Check Student Work for AI Use and Plagiarism

Modified on Mon, 15 Jun at 2:44 PM

Wayground can analyze student writing for signals of AI-generated content and similarity to online sources, and present the results in a clear integrity report. It's built to give you insight (a starting point for a conversation with a student), not a verdict.

The integrity check runs in two places: alongside Google Docs feedback and inside Google Classroom grading.

Read integrity reports as insight, not proof. AI-detection and similarity tools surface patterns; they don't prove how a piece was written. Use a report to inform your own judgment and to open a conversation, not to make a final call on its own.

What the report shows

When you turn on Check for AI & plagiarism, the integrity report covers:

AI Writing: an assessment of whether the text looks AI-generated, with a confidence indicator (for example, AI Generated / Likely AI-written, shown as a percentage)
Similarity: how closely the text matches online sources, shown as a percentage (for example, 0% — no significant matches)
AI Writing — Text Segments: a passage-by-passage view that highlights specific segments and flags them (for example, Possible AI use — High confidence), so you can see which parts drove the result
An overall status such as Needs Review

Very short pieces can't be scanned. If a submission doesn't contain enough text, the panel flags it as too short to check rather than producing an unreliable result.

How to run an integrity check

You don't run integrity on its own; you switch it on as part of feedback or grading.

Within Google Docs feedback

Open a student Google Doc and choose Give student feedback.
During setup, turn on Check for AI & plagiarism.
Generate the feedback as usual.
Open the report from the feedback panel via View Full Integrity Report.

Full steps are in Give AI Feedback on Student Google Docs.

Within Google Classroom grading

Start grading with Grade with Wayground.
In Evaluation setup, turn on Check for AI & plagiarism.
Grade as usual; each submission gets an integrity assessment.

Full steps are in Grade Google Classroom Assignments with Wayground.

Saving and sharing a report

From the full integrity report you can Save as PDF (or Download Report) to keep a copy or share it, whether for documentation or for discussing the work with a student or colleague.

Weekly limit

There is a weekly cap on integrity checks, and the panel shows you how many checks you have left this week so you always know where you stand.

A note on privacy

Wayground's integrity checks use Pangram, a third-party integrity provider. Per Wayground's deployment documentation, Pangram does not train on your content and does not sell data, and it's only engaged when you explicitly open an integrity check. You can read Pangram's policy at pangram.com/data-privacy.

For Wayground's broader privacy and compliance details (FERPA, COPPA, data handling), see the Frequently Asked Questions and the admin deployment guide .

Give AI Feedback on Student Google Docs
Grade Google Classroom Assignments with Wayground
Frequently Asked Questions