The "PDF Flattening" workaround myth is getting people caught
Someone on TikTok started a rumor that if you print your essay to PDF, convert it to images, and re-combine it into a single flattened PDF file, Turnitin can't read the text layer and gives you 0% AI.
Do NOT do this. Canvas’s parser automatically flags unreadable text layers or image-only submissions as "Corrupted File Errors" and alerts your instructor to manually inspect the file. You will get an instant zero for file tampering.
u/AppleConfident7606 — 13 days ago