For the system to be able to perform the compare step of comparing a student's submission to their authentic student writing profile (digital fingerprint), we need to upload this into the application.

*Note: this is likely an annual task based on the requirements of your organization

Requirements

• Email of the user (student organizational email) to associate the authentic writing sample to the correct account
• 300 words minimum, more is better
• Document format Word, PDF, TXT
• An authentic piece of work from each student
  • In-class writing session (digital or handwritten OCR into txt file)
  • Historic authentic work (must be pre-ChatGPT)

Steps to Upload Authentic Writing

Uploading historic writing samples for each student can be done through the standalone application.

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Please see 1. Getting Started for the guide to log in to the app if you are usually accessing Norvalid through your LMS.

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1. Navigate to the History tab on the left side of the screen
2. Identify the user that you want to upload a history for, and click the upload-button

If the user already has histories uploaded and you want to replace these, click the red delete-button.

1. Specify the language of the historical writing sample and choose the file in the file-selector.

1. Upload the specified file.

The historical writing sample is now uploaded and linked to the user. Any subsequent submissions from this user will have its content verified against this history.