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TurnItIn - How To Create a TurnItIn Assignment in Blackboard

Begin by signing into Blackboard and navigating to your course. Next, navigate to the portion of the course you want the TurnItIn assignment to appear in. Below, we've navigated to Week 1.

Step 1: Hover over "Build Content."

Step 2: Locate the "TurnItIn LTI" button on the menu. Select it. Once selected, you should see the image shown below.

Step 3 : Fill out all of the relevant information before clicking "submit." Now the assignment should appear in your course.

Below, we will show you what is available when you click "Optional Settings."

The main thing optional settings will be used for is to a) enable late assignments, b)  enable anonymous marking, and c) to attach a rubric.

After selecting the relevant settings, scroll down to the bottom and select "Submit."

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Turnitin assignment settings.

• In Blackboard Ultra, select the course you'd like to add an assignment to.
• Create an assignment as usual. For more information, view Blackboard's assignment setup guidance .

For more information about the instructor assignment setup workflow, please reference Blackboard's Turnitin guidance .

Store student submissions in

• Submissions are stored in the global Turnitin repository.
• Submissions are stored in a repository which is only accessible by your institution.
• A Similarity Report will be generated for submissions, but submissions will not be stored in the standard repository or the institution’s repository for future comparison.

If you find that this setting is unavailable to you, please contact your administrator to request it to be enabled in their account settings. If your administrator subsequently finds that the setting is also unavailable to them, it is recommended that they speak to their Turnitin account manager.

Compare submissions against

These options allow you to select the repositories that students' submissions will be checked against when processing Similarity Reports. The Similarity Score may decrease if a repository option is deselected.

• This option compares current submissions to previous submissions in classes and assignments in Turnitin across institutions.
• This option compares current submissions to the repository of student papers unique to your institution.
• This option compares current submissions to a repository of archived and live publicly available internet pages containing billions of pages of existing content and tens of thousands of new pages added daily.
• This option compares current submissions to third party periodical, journal, and publication content including many major professional journals, periodicals, and business publications.

Similarity Report

Exclude bibliographic materials

This setting excludes text that appears in the bibliography, works cited, or references sections of student papers from being checked for matches when generating Similarity Reports. You can overwrite this setting in individual Similarity Reports.

Exclude quoted materials

This setting excludes quotations from being checked for matches when generating Similarity Reports. You can overwrite this setting in individual Similarity Reports.

Exclude small sources

This setting excludes matches that are not of sufficient length (determined by you) from being considered when generating Similarity Reports. Once this setting has been checked, a box will appear where you can exclude matches by number of words. You can overwrite this setting in individual Similarity Reports.

Allow students to view report after submitting

This setting allows students to view their Similarity Reports for submissions to this assignment. Select the checkbox to allow your students to view their Similarity Reports for submissions to this assignment. On future launches into the settings panel, this setting will be controlled by Blackboard Learn and can be changed under the toggle option to enable the integration.

Normally report scores will generate within a few minutes, however if this is not the case, please wait up to 24 hours before contacting support as further attempts to generate the report will continue for this timeframe.

View our new Similarity Report guidance to learn more.

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Online assignments allow you to provide detailed feedback to your students using annotations, rubrics, voice recordings and text. Turnitin Feedback Studio, now integrated into Blackboard, offers a streamlined process for online assignments. The  Blackboard assignments  tool is also available in Blackboard and offers greater support for group submissions and delegated marking than Turnitin assignments but have more limited annotation tools.

Update for the 202 4 /2 5 Academic Year:  Any assignments that have the old blue and red logo Turnitin logo, or a "Turnitin Direct" broken image displayed (see below),  must be re-created using the new Turnitin assignment tool  in your new modules to ensure they work. The assignments with the old logo ”Turnitin Direct” link will no longer be accessible through Blackboard after August 2023. We also highly recommend checking our Online Tutorials & Guides below, which cover how to set up your assignments step-by-step. For example, it is important to note that Turnitin assignments now add results to the Grade Centre automatically (similar to Blackboard assignments) . You will need to hide the corresponding Grade Centre columns regardless of the Feedback Release Date in Turnitin itself .

→ Click on the titles below to view information and guides on using Turnitin assignments.

Online assignments allow students to submit essays in the College Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Blackboard Learn and provide you with the functionality to give detailed feedback to your students using annotations, rubrics, voice recordings and text. Turnitin Feedback Studio offers a streamlined process for online assignments. Click on the video below for a brief overview of how you can use online assignments to provide detailed feedback to enhance student learning. A separate page is available for assignments created with Blackboard's own assignment tool .

We strongly recommend all Turnitin assignments are created through Blackboard exclusively and that staff & students no longer access/modify/create assignments through Turnitin.com to avoid potential issues. If you are planning to use Turnitin for summative online exams, we have an overview page on online exams giving general advice on using Blackboard Assignments, Tests and Turnitin for exams.

Notice regarding the Turnitin Similarity Score : The similarity score in the Turnitin report is not a measure of plagiarism within a piece of work but represents where there are similarities to other sources (journals, essays, books etc.). A submission with a high similarity score might be satisfactory once the bibliography, cover sheet etc. are accounted for whereas a submission could have a low score but could be heavily paraphrasing other sources without citation.

Lecturers should advise their students not to focus on getting the similarity score below a certain percentage as there are many other dimensions to correctly citing sources. More information on interpreting the Similarity Score is available on the Turnitin website ; instructors may also find this blog post by Turnitin on the similarity report informative .

If a paper submitted to your class assignment shows a high similarity match to another paper or if you are contacted by another academic either within college or from another college, please see the Turnitin website for advice.

Please note most importantly: if you are going to run your students papers through Turnitin, the student must be informed in advance about the product and its intended use by you, the lecturer.

You can use online assignments to:

This video gives an overview of how you can use Turnitin Feedback Studio to support assessment practices.

For information on the accessibility features of Turnitin Feedback Studio, please visit the Turnitin website .

Quick Guide 1: Creating a Turnitin Assignment

This Quick Guide gives IT Services' recommended settings for creating a standard Turnitin assignment in Blackboard.

Quick Guide 2: Managing Student Submissions

This Quick Guide gives IT Services' recommended settings for managing student submissions for a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard.

Quick Guide 3: Grading & Providing Feedback

This Quick Guide gives IT Services' recommended settings for grading Turnitin assignments in Blackboard.

Quick Guide 4: Releasing Results to Students

This Quick Guide gives IT Services' recommended settings for releasing Turnitin assignment results in Blackboard.

Video Overview of Feedback Studio

This video provides an overview of Feedback Studio's feedback options including annotations, rubrics and voice comments.

Interactive Feedback Studio Demo

This interactive demonstration of Feedback Studio provides an opportunity to practice using the different features such as annotations, rubrics and voice comments.

Submission Guide for Your Students

An online guide for students is also available to help them with the submission process on the Turnitin website. Refer your students to the 'Student Help' tab in Blackboard (top right of the screen after logging in) to access this and other guides on using Blackboard.

Blackboard Vs Turnitin Assignments

This interactive guide gives an overview of the pros and cons of using Blackboard or Turnitin assignments.

Procedure : if a student has issues submitting we would advise them to contact the module instructor so there is a record of this and because the instructor would need to make a determination as to whether to reset the attempt based on the different circumstances. Clearing/resetting attempts needs to be done by the instructor of a particular module in the first instance. We also strongly recommend that if there are submission issues due to account/access problems etc. with an individual student, please accept the submission via email as proof of submission until the issue is resolved. If an instructor cannot resolve the issue themselves, the instructor can contact us for advice via [email protected]

Clearing an attempt/Remove From Inbox: Typically submission problems are due to browser issues or if a student is trying to resubmit after the Due Date. If it looks to be a browser issue, please advise the student to try on another device/browser such as Chrome or Firefox. If the Due Date passes, students will be unable to resubmit so the only way to upload a new attempt is to either modify the Due Date or clear the existing attempt. If you go to the Submission Inbox for the Turnitin assignment you can locate the student's name in the list. Under the "Options" column there are three dots; click on this and select "Remove From Inbox".

Important: First click on the ‘Download’ icon to make a backup of the existing file and also make a note of the submission ID before deleting just in case of any issues. Then you can click on the Remove from Inbox option to remove the submission for the individual student.

Turnitn Paper Deletion Requests : For submissions that have been added to the 'Standard Paper Repository', you can also "Request permanent deletion" under the 'Options' column for the relevant student. Please note, Turnitin have advised that as of January 23rd 2024, approved paper deletion requests will be immediately and permanently deleted. Once approved for deletion, papers will no longer be recoverable.

To upload on behalf of a student : at the top of the inbox above the list if student names, is a search field that says 'Submit on behalf of a student.' Enter the student's name and follow the instructions to upload the file (as long as you have also allowed Late Submissions under the settings for the assignment if the Due Date has already passed). The assignment might be marked in red as late but there is no automatic deducting of marks etc. so it should not affect the submission otherwise.

The Turnitin Paper Lookup tool will allow instructors to retrieve submissions from past assignments, including ‘old’ Turnitin assignments created using the Basic and Direct Building Block. It allows instructors who have previously interacted with the submission point to:

• Retrieve reports generated for those submissions, including the Similarity Report, Grading Report and a combination Similarity Report & Grading Report all within their Blackboard Learn environment.
• Access past submissions and associated reports from students who may have left the module.

The tool is available within the ' Module Management ' area of a current or past module and can be accessed by selecting ' Module Tools ' and choosing the ' Turnitin Paper Lookup Tool ' close to the bottom of the expanded list.

Using the Paper Look Up Tool – Retrieving submissions

To access the tool:

• Navigate to and select the ‘ Turnitin Paper Lookup Tool ’ from within your module on Blackboard. Please note, it may take a few seconds for the tool to open.
• When the tool opens, you can search for the module name in the search bar.
• Select the module name to find all the Turnitin assignments in that module.
• Click on an assignment to view the submitted file.
• From here you can download the Similarity Report, the Original File, th Grading Report and a combination of the Grading & Similarity Report.

To recover a Turnitin submission from a module where you have not previously interacted with the assignment, locate the Turnitin assignment and wait for the Assignment Inbox to load. You should then be able to find any files submitted to that submission point.

Turnitin Assignments that were set up using the ‘ old ’ Turnitin Building Block (ie assignments with a View/Complete link ), you will need to identify the assignment owner or instructor who marked or moderated the submissions and ask them to retrieve the files for you. If the original assignment owner/instructor is no longer active in your school, please email the [email protected] with the instructor’s details, the name of the module, the name of the assignment you are trying to access and the name of the student whose submission you are trying to retrieve.

Please visit The paper lookup tool for Feedback Studio guide on the Turnitin website for more information.

Below are external links and additional resources to help you get started with Turnitin Assignments in Blackboard.

• Official Turnitin Instructor Guides
• Understanding the Similarity Report
• Commenting Tools
• Quick Marks

In this case, brand new LTI assignments would need to be created for any previous Building Block assignments

The LTI integration can be found as an option within the Build Content drop-down menu. This is where all LTI tools integrated with Blackboard Learn are located

Email submission receipts are not currently supported with Turnitin Feedback Studio LTI integrations, however following a submission students are presented with a banner within their assignment dashboard that provides a link to download a submission receipt. They can also access their assignment dashboard at any time to download a copy of the submission receipt using the receipt icon.

Visit the module Full Grade Center on Blackboard and check that the corresponding column for the assignment and the Total column have been hidden from student view

The LTI integration offers automatic grade synchronization between the Turnitin LTI assignment inbox and the Blackboard Learn grade center by using the LTI Assignment and Grade Services.

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IMPORTANT!  If any of your Turnitin Assignments have the old Turnitin logo (see below), please re-create your assignments using the instructions below. Turnitin is removing the old building block during the summer of 2023. After that time, the assignments will no longer work, nor will you have access to those papers. To download and archive those papers, follow these instructions: https://kb.siue.edu/63292

Create a Turnitin Assignment

• Navigate to the content area in your Blackboard course where you want the assignment to be located (ex: Coursework > Module 1).

Submitting papers to the Standard paper repository will allow future papers to match to this paper. If you wish to use this submission for a draft assignment, you do not want the paper to submit to the standard paper repository because the final submission will match 100% to this draft. Click on the dropdown box and select "Do not store the submitted paper." Allow submission file of any type - See the Turnitin site for description of the file types accepted. Allow late submission - if late submissions are allowed, the word "Late" will appear in the Assignment In box. If late submission is not allowed, students will not be able to submit an assignment after the due date. Enable anonymous marking - allows the faculty to grade without seeing the students name. This may help avoiding bias in the grading. Enable grammar checking  using ETS e-rater technology - the ETS e-rater will flag common grammar mistakes in papers. Attach a rubric - you may create a rubric for this assignment. See Create a Rubric for more details.

Generate Similarity Reports - Consider "Generating reports immediately" option. They can use the Similarity Report to review their paper for correct citation and summarization. Allow student to view Similarity Reports will assist the students in learning how to correctly cite and summarize passages. This setting plus the setting above will allow the students to correct mistakes. Exclude bibliographic materials will reduce the similarity score as it will exclude bibliographic text that is commonly cited. Exclude quoted materials will also reduce the similarity score although unchecking this will allow the student to confirm that they have quoted and cited the quote properly. Exclude small sources will allow you to select word or percentage count so that common phrases will not appear. This will also help reduce the Similarity score.

• Click the Submit button to finalize the Turnitin assignment.
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Setting up a Turnitin Assignment

This guide provides a step-by-step guidance on how-to set up a Turnitin Assignment in Blackboard. 

• Select Turnitin from the Content Market options.

Assignment Settings

Fill out the Assignment Settings .

• Title Add your assessment title. Note: Once the assessment starts (Start Date), you will not be able to change the Title or the Instructions.
• Instructions This text field will only  include and display 250 characters  once the assessment is created. This text field is linked directly to the Description text field in Blackboard. If your assessment instructions exceed the maximum 250-character limit, we recommend that you create a separate content item (e.g. Blackboard Document) for the assessment.
• Max Grade Set a point value for the assignment. 
• Start Date The start date is the date and time students can begin submitting to the assignment.
• Due Date The due date is the date and time students’ papers are due for the assignment.
• Feedback Release Date The feedback release date is the date and time students can begin viewing the comments and grades you have left on their papers. Feedback can only be released after the due date. 
• PeerMark When enabled, instructors can create and manage PeerMark assignments that allow students to read, review, and evaluate one or many papers submitted by their classmates. With the advanced options in PeerMark instructors can choose whether the reviews are anonymous or attributed. For more details, see the Turnitin help guide on Creating a PeerMark assignment .

Optional Settings

You can add further customisation to the assignment using  Optional Settings .

Submission Settings

You can choose to submit papers to

• Standard paper repository Student papers will be checked against other institutions’ student submissions.
• Institution paper repository Student papers will only be checked against other student papers within your institution. With this setting enabled, if a student from your institution submits a paper matching a paper of a student from another institution, Turnitin will not identify this match.
• Do not store the submitted papers A similarity report will still be generated for paper submissions, but your students’ papers will not be stored in the Turnitin standard paper repository or the institution’s paper repository for future comparison.
• Allow submissions of any file type Select the checkbox to allow all file types – even those that are not supported for generating a Similarity Report. This includes files that include media.
• Allow late submissions Select the checkbox to allow late submissions for the assignment; students will be able to submit papers after the due date.
• Enable anonymous marking Select the checkbox to obscure student names within the assignment inbox, Similarity Report and online grading until the assignment’s feedback release date. Student names may be revealed for an assignment by clicking on the  anonymous marking enabled  button to reveal the author’s name for the paper.
• Enable Translated Matching If selected, the option allows students to submit content in a non-English language, whilst retaining the ability to match against our vast database of English language content. For more information see the article on Using Translated Matching .
• Enable grammar checking using ETS® e-rater® technology Select to automatically perform checks to an assignment for grammar, usage, mechanics, style and spelling errors; provides in depth feedback with on paper marks. For more information see the Turnitin help article on:  Viewing e-rater feedback . 
• Attach a rubric Select a rubric from the drop down list or create a new one by clicking Launch Rubric Manager button. See the guidance for details on how to use rubrics in Turnitin .

Similarity Report

Generate Similarity Reports for student submission (drop down menu)

• Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are not allowed) Originality Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately. Students cannot resubmit papers. If, for any reason, a resubmission is required when this setting is selected, you must manually delete a student’s submission from the assignment inbox to allow the student to submit again.
• Students may resubmit as often as they wish until the assignment’s due date.
• Similarity Reports for a second or subsequent submission will generate after 24 hours of submission.
• As all previous submissions are removed upon resubmission, only the latest submission is available to both you and the student.
• Similarity Reports will regenerate within an hour of the due date and time to allow student submissions to compare against one another within the assignment.
• This report regeneration may cause a change in a paper’s similarity score. No resubmissions are allowed after the due date and time of the assignment.
• Generate reports on due date (resubmissions are allowed until due date) Originality Reports will not be generated for any submission until the due date and time of the assignment is reached. Students may resubmit as many times as needed until the due date and time, but will not receive reports during this period. No resubmissions are allowed after the due date and time of the assignment.

• Enable Translated Matching For non-English language submissions. If enabled, Turnitin will identify the language the paper is written, fully translate the paper to English and text match the resulting English language paper against the databases enabled for the assignment.
• Allow students to view Similarity Reports Select the checkbox to allow your students to view their Similarity Reports for submissions to this assignment. This option gives you more flexibility and control when creating assignments.
• Exclude bibliographic materials Select the checkbox to exclude text appearing in the bibliography, works cited, or references sections of student papers from being checked for matches when generating Originality Reports. You can overwrite this setting in individual Similarity Reports.
• Exclude quoted materials Select the checkbox to exclude quotations from being checked for matches when generating Similarity Reports. You can overwrite this setting in individual Similarity Reports.
• Exclude small sources Select the checkbox to exclude matches that are not of sufficient length (determined by you) from being considered when generating Similarity Reports. A box will appear, where you can exclude matches by word count or by percentage.

Compare against

These search options allow you to select the repositories that students’ submissions will be checked against when processing Similarity Reports for papers. The similarity score may decrease if a repository option is deselected .

Exclude assignment template

If you have provided a template document for your students to follow, these can be excluded from the Similarity Report by uploading the template or copying the text into the  Create Custom Template  field.

For details see the Turnitin help guide for Exclude Assignment Template .

Additional Settings

Select  Save these settings for future use if you wish to reuse the same settings for your future Turnitin Assignments.

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Turnitin: A student guide to submitting an assignment

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What is Turnitin?

Turnitin is software that is used by the University to help to identify plagiarised work. It allows you to submit your work via your Blackboard course, where an originality report may be generated. This report will highlight text in your submission that matches text from one or more of the following sources:

• other students’ work at the University of Manchester
• students’ work at other institutions
• academic publications
• Internet sources.

These reports are examined as a standard part of the assessment process. When your work is submitted to Turnitin, it will normally be added to an international database of student papers. Your name will not be attached to your paper. Other students’ work will then be compared to your work from that point onwards. If your submission is confidential, your tutor can make sure that it is not added to the database.

File types and sizes

Please note: the file size must be less than 100MB, it must have a minimum of 20 words, be less than 400 pages, and the standard file types allowed are:

• Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx)
• OpenOffice Text (.odt)
• WordPerfect (.wpd)
• PostScript (.ps/.eps)
• Hangul Word Processor (.hwp)
• Rich Text (.rtf)
• Plain text (.txt)
• Google Docs via Google Drive
• Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx/.ppt/.ppsx/.pps)
• Microsoft Excel (.xls/.xlsx).

Further information on plagiarism

Further information on plagiarism is available from:

• ‘Guidance to Students on plagiarism and other forms of academic malpractice’
• ‘Academic Malpractice – Guidance on the Handling of Cases’

How to submit an assignment

Stage 1: access the assignment submission link.

• Log into your Blackboard course. The assignment submission link will usually be located in the ‘ Assessments ’ area on the left-hand menu.
• Click the link to upload your assignment . You must read and follow any instructions given by your course leader.

• To submit your assignment, click the ‘ Upload Submission ’ button.
• Clicking the question mark  icon will display any extra information provided by your tutor, including feedback release date and assessment criteria (if an assignment rubric has been attached).

Stage 2: Upload your document

• Next, you need to enter a ‘Submission Title’. You must check any instructions given by your tutor. In many schools in the University, it is essential that you enter your 7-digit ID number in the submission title box and that you remove any references to your name in the submission document itself. This is to comply with anonymous marking regulations. Do not use quotation marks in the submission title as this can cause errors. It is also important that you remove any reference to your name from the submission document itself.
• Select ‘Choose file’ and locate the file you wish to upload.
• (Optional) This allows you to upload a cloud submission, e.g. Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox document. 

Stage 3: Review your document

This stage allows you to check you have uploaded the correct document. You can ‘ Preview ’, ‘ Cancel Submission ’ or continue to ‘ Submit to Turnitin ‘ .

Stage 4: Complete the submission

Upon submission, you will see this screen:

a) You will see a confirmation that your submission was successful. (If this is not the case, please try and submit again).

b) You may have the option to resubmit your paper if this has been allowed by your tutor. Please note: It can take up to 24 hours for re-uploaded files to be processed; however, the submission time will be marked as the time that the re-upload occurred. If you need to re-upload your work and the resubmit button is not available, then please contact your tutor to discuss arrangements for this, as they will vary from course to course.

c) You have the option to download a copy of the paper you have submitted.

d) You have the option to download a digital receipt for the paper you have submitted. It is very important that you retain your digital receipt as a record of your submission.

Important note for users of Mac systems (MacBook, iMac etc.)

If your assignment document is created on a Mac computer and you intend to include images copied and pasted from a PDF source document, it is essential that you use one of the following methods to bring the images into your assignment document. For any Mac software, including the ‘Preview’ application, do the following:

• Use ‘ Shift + Command + 5 ‘ to open the Screenshot tool. (Alternatively, search for the Screenshot tool from your Launchpad or go to ‘ File > Take Screenshot > From Selection… ‘)
• Select the area of the page you wish to save as an image (the image will automatically be saved to the desktop).
• In Word, use ‘ Insert > Image ’ to import the image.
• Do not use the Select tool in Preview to copy and paste images from the PDF into your assignment document.
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Staff Guide: How to add and edit a direct link to a Turnitin assignment submission.

Turnitin is a third party assessment tool. You can add a link to a Turnitin assignment submission via the course Content Market .

Use the Turnitin direct link if you want to:

• Check for plagiarism in typed submissions with the Similarity Report.
• Continue to mark using the Turnitin Feedback Studio.

Turnitin similarity checking is now integrated into the Ultra Assignment tool so you can also use this assessment tool if submissions require checking for plagiarism. See this article for more information on Turnitin integration into Ultra Assignments.

Always create new Turnitin links in a course and do not copy them over from other courses.

Add a direct link to Turnitin from the course Content Market

• Go to the area in your course where you want to add the Turnitin assignment submission link.
• Select the purple plus to add content and select the Content Market .

• Select Turnitin LTI Assignment from the 3rd party Institution tools available in the Content Market .

You will be taken out to Turnitin via the “LTI” link.

Enter basic assignment details

• Assignment Title : The title will appear in notifications and the gradebook and can be located using course Search so make sure it is meaningful and identifies the assignment.
• Instructions : You can include instructions about the assignment, for example, remind students not to use their names in case of anonymous assignments, and explain how to format their work etc.
• Maximum Grade  (the maximum points which will be awarded for this assignment): If this is a summative assessment, ensure the maximum grade corresponds to Banner Gradebook setting. If you are marking using % set this to 100.

Use the Calendar icon to select dates and times:

• Start Date : Set the date and time students can begin submitting to the assignment..
• Due Date : Always choose a Due Date in working hours so students can access support if needed.
• Feedback Release Date : Set the date on which grades and feedback become available for students to view via the Turnitin assignment link and the Blackboard Gradebook. You can change the Feedback Release Date before and after marks are entered.

Optional Settings

Submission settings.

• Standard paper repository : select this option when you want papers stored by Turnitin and included in future similarity searches.
• Do not store submitted papers : select this option when you do not want submissions added to the Turnitin database. Use this setting for formative or draft assignments which will be submitted again.
• If set to No (un-ticked):  Turnitin will only accept files that can generate Similarity Reports.
• If set to Yes (ticked) :  Turnitin will accept some additional file types can be graded, but they will not generate a Similarity Report
• Allow late submissions:   When enabled, students who did not submit before the due date are allowed 1 late attempt.
• Enable anonymous marking : Select the checkbox to obscure student names within the assignment inbox, Similarity Report, and online grading until the assignment’s feedback release date. Student names may be revealed for an assignment by clicking on the  anonymous marking enabled  button to reveal the author’s name for the paper. Once a name has been revealed you cannot re-anonymise it. Grades will not appear in the Blackboard Gradebook until after the Post Date.
• Attach a rubric:   To attach a rubric, tick the box and select the desired rubric from the drop-down menu.

Similarity Report

• Common option for summative assessment: Generate reports on due date (resubmissions are allowed until due date) : Originality Reports will not be generated for any submission until the due date and time of the assignment is reached. Students may resubmit as many times as needed until the due date and time, but will not receive reports during this period. No resubmissions are allowed after the due date and time of the assignment
• Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are not allowed) : Originality Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately. Students cannot resubmit papers. If, for any reason, a resubmission is required when this setting is selected, you must manually delete a student’s submission from the assignment inbox to allow the student to submit again.
• Students may resubmit as often as they wish until the assignment’s due date.
• As all previous submissions are removed upon resubmission, only the latest submission is available to both you and the student.
• Similarity Reports will regenerate within an hour of the due date and time to allow student submissions to compare against one another within the assignment.
• This report regeneration may cause a change in a paper’s similarity score. No resubmissions are allowed after the due date and time of the assignment.

Allow students to view similarity reports:  Select the checkbox if you want students to view their similarity report. The settings above will determine when the students see their report.

Exclude bibliographic materials ,  Exclude quoted materials  and  Exclude small sources  if you want to prevent the report from checking references and shorter sources now, but you are able to include or exclude them when viewing the finished report.

Compare Against

• Choose which sources to check when comparing submissions. You can check against existing papers which have been submitted to the system, as well as a number of Internet sources.

Exclude assignment template

• Follow this link to learn more about the  exclude assignment template feature

Additional Settings

Save these settings for future use:  If you tick this box the settings you have entered will become the default settings for future Turnitin assignments.

Submit : Once you are happy that your settings are correct you can submit the assignment.

Making changes to an existing Turnitin LTI Assignment

Some assignment settings can only be edited in Turnitin , while other assignment settings can only be edited in Blackboard . See the links below for details of how to change particular settings.

To Edit Blackboard assignment settings

• From  Course Content or Gradebook/Markable items , select the three-dots menu on the right side of the assignment title and select Edit .

To Edit Turnitin assignment settings

• Select the title of the assignment in Course Content or Gradebook/Markable items to be taken to the Turnitin Assignment Inbox.

• Select the  settings   cog  icon in the top right of the Assignment Inbox.

• Note:  You will not be able to change the  Enable anonymous marking : setting after any submissions have been made to the inbox.

How to change each setting

• In your module, select  Gradebook  from the Navigation menu.
• Under Markable Items , locate the Turnitin Assignment and select the three dots on the far right side and select Edit .
• Select the current Turnitin Assignment title to edit it.
• Select Save in the bottom right-hand corner.

Edit Start Date

To edit in the gradebook:.

• Apply the date and time that the assignment should be visible to students.

To edit in Course Content

• Select the Date/line link next to Release Conditions.

Edit Due Date

• Under Due date, edit the date and time fields to reflect the assignment deadline.

Edit Feedback Release Date

• Under Markable Items , locate the Turnitin Assignment and select the assignment title. This will launch the Turnitin Assignment LTI.

• Select Submit at the bottom of your page to save these settings.

Edit Student Mark

‼️You MUST ONLY edit marks in the Turnitin Assignment LTI.‼️

• In the Assignment Inbox , select the title of the student submission that requires a mark edit.
• A new window will open to show the Feedback studio.
• Select the original mark at the top of the page, edit with the new mark then select anywhere outside of the mark box within the submission page to save the new mark.
• Close the window and the updated mark should appear in the Assignment inbox .
• If the mark does not appear, select the refresh button within the inbox.

Edit Mark value type

‼️Please note: f or Turnitin assignments with a maximum score not equal to 100, use points or complete/incomplete for marking . Avoid using Percentage, as Blackboard Ultra Gradebook assumes all marks are out of 100. For example, a mark of 30/30 would appear as 30% in the Gradebook . ‼️

• Locate Mark Using and select the dropdown menu to the right and select the mark value type.

Edit Instructions/Description

To ensure the Blackboard Description and Turnitin Instructions are synchronised please follow the below steps:

• Scroll down to and select the text box below Description to edit the text.

Edit Delegated Marking groups

‼️ Please note: delegated marking for Turnitin is done via Blackboard Groups . The groups function as filters in the Turnitin Assignment Inbox. ‼️

• In your module, select  Groups from the Navigation menu.
• Locate the Group Set for the Turnitin Assignment and select it.
• Select the students you wish to move to a different group.
• Select the three dots next to one of the now highlighted students and select the new group from the drop-down.
• To save your changes, select Save in the bottom right.

The Blackboard Ultra – Create marking groups for multiple markers eLearn guide has more information on Using Marking groups with Turnitin LTI .

Mark as Formative

Students will see a Formative label displayed with the assignment information.

• Tick the options in Formative Tools.

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