For educators, the challenge is constant: class sizes are growing and verifying the authenticity of student work is an increasing burden - yet the time available to provide impactful feedback remains scarce.
Inefficient, clunky workflows can turn the process of guiding students into a time-consuming administrative task, leaving less time for what truly matters.
To meet these modern challenges, feedback and assessment tools must be reimagined.
The Next Generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio is more than an evolution; it's a reimagining of our flagship product, built on a newly rearchitected foundation designed to be future-proofed for the evolving needs of our educators. This is not a "one-and-done" update; it's the beginning of a long-term commitment to continuous, customer-driven improvement.
Why does a modernized approach to feedback matter?
Inefficient grading tools don't just waste time; they create a cascade of negative impacts that have been known to ripple through the entire educational experience. With 10% of an educator's non-teaching time spent on grading and feedback alone*, these tools can lead to feedback bottlenecks that delay student progress and inconsistent assessment that undermines fairness - not to mention educator burnout that stifles instructional innovation.
To meet the needs of today’s diverse classrooms, educators are looking for flexible solutions that adapt to their pedagogical style - not the other way around.
Ultimately, research shows that feedback is only valuable when students engage with it, and 45% of students value feedback that is clear and actionable above all (Voelkel, Varga-Atkins, Mello, 2020 ). If it's difficult to access, disconnected from their work, or delivered too late to be useful, its value is lost.
That’s why we’ve also centered this evolution of Turnitin Feedback Studio on accessibility as a core design principle, ensuring an intuitive and inclusive experience that empowers every student to unlock their full learning potential.
*Department for Education. (2024, September 27). Working lives of teachers and leaders: Wave 2 summary report. Research and analysis.
Unveiling the Next Generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio
The Next Generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio brings improvements across the board, designed to maximize efficiency throughout the entire assessment process, creating more time to deliver timely, actionable feedback that boosts student engagement and accelerates learning.
Grading efficiency for more impactful feedback
We began by improving the entire Turnitin experience. A single, consolidated inbox simplifies assignment management, allowing educators to see everything in one place—including Similarity Reports and AI writing scores—so educators can triage and prioritize their efforts effectively.
Inside the grading workspace, we’ve reimagined the feedback process to be more fluid and meaningful:
- In-margin comments: The new in-margin commenting experience is designed to enhance productivity. By displaying comments directly in the margin, educators can view a paper while leaving feedback, without obstruction. For students, this creates a clear, immediate link between educator insights and their writing, encouraging deeper engagement and more effective revisions.
- Faster QuickMark creation: Efficiency is key. Educators can now create QuickMarks more fluidly than ever, either from a margin comment or directly from the side panel, tailoring a library of reusable feedback without interrupting the educator grading flow.
A more insightful approach to academic integrity
At Turnitin, we are actively helping to shift the conversation around academic integrity. We believe in moving away from a purely punitive model and toward a formative one, where integrity is an opportunity for skills development (Luck et. al, 2020 ).
This approach empowers educators to transform potential instances of plagiarism (and other forms of misconduct) into valuable learning experiences , helping students develop the writing, research, and critical thinking skills essential for success. When feedback tools are seamlessly integrated with integrity checks, they become part of a holistic learning process.
Our redesigned Similarity Report now delivers more actionable integrity insights, with an intuitive interface and new categorization of match types that make it easier than ever to interpret results. The new Similarity Report also provides a foundation for integrated AI writing detection (available through the Turnitin Originality add-on), bringing similarity, flags, and AI insights into one cohesive workflow for a faster, unified academic integrity experience.
Efficient feedback for maximum impact
- Pinned feedback: Prioritize the most significant comments, ensuring students see the most important pieces of feedback first. This helps students quickly identify the most important areas for improvement and make impactful, focused revisions.
- Customizable feedback colors: A more personalized and organized feedback experience helps students quickly understand and prioritize comments.
Flexible assessment to meet diverse needs
Modern pedagogy demands flexible assessment. We’ve introduced new grading capabilities—many of which are long-standing customer requests—to support more nuanced and varied evaluation methods.
- Ranged rubrics: Move beyond fixed, single-point values and assign score ranges to rubric criteria to allow for more precise, nuanced feedback that accurately reflects the quality of student work.
- Decimal grades: For even finer scoring distinctions, Turnitin Feedback Studio now supports decimal grading, giving educators the granularity they need to provide more accurate feedback on performance.
- Enhanced rubric manager: Easily organize assessment tools by starring or archiving rubrics to make grading a cleaner, decluttered experience.
See them in action ⬇️
A new foundation for innovation
This launch marks the beginning of a long-term evolution for Turnitin Feedback Studio. We’ve modernized the underlying technology to create a new foundation for innovation.
This allows us to deliver value-added features more quickly and seamlessly integrate powerful new solutions, such as our add-ons, Turnitin Originality , Paper to Digital and Turnitin Clarity . With accessibility embedded from the ground up, we are building a platform that adapts alongside institutional needs.
Find out what features are available now, next and later ⬇️
When will the new Turnitin Feedback Studio features be available?
As of July 15, 2025, the Next Generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio is available for institutions using Turnitin Feedback Studio via Turnitin.com or an LTI 1.3 integration, offering instant access to our enhanced feedback and grading tools.
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Clear insights. Fast feedback. Flexible assessment.
At Turnitin, our commitment is to empower educators to do their best work and to foster student success.
The Next Generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio is a direct reflection of that commitment. By delivering time-saving grading solutions, promoting enhanced feedback, and championing flexible assessment, we are giving educators more time and better ways to engage students and accelerate their learning.
The result is a more efficient, impactful, and inclusive feedback cycle that helps students learn, grow, and develop the skills they need to succeed.
This new experience is now available. Get up to speed today with our dedicated resources.