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University of Nevada, Reno.

Detection status
Turnitin similarity checking via WebCampus (Canvas) and on graduate thesis/dissertation manuscripts; Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor for exam proctoring, not AI-text detection; no first-party UNR page located in this review names an AI-writing-detection tool or confirms Turnitin's AI indicator
Office in these sources
Office of Student Conduct · 1664 N. Virginia Street, Clark Administration, Mail stop 0195, Reno, NV 89557 · (775) 784-4388 · studentconduct@unr.edu
Ombuds or advocacy office
None located on the institution's own pages in this review. The Dean of Students Office is a separate office from Student Conduct and states its mission as delivering "programs and support to foster a culture of empowerment, care, and accountability for all students," but does not describe itself as independent, confidential, or having any role in academic-integrity matters · unr.edu — Dean of Students, About us
Sources last checked
Sep 1, 2026

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

UNR'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 — the Academic Standards Policy (UAM 6,502) is the governing policy for academic misconduct, and course syllabi may add rules; sanctions stated in a syllabus must align with UAM 6,502 rather than substitute for it. 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

UNR's Teaching & Learning Technologies unit documents Turnitin as a similarity-checking tool run through WebCampus Assignments (page carries no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026):

"Turnitin is a plagiarism detection and deterrent application that is available to all instructors within WebCampus Assignments. When students post written work to a Turnitin Assignment, the application generates a Similarity Report which instructors can use to identify plagiarism."

Source: Introduction to Turnitin — Teaching & Learning Technologies. The same unit's FAQ, strategies and using-Turnitin pages describe the Similarity Report only, in plagiarism-matching terms; none of the four pages in this series (Introduction, Using Turnitin, FAQs, Strategies) mentions an AI-writing indicator, AI score, or AI-generated-content feature by name.

Turnitin is also run on every graduate manuscript. The Graduate School's filing guidelines state (page carries no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026):

"Each copy of your thesis or dissertation will be checked for margins, clarity of copy, and pagination. The Graduate School will run the manuscript through the Turn It In plagiarism tool."

Source: Filing Guidelines — The Graduate School. This is a plagiarism check on the final manuscript, described in the same terms as the WebCampus tool; the page does not separately name an AI-writing check.

Separately, UNR has adopted Respondus for exam proctoring — not text or writing detection. The IT service catalogue states (retrieved Sep 1, 2026):

"The University of Nevada, Reno has adopted Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor as our online proctoring service provider to ensure the academic integrity of online quizzes and exams."

Source: Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor — OIT Support Center Service Catalog. Nevada Online's remote-testing page states the same deployment for online courses specifically (retrieved Sep 1, 2026): "Respondus is the University of Nevada, Reno's secure online testing system that helps protect academic integrity during remote exams. It includes both LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor, which prevent unauthorized resources and record the testing session." Source: Remote Testing and Policy — Nevada Online. Both pages describe browser lockdown and webcam/screen recording during an exam session; neither describes analysis of submitted writing for AI generation.

UNR's own AI-in-teaching guidance acknowledges AI detection tools exist and states their evidentiary limits, without naming which tool or tools it means. From Pack AI's Academic Integrity and AI page (page carries no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026):

"AI detection tools are not fully reliable and should not be used as the sole determining factor in deciding whether a violation of the academic standards policy related to AI usage has occurred."

Source: Academic Integrity and AI — Pack AI, University of Nevada, Reno. This page also states that "[a]ny sanctions for violations of the academic standards policy that are stated in a course syllabus must align with those specified in UAM 6,502," which is the hierarchy note for this institution: syllabus sanctions cannot diverge from the university policy.

What was searched and not found. A named-vendor sweep of UNR's own domain for Turnitin's AI writing indicator by name, plus Copyleaks, iThenticate, GPTZero, Originality.ai, Winston AI, Crossplag, ZeroGPT, Packback, Grammarly Authorship, Honorlock, Proctorio, and Examity, found none of these named or documented as deployed anywhere on unr.edu. A category sweep of the Teaching & Learning Technologies "Supported technologies" pages, the Pack AI section (including its page titled How can I detect unauthorized AI usage?, which returns a 404 as of this review), the Nevada Online faculty- and student-support pages, and the OIT service catalogue found Turnitin (plagiarism/similarity) and Respondus (proctoring) as the only two detection-adjacent systems UNR documents deploying. No first-party UNR page in this review confirms whether Turnitin's AI-writing-indicator feature is turned on for WebCampus assignments; that absence is stated at the scope actually searched, not as a claim that the feature is off.

02Published process

What UNR's own pages say about how cases proceed

Who may be present
"During the academic misconduct hearing, the student may be assisted by one (1) advisor of their choosing, if desired." The same policy adds: "The advisor has no right to participate or speak during the hearing, except to the student." On recording: "The hearing, except for deliberations, shall be taped or digitally recorded by the Academic Integrity Board Chair. No other taping or digital recording shall be allowed by any person in attendance at the hearing." — Academic Standards Policy, UAM 6,502, Subsection D (Revised: August 2025; retrieved Sep 1, 2026) · UAM 6,502: Academic Standards
What follows on the record
"If the student accepts responsibility for the academic misconduct charge(s) and academic sanction(s) or does not appeal within the applicable time period, there can be no further appeal. The academic misconduct charge(s) and academic sanction(s) shall become a part of the student's academic record." Where a student is found not responsible: "No academic sanction(s) shall be imposed, and the academic misconduct charge(s) shall be expunged from the student's record." — Academic Standards Policy, UAM 6,502, Subsection D (Revised: August 2025; retrieved Sep 1, 2026) · UAM 6,502: Academic Standards

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

UNR's Academic Standards Policy (UAM 6,502) names "[u]nauthorized use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) content generators or generative AI tools" as one of the acts that constitute cheating under the policy (Subsection A; Revised: August 2025; retrieved Sep 1, 2026):

"Unauthorized use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) content generators or generative AI tools"

The policy sets the evidentiary standard for the Academic Integrity Board's decision:

"The Academic Integrity Board's decision shall be made on the basis of the preponderance of the evidence: whether it is more likely than not that the student committed the alleged academic misconduct."

Sanctions are tiered by severity. The policy describes three levels (Subsection C):

"Level A Violations: Instances where the student's actions constituted academic misconduct to a modest degree. […] Unauthorized use of artificial intelligence to a modest degree. Sanctions include one of the following: (1) retake the exam or resubmit the coursework with a reduced grade on the replacement coursework, or (2) reduced grade or zero on the original coursework." "Level B Violations: […] unauthorized use of artificial intelligence to a substantial degree. Sanctions include Level A sanctions plus reducing the final course grade by one or more letter grades." "Level C Violations: Instances where the student's actions constitute severe and egregious acts of academic misconduct. […] unauthorized use of artificial intelligence to a severe and egregious degree. Sanction: assigning a permanent 'F' for the course, which is ineligible for the grade replacement or appeal policies."

On support during the process, the policy also names a Disability Resource Center representative, distinct from the advisor role:

"A representative from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) may be present during the initial academic conference, preliminary meeting, and hearing processes to protect the interests and rights of the student and/or University pursuant to federal law." The DRC representative "does not question witnesses, speak to the Instructor of Record or the Academic Integrity Board regarding whether the student is responsible or not responsible, or advocate on behalf of the student outside the realm of their accommodation(s)."

Source: UAM 6,502: Academic Standards. What any of this means for a particular case is for the institution and its process to determine, and it is reproduced so you can read the original in context.

A separate, general disciplinary process exists under UNR's Student Code of Conduct (Section IV: Student Disciplinary Procedures), with its own near-identical advisor and recording language and its own ten-working-day appeal window. UAM 6,502 states this process applies to academic misconduct only for a second or subsequent violation during a student's enrollment, or otherwise as the Office of Student Conduct determines appropriate — it is not the process a first academic-misconduct charge goes through, so it is not hoisted into the block above; it is listed in the source map below for completeness rather than quoted as the governing procedure for an AI-cheating allegation.

03Source map

Where the documents live

DocumentLocation
Academic Standards Policy (UAM 6,502) — governs academic misconduct, incl. unauthorized generative-AI useunr.edu/administrative-manual — 6,502: Academic Standards (Revised: August 2025; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Introduction to Turnitin (Similarity Report, WebCampus Assignments)unr.edu/tlt — Introduction to Turnitin (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Using Turnitin, and FAQs about Turnitin (WebCampus setup and interpretation)unr.edu/tlt — Using Turnitin · unr.edu/tlt — FAQs about Turnitin (no on-page dates; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Thesis/dissertation Turnitin checkunr.edu/grad — Filing Guidelines (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor (exam proctoring, university-wide)unr.teamdynamix.com — Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor (Nevada Online, remote/online courses)nevadaonline.unr.edu — Remote Testing and Policy (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Academic Integrity and AI (evidentiary-weight statement, syllabus/policy hierarchy)unr.edu/ai — Academic Integrity and AI (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Office of Student Conduct1664 N. Virginia Street, Clark Administration, Mail stop 0195, Reno, NV 89557 · (775) 784-4388 · studentconduct@unr.edu (from the office's page, retrieved Sep 1, 2026) · unr.edu/student-conduct
Dean of Students, About us — reviewed for an ombuds/advocacy role; none foundunr.edu/dean-of-students/about (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 2026)
Student Code of Conduct, Section IV: Student Disciplinary Procedures — the general conduct process, not the academic-misconduct process quoted aboveunr.edu/student-conduct — Section IV (no on-page date; retrieved Sep 1, 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

2026-09-01 — Page created. All quotations retrieved this date, first-party, from the unr.edu, unr.teamdynamix.com, and nevadaonline.unr.edu pages linked beside them; none of these source pages displays its own last-updated or last-modified date, except UAM 6,502, which is marked "Revised: August 2025". Detection sweep. Named-vendor sweep (Turnitin's AI writing indicator by name, Copyleaks, iThenticate, GPTZero, Originality.ai, Winston AI, Crossplag, ZeroGPT, Packback, Grammarly Authorship, Honorlock, Proctorio, Examity) found none named or documented as deployed on unr.edu. Category sweep of the Teaching & Learning Technologies "Supported technologies" series (Introduction to Turnitin, Using Turnitin, FAQs about Turnitin, Strategies for deterring plagiarism — all four read directly, none mentions an AI-writing feature), the Graduate School's filing guidelines (Turnitin plagiarism check on manuscripts), the Pack AI section (Academic Integrity and AI page, and its cited page titled How can I detect unauthorized AI usage?, which 404s as of this review), the OIT service catalogue, and Nevada Online's student-support pages found Turnitin (plagiarism/similarity) and Respondus (exam proctoring) as the only two systems UNR documents deploying. AI-indicator gap. No first-party UNR page located in this review confirms or denies whether Turnitin's AI-writing-indicator feature is enabled for WebCampus assignments; the docket and section 01 state this as an absence at the scope searched, not as a finding that the feature is off. Scope note on the procedure block. UAM 6,502 (the Academic Standards Policy) contains its own complete academic-misconduct hearing procedure — advisor, DRC representative, recording, and appeal provisions — and that is what section 02's block quotes. The Student Code of Conduct's Section IV governs a separate, general disciplinary process that UAM 6,502 says applies to academic misconduct only for a second or subsequent violation, or as the Office of Student Conduct otherwise determines; its near-identical advisor/recording language was found during research but is not the process a first AI-cheating charge goes through, so it is listed in the source map rather than quoted in the block. Ombuds. No office titled ombuds, advocate, or similar was located; the Dean of Students Office was checked and found to be a separate office from Student Conduct that does not describe itself as independent or confidential and states no role in academic-integrity matters, so the docket records "None located." This is a different campus from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which was independently excluded in a separate review; nothing from that review was carried across. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter (review confirmed 2026-09-02). Internet Archive captures: to be added.

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