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Reading the Checkmark Report

Every submission gets one report that answers four questions: what was pasted, what was transcribed, what matches a source, and what looks AI-written. Here's how to read it in under a minute — and how to dig in when something needs a closer look.

Step 1: Read the Tiles

The top of every report shows an Overall score plus four totals — Pasted (content pasted from outside the document), Transcribed (typed while copying another source), Uncited (referenced text with no citation), and AI (text that patterns like AI writing). Hover any tile for its definition.

The Originality Tiles

A tile reading N/A means the text was too short for that detector to run reliably — the report says so instead of guessing.

Report tiles showing Overall, Total Pasted, Total Transcribed, Total Uncited, and Total AI percentages, with the Playback button

Step 2: Follow the Highlights

Findings are marked directly in the essay — pasted text, transcription, uncited references, and AI-flagged passages each get their own color. Click any highlight and its evidence card scrolls into view in the Plagiarism Breakdown sidebar; click a card and the essay scrolls to the passage.

Highlights ↔ Evidence Cards

The Checkmark report with highlighted essay passages connected to evidence cards in the sidebar

Step 3: Check the Source

On a Plagiarism card, click Show quote to see the matched passage in full with a link to the source it matches. If the match is against another student's work, the card says Student Submission instead of a URL.

Matched Quote + Source Link

A Plagiarism card expanded with Show quote, displaying the matched passage and source URL

Step 4: See What Was Pasted

External Paste cards keep the complete original pasted text — expand See full original paste to view it, even if the student edited it afterward.

An External Paste card expanded to show the full original pasted text

Step 5: Replay the Session

The Playback button (top right of the report) replays the writing session keystroke by keystroke, with 1x–8x speed, ten-second skips, and a scrubber. The play button on any paste card jumps Playback to just before that paste landed — the fastest way to see an event in context.

When is Playback available?

Playback needs writing-process data, which comes with Google Docs submissions (revision history), typed-in essay editors (Canvas and Buzz), and Word documents written with Checkmark's editor tooling. Plain uploaded files still get full plagiarism and AI analysis — the Pasted and Transcribed tiles just read N/A.

Step 6: Switch to the Grading View

The second row of tiles holds the autograder's per-criterion scores. Select it to see written justifications for each score and quote-anchored feedback cards next to the essay. Everything is editable, and students see nothing until you publish.

Scores, Justifications & Feedback

The grading view with per-criterion justifications and feedback cards

Flag It — Privately

Every submission carries a status: Not Reviewed, Flagged, Resolved, or Not Flagged. Statuses are visible to teachers only — students never see a flag — so you can track follow-ups without making accusations.

A Note on AI Scores

AI cards show a confidence gradient, not a verdict, and the report says it plainly: don't rely on the score alone. Pair an AI signal with the writing process — paste events and typing patterns — before starting a conversation.

Try It on a Real Report

The interactive example report is live — click every card, expand every quote.