-turnitin","ht_kb_tag-academic-integrity","ht_kb_tag-draft-coach"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6340"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8509,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6340\/revisions\/8509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=6340"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=6340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}