Auburn University.

Detection status: Turnitin (Canvas, enterprise) and iThenticate (research writing) licensed; AI-detection use not stated in Auburn's own pages
Office in these sources: Office of the Provost — Academic Integrity · 302J Samford Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849 · no phone stated in these sources · provst2@auburn.edu · auburn.edu — Academic Integrity
Ombuds or advocacy office: University Ombuds Office — “a Confidential, Independent, Impartial, and Informal problem-solving and conflict-management resource for all members of the Auburn family” per Auburn, which names students among those it invites to make an appointment · Quad Center, Suite 005 · (334) 844-7170 · aumbuds@auburn.edu · ba.auburn.edu — University Ombuds Office
Sources last checked: Aug 29, 2026

Reproduced from the institution’s own pages quoted below — potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any case.

Auburn's published sources on AI detection and academic integrity, quoted and linked below. These are potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any case. Auburn's Academic Integrity Policy is the governing document and took effect January 1, 2026, replacing the former Academic Honesty Code; the policy states its own applicability as “All students taking classes at Auburn University with the exception of students that are enrolled in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Doctor of Pharmacy programs.” The Provost's separate AI guidelines state that they “are guidelines only and do not constitute official university policy,” and course syllabi and college or department rules may add their own AI terms. Confirm applicability with the institution. Any dates are quoted from the sources, not a deadline calculation performed for you.

01Detection status

What is documented — and what isn't

Auburn documents two text-matching pipelines on its own pages, and does not state on any page located in this review whether an AI-writing detector is enabled in either of them.

Turnitin — enterprise license, Canvas-integrated, campus scope. Auburn University Libraries' AI Literacy guide states (page dated Jun 15, 2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026):

"Auburn University has an enterprise license with Turnitin, a comprehensive plagiarism detection service integrated with Canvas to ensure the academic integrity of students' work. Turnitin offers tools to detect plagiarism and provide feedback on student writing. It compares submitted papers to a large database of academic papers, websites, and other sources to identify potential plagiarism. Similarity by Turnitin generates a similarity report that shows the percentage of matching text and the sources of the matches."

Source: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Literacy: AI Tools — Auburn University Libraries. The Libraries' own answer service adds who has access, and attributes a position to the university's teaching centre (page dated May 04, 2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026):

"While the Biggio Center does not endorse AI plagiarism detection services, Auburn University has an enterprise license with Turnitin, a comprehensive plagiarism detection service integrated. All faculty on campus/Canvas have access to it inside and outside of Canvas, but their college, department, or units are in charge of the details and how to use it."

Source: Ask a Librarian — does the library have access to a resource that allows you to check a student's work for plagiarism?. Both of these describe Turnitin's similarity and plagiarism functions. Neither states whether Turnitin's AI writing indicator is switched on or off at Auburn, and no page located in this review states it either way.

iThenticate — research writing, not undergraduate coursework. Auburn's Office of Research Integrity and Compliance states (no on-page date displayed; retrieved Aug 27, 2026):

"iThenticate is a plagiarism detection tool that helps researchers evaluate the originality of scholarly writing, including grant proposals, journal articles, and theses or dissertations." "Auburn University holds a license with the software provider, allowing the university to offer a limited number of scans."

Source: iThenticate — University Research, Auburn. Its stated scope is scholarly and research writing, not general coursework, and the page describes similarity reporting rather than AI detection.

What the Provost's office says about AI detectors. Auburn's Office of the Provost publishes a page of optional AI guidance for courses. Among the practices it invites faculty to consider, it lists (no on-page date displayed; retrieved Aug 27, 2026):

"Reducing or eliminating the use of AI detectors, which are unreliable and easily fooled"

The same page states its own status: “The recommendations here are guidelines only and do not constitute official university policy.” Source: Optional Guidelines for AI Use in Courses — Office of the Provost. Auburn's Turnitin license is documented as current on the Libraries pages quoted above; the two statements sit side by side on Auburn's own domain, and this page reproduces both rather than reconciling them.

On AI-use rules themselves, Auburn's Academic Integrity site states that instructors set course-level terms, and its Academic Integrity Policy lists as a form of plagiarism the “Use of course-approved AI output without appropriate acknowledgement or documentation” (policy revised effective 1/01/2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026). Sources: AI Guidance for Faculty — Academic Integrity and Academic Integrity Policy (PDF). Your syllabus and assignment instructions are therefore among the relevant sources for your own situation.

The sweep behind these findings, and what it could not read. No AI-writing-detection tool was located as deployed by Auburn in this review across the named vendors (Turnitin including its SimCheck and Originality product names, Copyleaks, iThenticate, GPTZero, Originality.ai, Winston AI, Crossplag, ZeroGPT, Packback, Grammarly Authorship, Honorlock, Proctorio, Respondus, Examity), Auburn's Canvas and instructional-technology pages, its Libraries and teaching-centre AI guides, its research-integrity pipeline, and its Biggio Center Testing Services proctoring pages. Turnitin and iThenticate are the two tools Auburn's own pages document as licensed, and both are documented for similarity and plagiarism matching. Two Auburn OIT knowledge-base articles are the likeliest home of any detector statement and could not be read: KB0012841, “Using Turnitin” and KB0012728, “AI Tools and Software Available at Auburn University”. Both return the message “Please login to access this article.” to a reader without an Auburn account, in a plain fetch and in a browser alike. Nothing from either article is quoted or characterized here.

02Published procedure

What Auburn's own pages say about how cases proceed

Who may be present: “A charged student has the right to have an advisor accompany them at their Hearing. This advisor may not be an active participant during the Hearing. The advisor must be a current Auburn faculty member, staff member, employee, or student that is not involved in any active Academic Integrity case. The advisor cannot be a family member or lawyer of the charged student.” — Academic Integrity Policy, §VII Rights and Responsibilities (policy revised effective 1/01/2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026). On recording, Auburn's Committee Hearing Procedures direct the chair to inform both parties that “The proceedings will be recorded.” (document dated 09.18.25 in its filename; retrieved Aug 27, 2026) · Academic Integrity Policy (PDF) · Committee Hearing Procedures (PDF)
What follows on the record: “The notation ‘assigned for academic dishonesty’ shall be placed on the transcript for a designated length of time and at the beginning of the term which follows the violation. The notation ‘assigned for academic dishonesty’ will remain on the student's transcript for at least one semester and upon completion of the Academic Integrity Course.” The same policy adds: “After expiration of a sanction, the Office of the Registrar will remove the sanction notation from the transcript.” — Academic Integrity Policy, §VI Sanctions (policy revised effective 1/01/2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026). Auburn's Academic Integrity FAQ states that a notation “is only added to a student's academic transcript if that particular sanction was imposed upon the student.” Nothing located in this review states whether or how findings are disclosed to graduate programs, employers, or licensing boards · Academic Integrity Policy (PDF) · Academic Integrity FAQs

The two questions an adviser raises first, answered from this institution’s own published documents — or recorded as not stated in them.

From Auburn's Rights and Responsibilities for Students page and the Academic Integrity Policy it reproduces (no on-page date displayed on the web page; policy revised effective 1/01/2026; both retrieved Aug 27, 2026):

"A charged student has the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty with the burden of proof being clear and convincing evidence presented by the charging party." "A charged student accused of academic misconduct, whether acknowledging involvement or not, shall be allowed to continue in the course without prejudice pending action by the Committee." "A charged student has the right to be informed of an allegation of academic dishonesty prior to a report being submitted." "A charged student has the right to receive notice of the time and place of a Hearing at least five working days in advance of the Hearing." "A charged student has the right to examine all evidence submitted by the charging party, including the names of witnesses, any time after being notified of the charge by the Office of the Provost." "A charged student is encouraged to provide a written statement two business days in advance and to cooperate with the Committee in processing their case. However, failure of a charged student to make a statement or to answer any or all questions will not be considered in the determination of guilt or innocence."

Source: Rights and Responsibilities for Students — Academic Integrity.

Auburn's Academic Integrity FAQ adds two facts about evidence and about grades while a case is open (no on-page date displayed; retrieved Aug 27, 2026):

"No, students do not receive a copy of the written evidence. However, students have the right to review all written evidence related to the case. Evidence must be reviewed in person in Samford Hall." "Once a report of a violation has been received by the Office of the Provost, the Registrar's Office will enter a 'PE' in place of the student's grade until the Academic Integrity process is completed." "No. Once an alleged violation of academic integrity has been reported, you may not drop the course. If you drop the course, you will be re-enrolled by the Registrar's Office."

Source: Frequently Asked Questions — Academic Integrity.

Located but not quoted in full: Auburn's Academic Integrity site describes three routes a case can take — a Faculty-Led Meeting, a Facilitated Meeting, and an Academic Integrity Committee Hearing — with the sanctions available in each route differing, and it states that a Faculty-Led or Facilitated Meeting requires both parties to consent and is unavailable to a student with a prior violation. Its Facilitated Meeting Guide and Committee Hearing Procedures set out the order of a meeting and the committee's deliberation and voting steps. Its FAQ describes an appeal route to the President of Auburn University on three stated grounds, with a stated window and an online form. Those documents are linked in the source map below. What any of this means for a particular case is for the institution and its process to determine; the passages are reproduced so you can read the originals in context.

03Source map

Where the documents live

Document	Location
Academic Integrity (site home)	auburn.edu/academic/provost/academic-integrity
Academic Integrity Policy (effective 1/01/2026)	Academic-Integrity-Policy-FINAL-SP2026.pdf (revised effective 1/01/2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
Rights and Responsibilities for Students	academic-integrity/students/responsibilities
Academic Integrity FAQs (appeal grounds and window, evidence review, transcript notation)	academic-integrity/resources/faqs
Committee Hearing Procedures	Committee-Hearing-Procedures-09.18.25.pdf (retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
Facilitated Meeting Guide	facilitated-meeting-guide-03-08-26.pdf (retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
AI guidance (student-facing)	academic-integrity/students/ai-guidance
AI guidance (faculty-facing)	academic-integrity/faculty/ai-guidance
Optional Guidelines for AI Use in Courses (Provost; states it is not university policy)	provost/resources/optional-guidelines-ai.php (no on-page date displayed; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
Turnitin — enterprise license, Canvas-integrated (AU Libraries AI Literacy guide)	libguides.auburn.edu — AI Tools (page dated Jun 15, 2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
Turnitin — faculty access, and the Biggio Center non-endorsement (Ask a Librarian)	askalibrarian.auburn.edu/faq/167042 (page dated May 04, 2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
iThenticate — research and scholarly writing (Office of Research Integrity and Compliance)	research.auburn.edu — iThenticate (no on-page date displayed; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
OIT knowledge base, KB0012841 “Using Turnitin” (login required; nothing quoted)	auburn.service-now.com — KB0012841
OIT knowledge base, KB0012728 “AI Tools and Software Available at Auburn University” (login required; nothing quoted)	auburn.service-now.com — KB0012728
Office of the Provost — Academic Integrity	302J Samford Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849 · no phone stated · provst2@auburn.edu (from the office's pages, retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
University Ombuds Office (confidential, independent, impartial and informal per Auburn; open to students)	ba.auburn.edu/ombuds · Quad Center, Suite 005 · (334) 844-7170 · aumbuds@auburn.edu (no on-page date displayed; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)
Transcript notation and removal (Academic Integrity Policy §VI; Registrar removal on expiration)	Academic Integrity Policy (PDF), Sanctions (revised effective 1/01/2026; retrieved Aug 27, 2026)

Organizing your own drafts and records to bring to any of this: the records checklist. Capturing the pages above as they read today, and keeping your own dated record beside them: what to do with these sources.

04Change log

Revision history of this page

2026-08-27 — Page created. All quotations retrieved this date from the auburn.edu pages and PDFs linked beside them. Source dates as published: AU Libraries AI Literacy guide, Jun 15, 2026; Ask a Librarian answer, May 04, 2026; Academic Integrity Policy, revised effective 1/01/2026; Committee Hearing Procedures, 09.18.25 per its filename; Facilitated Meeting Guide, 03-08-26 per its filename. Auburn's Academic Integrity web pages, the Provost's Optional Guidelines for AI Use in Courses, the Office of Research Integrity and Compliance iThenticate page and the University Ombuds Office page display no on-page date; all are recorded as retrieved this date. Detection sweep. Named-vendor sweep run against auburn.edu for Turnitin (including the SimCheck and Originality product names), Copyleaks, iThenticate, GPTZero, Originality.ai, Winston AI, Crossplag, ZeroGPT, Packback, Grammarly Authorship, Honorlock, Proctorio, Respondus and Examity. Empty for Copyleaks, GPTZero, Originality.ai, Winston AI, Crossplag, ZeroGPT, Packback, Grammarly Authorship, Examity, and for the SimCheck and Turnitin Originality product names. Turnitin and iThenticate returned first-party deployment pages and are both recorded above with their scopes. Honorlock, Proctorio and Respondus appear in Auburn's proctoring and testing materials as exam-proctoring and lockdown-browser tools; no first-party claim of AI-writing detection was located for any of them, and none is stated on this page. Category sweep covered the Canvas and instructional-technology pages, the Libraries' AI Literacy guide and Ask a Librarian answers, the Biggio Center's AI and Testing Services pages, the Provost's AI guidance and Academic Integrity site, and the research-integrity pipeline; the graduate and dissertation pipeline is where iThenticate was found. What could not be read. Auburn OIT knowledge-base articles KB0012841 “Using Turnitin” and KB0012728 “AI Tools and Software Available at Auburn University” return “Please login to access this article.” to any reader without an Auburn account. A plain fetch returns a JavaScript shell with no article body, and a browser read of both articles returned the same login message rather than content. They are listed by title and link only; nothing from either is quoted, paraphrased or characterized here, and the detection status above is stated at the scope actually searched. Deliberately omitted. No lawsuit, news or commentary; no deadline calculation; the appeal grounds, window and form are described as located and left to Auburn's own FAQ rather than restated as instructions. The Ombuds Office page displays “(334) 844-7170” in its contact block and “(334) 844-7174” in its footer panel; the contact-block number is used above and the divergence is recorded here rather than resolved. The former Academic Honesty Code PDF and the pre-2026 provost pages that still reference it were read but are superseded by the January 1, 2026 policy and are not cited. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter (review confirmed 2026-08-27). Internet Archive captures: to be added.

2026-08-29 — Sources re-fetched and compared this date; an automated source re-verification, not a human editorial review. Every first-party source linked here was fetched again and compared against the page: the Libraries Turnitin guide (still Last Updated Jun 15, 2026), the Biggio non-endorsement answer (still May 04, 2026), the ORI iThenticate page, the Provost optional AI guidelines (recommending reducing or eliminating AI detectors), the faculty AI-guidance page, the Academic Integrity Policy PDF (still 1/01/2026 revised), the student responsibilities and FAQ pages, and the Committee Hearing Procedures (09.18.25) and Facilitated Meeting Guide (03-08-26) PDFs. All quotations still verbatim and all stated dates intact; the two ServiceNow knowledge-base articles remain login-gated, as the page states. Detection sweep re-run: no net-new detector and no reversal — Auburn's provost guidance still recommends reducing or eliminating AI detectors, and the Turnitin and iThenticate scopes are unchanged. The integrity office contact and the Ombuds office confirmed unchanged (the 844-7170 / 844-7174 phone divergence the build recorded persists). Internet Archive captures were requested this date but Save Page Now was unavailable and rate-limited from this environment; captures remain to be added. Automated research pass.

2026-08-30 — Internet Archive captures requested this date by an automated capture pass; no human review is claimed for this entry. No quotation, date, finding or link above was changed by it. Each capture below was requested through Save Page Now and confirmed to play back. Captures added: Ask a Librarian — plagiarism-checking FAQ → https://web.archive.org/web/20260830131426/https://askalibrarian.auburn.edu/faq/167042; Academic Integrity Policy (PDF) → https://web.archive.org/web/20260830131503/https://auburn.edu/academic/provost/academic-integrity/_assets/pdf/Academic-Integrity-Policy-FINAL-SP2026.pdf; Committee Hearing Procedures (PDF) → https://web.archive.org/web/20260830131521/https://auburn.edu/academic/provost/academic-integrity/_assets/pdf/Committee-Hearing-Procedures-09.18.25.pdf; AI Guidance for Faculty → https://web.archive.org/web/20260830131602/https://auburn.edu/academic/provost/academic-integrity/faculty/ai-guidance/; Optional Guidelines for AI Use in Courses → https://web.archive.org/web/20260830132235/https://auburn.edu/academic/provost/resources/optional-guidelines-ai.php. Three sources failed capture. The Facilitated Meeting Guide (PDF): the request ended in a gateway timeout, and although the capture ledger later recorded a stored copy, the run itself did not confirm playback, so nothing is claimed for it here and it is treated as uncaptured pending a clean capture. KB0012728, "AI Tools and Software Available at Auburn University", and KB0012841, "Using Turnitin": the auburn.service-now.com knowledge base returned a page to the archiver instead of a capture job, and no capture was stored for either. All three remain uncaptured and are carried to the next pass; none has yet failed often enough to be held back as blocked.

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