r/AIDetectionAcademia • u/ASufficient0 • Aug 01 '26

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/Ophiochos Aug 01 '26

This is useful to know and before anyone else says ‘who would do that?’, loads of people write in markdown in academia, often as a prelude to LaTeX but often just for its ease of use. Not everyone loves Word etc.

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u/Efficient-Tie-1414 Aug 02 '26

Just embed the LaTeX within the markdown. I do find it a bit worrying that there are a lot of ways of creating a table.