UPDATE July 1, 2026

Turnitin has revised the terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA) to clarify elements related to AI detection. As a result, beginning July 7, 2026 ALL users will be required to renew their agreement to these terms the next time they submit a response to an activity with Turnitin enabled. 

Two important things to know:

1. SOU does not use Turnitin's AI detection feature; your work will not be analyzed by Turnitin for AI influences.
2. The new EULA has not yet been provided by Turnitin. The terms and conditions linked here are those in effect up to July 7 and do not reflect the new terms.

See Turnitin's FAQs for the revision.

Turnitin is a service that reviews student papers, compares them against documents in its database (which includes websites, journals, papers submitted by students across the country, etc.), and generates a report indicating how much of the paper matches text from these sources. 

When you submit an assignment to Turnitin the first time, you will be asked to authorize an End User License Agreement (EULA). You can review those terms and conditions prior to agreeing to them. Regardless of whether you accept or decline the EULA or choose not to respond either way, it is possible for you to make a submission. If you decline to accept or skip the choice, your submission will not be submitted for review by Turnitin. According to US Department of Education rules, instructors have the right to require students to submit their work to an originality verification tool such as Turnitin. Thus, submission to Turnitin may be necessary in order to receive credit for an assignment, at your instructor’s sole discretion.

https://guides.turnitin.com/hc/en-us/categories/21850416398221-Student-hub.