Copyleaks Quick Scan for Teachers

The Copyleaks Quick Scan for Teachers (formerly the Teacher Scanning Tool) lets instructors upload and scan individual documents for potential academic integrity issues, including plagiarism and AI-generated content, without requiring students to submit through a formal assignment folder.

When to use this tool

Quick Scan is best suited for one-off checks: a single suspicious submission, a document shared outside SLATE, a discussion post, quiz answer, or a spot-check on work that wasn’t originally submitted through a Copyleaks-enabled assignment. For scanning full class sets of assignments, use the standard Copyleaks assignment integration instead.

Setup instructions

  1. Add the tool to your course
    Go to Content > Add Existing Activities > Copyleaks Quick Scan for Teachers.
  2. Control student visibility
    Create a dedicated content module for the tool and hide the entire module from students. At minimum, hide the tool itself so it doesn’t appear in the course navigation. This keeps the scanning process confidential and prevents confusion about what the link is for.
  3. Notify students in advance
    Per Sheridan’s Academic Integrity Policy, inform students that their work may be reviewed. Add language like the following to your syllabus or course materials:

In alignment with Sheridan’s Academic Integrity Policy, all student work is subject to academic integrity review. Your instructor may submit assignments, discussions, and other coursework to Copyleaks for plagiarism and AI detection at any time during the semester, without prior notice.

How to scan a document

  1. Open the Quick Scan tool from your course content.
  2. Upload the file you want to check or paste the text.
  3. Wait for the scan to process; this typically takes a few minutes depending on document length.
  4. Review the similarity and AI-detection results in the Copyleaks report.

Notes for instructors

  • Quick Scan results are private to the instructor and are not automatically shared with students.
  • Consider pairing any similarity or AI-detection findings with a conversation with the student before pursuing a formal academic integrity case, per college policy.