The Assignments tool provides a convenient way for students to electronically submit assignments. You can enable Turnitin on any assignment folder, which will compare student submissions to a vast repository of student papers and websites and generate a similarity report. This report helps you determine if parts of the submission were plagiarized.
Enable Turnitin for Assignment Folders
- Edit or Create an Assignment Folder
- Select Evaluation and Feedback
- Select the Manage Turnitin link
- Check the boxes for Enable Similarity Report and Allow learners to see Turnitin similarity scores.
- Make your selection for Submissions Checked.
- If you plan to grade the submissions in Turnitin, check the box for Enable Online Grading and check the box for Automatically sync grades.
- Select the More Options button to set more options.
- Under Submission settings, select where to submit the papers. Select the question mark icon next to any option to see more information.
- Standard Paper Repository.
- Do not store the submitted papers (Use this option if this is a first draft of the student’s paper).
- Select the checkbox to Allow submission of any type.
- If you want to check grammar, select the checkmark to Enable grammar checking and check additional settings.
- Continue setting your preferences.
- Select the box for Save these settings for future use
- Select Submit
- Select Save on the Turnitin options
- Select Save and Close for the Assignment folder
View Student Submissions and Leave Feedback
When you use Turnitin, you have two options for assessing student submissions:
- Use the Assignment folder Evaluate page as you do with other assignments.
- Use the Turnitin Online Grading feature
Whatever method you choose, you can view a student’s similarity report by clicking on the similarity score percentage or by selecting the pencil icon next to a student’s submission. The notation “No Score” indicates that no score has been entered inside of Turnitin, or that the score has not been synced back to D2L.
OPTION 1: View Similarity Report and Assess using D2L Evaluate
- View the similarity report in Turnitin by selecting the similarity score or select the edit (pencil) icon next to a student’s submission.
- A new tab opens that takes you into Feedback Studio. You can leave comments and use the markup tools in Turnitin if desired. Note the help button in the upper right corner and the tools along the right-hand side of the page.
- When finished viewing the report, return to the D2L Assignment submission page and select the Go to Evaluation button for the student
- Enter a score and feedback and then select Publish
OPTION 2: View Similarity Report and Assess using Turnitin
- To view the originality report and to enter a score in Turnitin Onling Grading, select the similarity score or select the edit (pencil) icon next to a student’s submission.
- A new tab opens that takes you into Feedback Studio. You can leave comments and use the markup tools in Turnitin if desired.Note the help button in the upper right corner and the tools along the right-hand side of the page. You will also see a score at the top of the page.
- When you enter a score in Turnitin, the score cab be automatically or manually transferred back into D2L in “draft” mode (depending on what you selected when setting up the assignment). If you chose automatically, you may need to refresh your web page.
NOTE: If you chose to manually transfer the scores back, you will need to manually select the sync button to get the scores to transfer, and you will also need to manually enter the score in the “Evaluate” area.
- After the scores are synched back to D2L, they need to be published. Select the Draft Saved button, add any additional comments, and then select Publish. If you have a grade item in D2L that is connected to the assignment, the score will also transfer to the gradebook when published.
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