Blackboard Ultra (Faculty) - Turnitin Assignments: Download Student Papers

This article explains how faculty can download submitted student papers from a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard Ultra.

Downloading Student Papers from a Turnitin Assignment

Follow these steps to download student papers submitted through a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard Ultra:

  1. Navigate to your course in Blackboard Ultra.
  2. Locate the Turnitin assignment.
  3. Click on the Turnitin assignment title to open it.
  4. In the Turnitin Assignment Dashboard, locate the student whose paper you wish to download.
  5. Click the title of the student's paper to open it.
  6. The Turnitin Feedback Studio dashboard appears in a new window.
  7. Click the download icon in the top right corner of your window.

    download icon in turnitin feedback studio

  8. Select a download option:
    • Similarity Report: Downloads a PDF version of the paper with the Overall Similarity Report information.
    • Grading and Feedback Report: Downloads a PDF version of the paper with grading feedback.
    • Original File: Downloads the student's originally submitted file.
  9. The file will be downloaded to your computer's default download location.

Downloading All Student Papers at Once

You can download all student papers in a single ZIP file:

  1. Navigate to your course in Blackboard Ultra.
  2. Locate the Turnitin assignment.
  3. Click on the Turnitin assignment title to open it.
  4. In the Turnitin Assignment Dashboard, click the "Download" button. This is typically found at the top-right of the assignment dashboard.

    download all papers from turnitin assignment

  5. Choose from the following download options:
    • Submission List: Downloads an Excel spreadsheet with a simple list of submissions.
    • All Reports and Files: Downloads a ZIP file containing grading reports, similarity reports, and submitted files for each submission.
    • Grading and Feedback Reports: Downloads a ZIP file containing a PDF of each student's submission with grading and feedback.
    • Originally Submitted Files: Downloads a ZIP file containing all students' originally submitted files.
    • Grade Report: Downloads an Excel spreadsheet containing grades on submissions.
  6. The ZIP file will be downloaded to your computer's default download location. Extract the contents of the ZIP file to access the individual student papers.

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Keywords:
Blackboard Ultra, Turnitin, Assignments, Download, Student Papers, Faculty, Instructor, Blackboard, Ultra, Bb, Tii, Download Papers, Download All 
Doc ID:
155719
Owned by:
Jeff P. in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Created:
2025-10-13
Updated:
2026-08-20
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