Packback generates an Originality Fingerprint for writing assignments (Deep Dive or Originality Review), which can be viewed by educators after an assignment is submitted. Depending on the settings for your assignment, you may be able to view your Originality Fingerprint prior to submitting your assignment. If you do not have access, ask your educator about it. They may be able to turn it on. 

The Originality Fingerprint contains the following two indicators: 

• Uniqueness 
• AI Risk

The Uniqueness indicator represents the percentage of your content that is not matched to other sources. Packback checks external sources (found anywhere on the web) and internal sources (content from previously submitted Packback assignments). Learn more about it here.

The AI Risk level represents the likeliness that your content was written by generative AI. Packback’s algorithm examines word choice and sequence in the student’s text to produce this risk report. Humans tend to write with more ‘surprising’ words than AI, which follows a statistical pattern when generating text. Learn more about it here.

The two indicators (Uniqueness and AI Risk) are determined independently. This means that you could have a high Uniquess indicator (few matches detected) and a moderate or high AI Risk indicator (higher chance of AI-generated text) or vice versa. AI-generated text is not published, so it would not appear in a scan of existing sources. 

Where do I find the Originality Fingerprint?

You can view your Originality Fingerprint when drafting your Deep Dive or Originality Review assignment if the feature is enabled for your assignment.

If the feature is not enabled while drafting your assignment, you can still view your Originality Fingerprint after your assignment is evaluated. Click on your grade to view your evaluation and then click “Back to Submission” to see your Originality Fingerprint.

Deep Dive

When drafting your Deep Dive, you’ll see an Originality Fingerprint panel in the sidebar. After you have written at least 100 words, you can click the “Run Originality Fingerprint” button to generate your report. After the report appears, click “Review” next to the Uniqueness and AI Risk sections for more details. As you continue writing and editing your assignment, you can click the “Refresh” button to regenerate your report. You can only click this button once every five minutes.

 

A snapshot of your Uniqueness and AI Risk indicators is available on the assignment page in the Submission tab after you start a draft or submit your assignment.

 

Originality Review

After uploading a file, your Originality Fingerprint is automatically loaded in the sidebar. Click “Review” next to the Uniqueness and AI Risk sections for more details. You can also view your Originality Fingerprint after you submit your assignment. 

 

A snapshot of your Uniqueness and AI Risk indicators is available on the assignment page after you start a draft or submit your assignment.

Have questions?

If you need technical assistance or have questions about the functionality of your Deep Dives assignment, please reach out to our Support Team at help@packback.co.