Policies and Practices for using Turnitin Are instructors and students required to use Turnitin? Are students allowed to see the results of the Originality Check plagiarism detection report generated by Turnitin? Can instructors just use Google or other free search tools to investigate possible instances of plagiarism? What should instructors do if Turnitin identifies instances of plagiarism or other academic integrity violations? What happens to student work after it is submitted using Turnitin?