Creatng a Turnitin Assignment

Turnitin Setting up and Instructor Resources

Turnitin is a plagiarism detection and originality checking service that compares submitted writing to a large database of online and academic resources.

What it does!

Turnitin scans submitted work for matches to text in its database, which includes student work, publications, and internet materials. It then generates a Similarity Report that can help identify possible instances of plagiarism.

How is it used?

Turnitin is often integrated into classroom learning management systems, so students can automatically submit their work through Turnitin when they upload it for grading. Students can also use Turnitin to check their work before submitting it.

Turnitin can help students:

Avoid accidental plagiarism
Ensure they've cited their sources correctly

How it works!

Turnitin's database includes:

47 billion current and archived internet pages
1.9 billion student papers
Over 190 million articles from the top 97% of publications

Turnitin's mission is to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness in education and academic research. However, some researchers have found that Turnitin can sometimes flag material that's not actuawlly plagiarism, such as jargon or course terms.

Turnitin Canvas Integration v/s Turnitin Feedback Studio

There are two ways to use Turnitin with Canvas: using the TII integration with your regular Canvas assignment or having students submit directly to TII using Turnitin’s Feedback Studio tool. The differences between the two options are detailed in the table below. If you are interested in learning more about TII Feedback Studio, visit the “Learn more” links in Use the Turnitin external LTI tool in Canvas Links to an external site. in the IU Knowledge Base.

Feature	In Canvas	Feedback Studio
Students submit their assignment to Canvas	Yes	No, students submit directly via Turnitin Inbox
Supports Canvas group assignments	Yes	No
Grading and feedback to students	Speedgrader	Turnitin
Student peer reviews	Peer reviews use the Canvas Peer Review tool	Peer reviews use Turnitin PeerMark
Rubrics	Canvas rubrics	Rubrics must be added to Turnitin
Submit multiple files to an assignment and get a Similarity Report on each file	Yes	No

Turnitin Canvas Integration

Creating an assignment using the Turnitin Canvas integration

Turnitin Canvas Settings Window To create a Canvas assignment where all student work is processed by Turnitin, you would use the Plagiarism Review option in the Canvas Assignment settings.

Create a new assignment or select the “Edit” button on an existing assignment.
Scroll down to the “Submission Type” setting and choose “Online", Select the check box for "File Upload.”
Scroll down to the “Plagiarism Review” setting and select “Turnitin” from the drop-down menu.
Choose which repositories you would like the paper to be checked against (articles, websites, and other student papers)
Choose what you would like excluded (references, text in quotation marks, or small sources (i.e. 2-3 words))
If you would like students to review the Similarity Report, be able to correct errors, and resubmit before the due date, make sure the Submission Attempts setting is set to more than one and that Show report to students is set to “Immediately” (Note that it’s not always immediately as it can take a few minutes to process. How long depends on the size of the paper and how busy their system is.)
Save and publish the assignment.

Creating a Turnitin Plagiarism Review Assignment in Canvas- Guide Links to an external site. | Video Links to an external site.

How does the grading work?

Do all of the grading in Canvas Speedgrader, provide annotations and feedback directly in the

Where can I see the originality report for a paper?

Icons for the originality report show up in the Canvas speedgrader and gradebook. The full report can be seen by clicking on the icon in the speedgrader.

Checking single papers

If you would like to review a Similarity Report for something turned in to an assignment that did not have Turnitin enabled, you can edit the assignment to enable Turnitin after the fact by following the instructions above. Once activated you can go to any student submission in SpeedGrader where you will find a “Resubmit to Turnitin” button. Selecting that button will send that single submission to Turnitin to generate a similarity report.

If you would like to review a similarity Report on an assignment you received outside of Canvas, you can submit the paper yourself in Student View to any Turnitin-enabled assignment.

If you already have an assignment set up with Turnitin in the current semester, even if it’s in a different course, you can use that assignment to check any paper using Student View.
If you don’t have any assignments set up with Turnitin, you can create an assignment in any Canvas sandbox course. Once you have a sandbox course, follow the instructions above to create the assignment. (you can create a sandbox you can click "Start a New Course" on your dashbaord.

When using an existing assignment, always check if you have an “Available Until” date set on it. You won’t be able to submit a paper in Student View if the Available Until date has passed. If your assignment has an Available Until date, you’ll need to remove the date, submit the paper in Student View, and then re-add the Available Until date.

Checking a single paper in Student View

Once you have a Turnitin assignment set up and published, use the following steps to check an individual paper.

Go to the assignment and select the View as Student button at the top right of the page. (Don’t go into edit view as you won’t find the student view button when editing the assignment.)
Submit the paper.
Select the “Exit Student View” button at the bottom right of the page in the pink bar.
Wait a few minutes. Depending on the size of the document and how busy the Turnitin servers are, it could take up to a half-hour.
Select the Speedgrader button on the assignment, navigate to Test Student at the bottom of the student list dropdown, and check for the Similarity Report.

What happens when I copy a course in Canvas?

The assignment, settings, instructions, and dates persist in Canvas when an instructor copies a course for a new term. Adjust the dates as a normal assignment in Canvas.

Turnitin Feedback Studio

Creating a Turnitin assignment means creating the assignment in Canvas and confirming the Turnitin Settings. You may find that the best workflow is to create the assignment, manage Turnitin settings, and then publish the assignment.

Note: The first time you create an assignment, you need to review and agree to the Turnitin User Agreement.

To Create:

In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
Click the Add Assignment button
Add Assignment Details

In the Assignment Name field [1], create a name for the assignment. In the Description field [2], enter the details of the assignment for your students. When students view the assignment, the description appears at the top of the page. However, the text shouldn't be significantly long in this space. If necessary, you can include additional instructions for the assignment as part of the assignment Turnitin settings.

Enter the number of points for the assignment [3], select the Assignment Group [4], and select the grading type from the Display Grade as menu [5].

Note: The Rich Content Editor includes a word count display below the bottom right corner of the text box.

4. Select Submission Type; In the Submission Type drop-down menu, select the External Tool option.

Note: If you want to use a Canvas rubric for the assignment, you must add the rubric before setting the External Tool submission type. Additionally, if you want to apply moderated grading, you must set up moderated grading before setting the External Tool submission type.

5. Find External Tool; Click the Find button.

6. Configure External Tool;

Click the Turnitin LTI tool [1]. Click the Select button [2].

Note: Selecting the Load in a new tab checkbox is not recommended for Turnitin assignments.

7. Set Edit Due and Availability Dates

Set due or availability dates for the assignment. These dates appear throughout Canvas like regular assignments.

By default, Canvas will set your assignment dates for everyone in your course [1]. Create a due date for the assignment in the Due Date field [2]. The due date will already be populated for you if you created an assignment shell, but you can change it if necessary. You also have the option to add availability date fields [3].

Notes:

If you set an Until date for the assignment, students will not be able to access the LTI tool to view their feedback.
Depending on your LTI configuration, dates created in the assignment may be passed back to Turnitin. Be sure to confirm your dates in the assignment Turnitin settings.
Differentiated Due Dates do not sync with Turnitin, so an assignment can only have one set of due dates.

8. Save Assignment; Click the Save & Publish button.

View Assignment; View your assignment created with Turnitin. The assignment defaults to the Assignment Inbox.

Once your assignment has been created, you must also confirm the Turnitin Settings. Otherwise, students cannot access the assignment, even once the assignment is published in Canvas.

Note: The Turnitin LTI is responsive to the size of your browser window. Your view of the Turnitin LTI may vary from the image shown in this step.

Creating a Turnitin LTI 1.1 (External Tool) Assignment in Canvas- Guide Links to an external site.

How does the grading work?

Do all of the grading in Turnitin's Grademark, use Quickmarks (saved comments I can reuse) with a rubric and enter the grade in Turnitin. The grade is passed to the Gradebook in Canvas. It actually works quite a bit like the Canvas Speedgrader, and you can advance from student to student as well as quickly flip through all of a student's submissions for the term. I prefer Turnitin's Grademark because I can save and reuse remarks (with clickable url's!). Turnitin also can layer the originality report and Grademark, so the instructor can see the originality report while grading. Unlike the older API plugin, Quickmarks, rubrics, and PeerMark libraries persist across Canvas courses, so there is no need for importing or exporting Turnitin assets after the initial use.

Where can I see the originality report for a paper?

Icons for the originality report show up in the Turnitin inbox in the assignment details. The full report can be seen by clicking on the icon in the Turnitin inbox to launch you into Turnitin Grademark.

What happens when I copy a course in Canvas?

The assignment, settings, instructions, and dates persist in Canvas when an instructor copies a course for a new term.The LTI assignment must be visited (if you load TII inside of Canvas or the LTI tool must be launched (if you load in a new tab) to reestablish the assignment and settings on the Turnitin side. Now, a student can access the assignment from Canvas to initialize the assignment in Turnitin; However, the instructor must set an available from date and a due date in Canvas to allow students to initialize an assignment.

Submit on behalf of Student

To submit or resubmit to an assignment, follow these steps:

In the Assignment Inbox, locate the student submission you would like to submit or resubmit to.
Under the Options column, select the three-dots menu and select Upload.
The Submit File dialog will appear. Use the tabs at the top of the dialog to choose the submission method you'd like to use.

There are three ways to submit a file, as outlined below.

Upload submission

Enter a Submission Title in the field provided.
You can either select the Choose File button to upload the file, or you may drag the file you'd like to submit onto the boxed area of the dialog.

We advise referencing our accepted file types Links to an external site. guidance.

Select the Upload and Review button to proceed to the review stage.
Review your upload, and then select Submit to Turnitin, or choose Cancel Submission to make any changes.
Please don't leave the submission process until you've seen the Submission Complete notice.

How do students complete peer reviews?

Here is a .pdf tutorial on using PeerMark. Links to an external site.