Copyleaks: Change AI Content Detection Sensitivity Settings
In this tutorial, we will quickly review how to update the AI Content Detection Sensitivity Settings in Copyleaks and explain what those settings do.
If you change the AI Scan settings after submissions have been received, you will need to download the suspected document(s). Then, use the Teacher Scan Tool (make sure to change the AI Content Detection Sensitivity!) to scan the document again (keeping in mind that the plagiarism detection score will be very high due to the document being scanned previously).
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AI Detection Sensitivity Levels
Copyleaks offers three different “levels” of AI Scanning:
Level 1: The most basic (and, likely, most inaccurate) and fastest scan level. This level only detects content that is directly copied and pasted from AI, without any edits.
Level 2 (this is currently the default): This is the middle-of-the-road as far as speed and accuracy. It is able to detect AI generated content that has been somewhat modified.
Level 3: This level provides the most thorough scanning but also takes the longest. It is able to detect AI content that has been edited (i.e., such as being sent through a paraphraser or humanizer) and/or manually edited.
Keep in mind that, no matter what level is selected, no AI Scanning tool is 100% correct. Follow your intuition. For further tips, please review the AI Resources for Faculty Research Guide and these following guides:
Wikipedia: Signs of AI writing. (2025). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing&oldid=1317046286
This Wikipedia article outlines how to determine signs of AI Writing. It provides in-depth examples on the words, phrases, tones, and more, that AI's use. Check out the references for scholarly articles referenced in the entry.
Copyleaks. AI Best Practices Guide (2025). https://help.copyleaks.com/s/article/AIBestPracticesGuide681cc74e64fe2
Copyleaks, an Plagiarism and AI Content Detection tool, provides a guide where they discuss some useful tips on what to do with positive scan results.
Copyleaks Assignment
Note: When we are first using the Copyleaks Scan Tool, we can click on “Change Scan settings” under the Scan settings Section.
Then skip to step 4 below.
| 1 | Click on the title of the Copyleaks Assignment. | Highlighting the Copyleaks Assignment to edit
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| 2 | The Assignment Dashboard will appear in a new tab. Click on Edit Assignment in the upper-right. | Highlighting Edit Assignment button
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| 3 | Click on Scan settings in the Scan settings section. | Highlighting Scan settings button
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| 4 | The Scan Settings will appear in a new tab. Click on Sensitivity under AI Content Detection. | Highlighting AI Scan Sensitivity button
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| 5 | Select the Level that we want (click on the icon for more information about the level or refer to the Copyleaks: Change AI Content Detection Sensitivity Settings | AI Scan Settings above). | Highlighting AI Scan Levels |
| 6 | Click on Save Settings in the lower-right. | Highlighting the Save Settings button
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| 7 | Wait until the Success banner appears in the upper-right before exiting out of the tab. | Highlighting the Settings Saved Successfully banner
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D2L Dropbox Copyleaks Integration
Note: When adding the Copyleaks External Tool, we can click on Advanced Settings to modify the AI Content Detection Sensitivity:
Then skip to step 5 below.
| 1 | Go to the Dropbox tab in the D2L Course NavBar. | Highlighting the Dropbox tab.
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| 2 | Click on the dropdown arrow to the right of the Dropbox we want to edit. Select “Edit Folder” from the menu that appears. | Highlighting “Edit Folder” from context menu
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| 3 | Click on Evaluation & Feedback. | Highlighting Evaluation & Feedback
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| 4 | Click on the three horizontal dots to the right of Copyleaks-Tolls-Deployment. Select Edit Settings from the menu that appears. |
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| 5 | The Scan Settings will appear in a new tab. Click on Sensitivity under AI Content Detection. | Highlighting AI Scan Sensitivity button |
| 6 | Select the Level that we want (click on the icon for more information about the level or refer to the Copyleaks: Change AI Content Detection Sensitivity Settings | AI Scan Settings above). | Highlighting AI Scan Levels |
| 7 | Click on Save Settings in the lower-right. | Highlighting the Save Settings button |
| 8 | Wait until the Success banner appears in the upper-right before exiting out of the tab. | Highlighting the Settings Saved Successfully banner |
Teacher Scanning Tool
| 1 | Click on the Teacher Scanning Tool. | Highlighting the Teacher Scanning Tool
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| 2 | Click on Scan documents OR Scan Text in the upper-right. Changing the Scan Settings in either will change it in the other too. | Highlighting the Scan Text and Scan Document buttons
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| 3 | Select Scan Settings in the lower-right. | Highlighting Scan Settings button.
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| 4 | The Scan Settings will appear in a new tab. Click on Sensitivity under AI Content Detection. | Highlighting AI Scan Sensitivity button |
| 5 | Select the Level that we want (click on the icon for more information about the level or refer to the Copyleaks: Change AI Content Detection Sensitivity Settings | AI Scan Settings above). | Highlighting AI Scan Levels |
| 6 | Click on Save Settings in the lower-right. | Highlighting the Save Settings button |
| 7 | Wait until the Success banner appears in the upper-right before exiting out of the tab. | Highlighting the Settings Saved Successfully banner |