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A verification report is Puddin’s formal summary of the writing process evidence captured for a submission. It documents the authorship record in a structured, shareable format — useful for your own records, for academic integrity reviews, for appeals processes, or wherever a portable record of the writing process is needed.

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What a verification report contains

Every report generated from a Puddin submission includes the following sections:

Submission Details

Student name, assignment title, course, submission timestamp, and total document word count.

Writing Session Log

A table of all writing sessions with start time, end time, duration, and word count at session close.

Process Summary

Total active writing time, average writing speed, revision count, paste event count, and total pasted characters as a proportion of the final document.

Paste Event Record

A full log of every paste event, including the pasted content, document position, and timestamp.

Revision Overview

A summary of revision activity, including total deletion count and a log of significant revision sequences.

Timeline Snapshot

A visual representation of the document’s development over time, showing word count growth and key events.
Verification reports capture the writing process evidence exactly as recorded. They are a factual record of how the document was created. Interpretive conclusions — whether a submission meets the requirements of your academic integrity policy — remain a matter for your institution.

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Generate a report

1

Open the submission

Navigate to Assignments, select the assignment, and click the student’s name to open their submission.
2

Open the Reports panel

Click the Reports tab in the submission view toolbar, or select Generate Report from the action menu (the ⋯ button at the top right of the submission page).
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Choose the report scope

Select what to include in the report:
  • Full report — includes all evidence types: sessions, paste events, revisions, writing speed, timeline, and process summary.
  • Summary report — a condensed one-page version with the Process Summary and Session Log only, suitable for quick reference.
  • Custom report — select the specific sections to include. Useful when sharing a report in a context where only certain evidence types are relevant.
4

Generate and preview

Click Generate Report. Puddin compiles the report and opens a preview in the browser. Review the contents before downloading or sharing.

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Download or share a report

From the report preview, you have three options:

Download as PDF

Export the report as a formatted PDF document. Suitable for attaching to correspondence, submitting to an integrity committee, or storing in institutional records.

Shareable link

Generate a secure, read-only link to the report. The recipient can view the full report in a browser without needing a Puddin account. Links expire after 30 days by default; adjust the expiry in the sharing settings.

Export as JSON

Download the raw report data as a structured JSON file. Use this for integration with institutional data systems or when you need to process the data programmatically.
Reports contain student writing data and personal information. Share them only with people who have a legitimate need to review them under your institution’s data handling policies.

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Understand the report structure

When reviewing a generated report, here is how to navigate the key sections:

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Process summary banner

The banner at the top of the report surfaces the four most relevant signals from the evidence record at a glance: total writing time, paste proportion, revision count, and session count. These figures provide an immediate orientation before you read the detail.

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Session log table

Each row represents one writing session. The Δ Words column shows how many words were added or removed during that session. A session with a large positive delta and high paste volume in the same time window is worth examining in the Paste Events section.

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Paste events log

Each paste event entry includes the pasted text in full. Long entries are collapsed by default in the PDF — look for [Show full content] markers in the browser preview or the JSON export for complete text.

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Timeline snapshot

The timeline image shows the document’s word count plotted over absolute time. Steep upward steps indicate rapid word count growth; flat periods indicate pauses or sessions with net-zero changes. Downward steps indicate sessions where more text was deleted than added.

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Access historical reports

All reports you generate are stored in the submission’s Reports tab. To find previously generated reports:
  1. Open the submission from the Assignments panel.
  2. Select the Reports tab.
  3. All prior reports are listed with the date they were generated, the report scope, and the generating teacher’s name.
Click View to reopen any historical report in the browser, or Download to export it again as a PDF.
If you generate multiple reports for the same submission over time (for example, as part of an ongoing review process), Puddin keeps all versions. Each report is a snapshot of the evidence at generation time — the underlying process record never changes once a submission is sealed.