Retirement of Turnitin Similarity integration in Microsoft Teams Assignments

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft is retiring the legacy Turnitin Similarity integration in Teams Assignments by December 31, 2026. Organisations must migrate to Turnitin Feedback Studio to maintain plagiarism detection capabilities, ensuring continued academic integrity and compliance.

The Impact

Educators and administrators using Turnitin Similarity are affected, with a low security risk if migration is completed.

• Educators: Potential disruption to plagiarism checking if not migrated.
• Administrators: Required to manage and execute the migration process.
• Students: No direct impact if the migration is handled smoothly.
• Organisation: Risk of non-compliance with academic integrity policies if Turnitin functionality is lost.

The Action

1. Identify current usage of Turnitin Similarity integration within Teams Assignments.
2. Review Turnitin Feedback Studio for Microsoft Teams capabilities and requirements.
3. Plan the migration to Turnitin Feedback Studio before December 31, 2026.
4. Communicate the change and new integration to affected educators and administrators.
5. Implement and test the Turnitin Feedback Studio integration.

Domain: Teams · Impact: low · Workload: Teams