Packback Originality

Prevent plagiarism (and misuse of AI) before it happens with Packback Originality.

Packback Originality offers an enterprise-scale solution to help institutions, faculty, and students detect possible plagiarism and Generative AI use on any assignment, while improving student writing outcomes.

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Unlike other leading Academic Integrity solutions, Packback allows students to see a preview of their Originality report before they submit, and guides them to properly cite their sources. Packback also provides students with proactive writing feedback on grammar, style, and content to not only reduce plagiarism, but to actively improve student writing performance.


Packback’s Originality Reporting Capabilities

Uniqueness Reporting

Packback compares student submitted work to millions of pieces of text, including:

  • Live Web Search: A real-time comparison to public web sources, open-access journals, open-access textbooks
  • Document Repository: A comparison to Packback’s saved “document repository” of over 10M saved web-based documents, based on the most commonly plagiarized materials
  • Student Content: A comparison to Packback’s repository of over 50M pieces of student-submitted content (essays, discussions).

AI-Generated Text Detection

Packback performs a review of student work to detect the likelihood of Generative AI use.

  • Detects Any Model: Detects AI generated text from any commercially available AI model, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.
  • Low False Positive: Packback’s AI detection boasts the lowest false positive rate of any commerically available tool (<0.01%)
    • Compare to leading Academic Integrity companies advertised false positive rate of 1%.

Uniqueness Scoring

Detect (and compare) matches between student text and outside sources

Packback’s advanced Uniqueness Algorithm can detect matches to outside sources even in the case of significant edits. Packback allows you to see a side-by-side “Match Comparison” showing additions, deletions, and replacements.

Illustration showing side-by-side comparison between student text and matched text, with additions, deletions, and edits highlighted.


Illustration showing AI-generated text reporting experience, with passages of text highlighted to indicate high risk.

AI-Generated Text Detection

Identify how students may be using GenAI in their work

At Packback, we know that not all GenAI use is a bad thing; but transparency and proper attribution is key! Packback provides transparency into how a document may have used Generative AI in its development, with an overall “risk” level as well as “risk” insights by sentence.


Proactive Feedback for Students

Allow students to see matches and correct missing citations before submission

Packback’s mission is to empower students with insights during the writing process to help them succeed before they submit. Students are able to see a preview of the “Originality Fingerprint” report for their document and are prompted to cite their sources before they submit.

Illustration showing student-facing plagiarism reporting and early alerting, with a pop up suggesting a citation.

Illustration showing student-facing feedback experience and educator-facing grading experience in Packback Originality.

Streamlined Workflow

A single workflow for teacher grading and student feedback

Unlike other leading academic integrity solutions, all of Packback’s features are delivered in one streamlined workflow. Educators assign, grade, and review originality all in the same workflow, and students get proactive writing feedback as a part of the submission process.


Educators support Packback Originality’s student-centered pedagogical approach

Photograph of Heather Olson

It is essential with any AI detection or plagiarism detection that students get to see the feedback first before the faculty do, and have the time to revise and resubmit their work so that there isn’t that “gotcha” from faculty. It has to be a teaching and a learning tool for the students.”

Dr. Heather Olson

Director of Online Teaching and Learning Experience, Florida SouthWestern State College

Quote from an interview about Heather’s positive experience with Packback’s Originality Tools


Fully Integrated

Packback is LTI 1.1 and 1.3 certified, and integrates with Canvas, BB, D2L, Moodle, Schoology.

Packback also supports:

  • Clever with Rostering Support.
  • Google Classroom.
  • Deep Linking in LTI (Coming Spring 2025)

Accessible (AA, WCAG 2.2)

Packback’s platform is highly accessible, and complies with the AA level of the WCAG 2.2 Guidelines.

Download Packback’s VPAT 2.4

Explore our Accessibility policy for more information

Secure & Flexible

Privacy and Security-First: Packback is SOCII Certified and aligns to FERPA, COPPA, PIPEDA, and GDPR standards.

You control your institution’s data: Institutions can request data removed from our data set, or their own data ingested into our document repository.


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Or if you prefer, you can create an account on Packback to explore the platform.