Assessment of Turnitin and Urkund in Identifying Plagiarised Content

Abstract

To preserve academic integrity in educational and research organisations, plagiarism detection methods are essential. Turnitin and URKUND (formerly known as Ouriginal) are two of the most popular systems. These two technologies are compared with respect to database coverage, detection processes, accuracy, reporting style, and usability. The identical document that was submitted to both systems is used in a case study, and the similarity reports that are produced are examined. The results show that URKUND delivers more precise analysis with fewer false positives, whereas Turnitin offers more academic capabilities and wider database coverage. The study concludes that both tools have strengths and limitations, discussion of algorithms that promote greater similarity report and recommending to hybrid the features of Turnitin and Urkund to have a better plagarisim tool.