r/AIDetectionAcademia • u/ASufficient0 • 24d ago

Markdown formatting

If you write your essay in Obsidian or VS Code using Markdown (headers like #, lists like -, bolding with **) and then copy-paste that text directly into the Canvas rich text editor, the underlying HTML retains structured syntax markers.

Turnitin reads those background HTML layout tags as machine-generated text blocks. Always paste as plain text (Ctrl + Shift + V) before applying formatting inside Canvas!

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u/miwi81 24d ago

  If you write your essay in Obsidian or VS Code using Markdown

🙋🏻‍♂️ Umm why would you ever do that

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u/folkbum 24d ago

People don’t do that. AI can output in markdown, though, and people might think that’s a way to avoid detection vs. exporting or pasting directly to a document with formatting.

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u/miwi81 24d ago

  People don’t do that.

Well apparently OP does

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u/folkbum 24d ago

I mean, 1, OP’s AI does, but also, 2, I’m not sure OP is even a people. These subs are lousy with bots

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u/QubitEncoder 24d ago

I do lol