Blackboard (Faculty) - Turnitin Assignments: Create a Turnitin Assignment

This document describes how to create a Turnitin assignment.

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).
Click Build Content and select Turnitin LTI 1.3 from the drop-down menu (if you do not see these options, make sure Edit Mode is turned on).
Once the Turnitin page opens, add a title and instructions for your assignment. NOTE: Instructions are limited to 1,000 characters. If you have more than that, create an Item content type above the Turnitin assignment with the instructions.
Enter the maximum grade a student can receive on this assignment.

The Start Date is when the assignment will first be available to the students
The Due Date is when the assignment is due. You will have the ability to allow student to submit after this date in the Optional Settings
Feedback Release Date is when students will see your comments/feedback.
Grading and Feedback - enter the maximum amount of points a student can earn. If you are grading anonymously, click the check box.

See the Knowledge Base article Create a Turnitin Rubric for more information and instructions about Rubrics.
Click Submission settings:
1. 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.
2. Allow resubmissions until due date - Students will be allowed to resubmit papers until the due date. Student will be limited to 3 submissions every 24 hours.
3. Allow unsupported file types - Students may submit any file type, including files that are unsupported for generating Similarity Report or any other reports. Learn more about the File Requirements.
DO NOT click on the Create Assignment button yet. Click on the Report Settings tab.
Store submissions for comparison - use "General Turnitin repository" for most papers. Use the "Do not store the submitted papers" option for draft papers.
Compare submissions - Check all that will apply. This will ensure that the papers are compared with most of the available documents for similarity.
Generate Similarity Reports - Use the "At time of submission" option. They can use the Similarity Report to review their paper for correct citation and summarization.

Report access - check this box for students to view their Similarity Report.
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 Create Assignment button to finalize the Turnitin assignment.

Blackboard (Faculty) - Turnitin Assignments: Create a Turnitin Assignment

Blackboard (Faculty) - Turnitin Assignments: Create a Turnitin Assignment

Create a Turnitin Assignment

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