Turnitin

Turnitin is a 3rd-party tool that can help ensure originality, Academic integrity, and proper citation by comparing student submissions to a global database and a repository of Stonehill submissions.  Students submit to a Turnitin assignment and a Similarity Report is created, detailing the comparison.  The report will show a "score" that is a percentage of the submission's content that matches with Turnitin's databases.  The similarity report now also contains an AI writing report.  View Turnitn's FAQ for more info.

Within Canvas, there are two ways to utilize Turnitin with assignments:

• Integrated into a Canvas Assignment.  Those that wish to utilize Canvas Rubrics, Speedgrader, or had been using SafeAssign in Canvas, should use this method.
• An LTI 1.3 tool that launches the Turnitin Feedback Studio. Grading and similarity checking are done outside of the Canvas Gradebook. 

Turnitin has a comparison of the integrations here.  Note: the LTI 1.1 tool on the comparison page can be ignored.

• Integrating Turnitin into a Canvas Assignment
• Creating a Turnitin LTI Assignment
• Viewing the Similarity Report for an Integrated Assignment
• Viewing the Similarity Report for an LTI Assignment

Integrating Turnitin into a Canvas Assignment

1. In your Canvas course click Assignments from the course menu.
2. Click the +Assignment button
   
3. In the Submission Type area, select Online from the drop-down menu and put a check in the File Uploads box.  We also recommend restricting File Types to docx,pdf:
   
4. In the Plagiarism Review area, select Turnitin Plagiarism Framework from the drop-down menu.  Set your desired settings and decide if you want students to be able to view the report; the default is set to show students immediately:
   
5. Set your other options such as Due Date  and Assign to as normal.
6. Click Save or Save & Publish.  You can then add this assignment to a module in your Modules page.

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Creating a Turnitin LTI Assignment

1. In your Canvas course click Assignments from the course menu.
2. Click the three dots at the top-right of the page and select Turnitin
   
    
3. Set your desired settings.  Expand Optional Settings for more choices:
   
    
4. Click Submit.
5. The Assignment will be created but not published.  You can publish from the Assignments page, or add the Assignment to a module in your Modules page.

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Viewing the Similarity Report for an Integrated Assignment

There are a few different ways to access the Similarity Report for an Integrated Canvas Assigment:

• Access the Assignment to grade via your To Do list 
• Click on the Assignment from your Assignments index page and click SpeedGrader

Once you have accessed the attempt in SpeedGrader:

1. Click the similarity score percentage button to open the Turnitin Viewer:
   
    
2. The report shows a list of matches and their corresponding percentage of the total matches found:
   
    
3. You can choose to exclude certain sources from the match list and download a copy of both the original file and the file with the similarity report.
4. Click the AI button to open the AI Writing Detection report.

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Viewing the Similarity Report for an LTI Assignment

1. Click on the Assignment from your Assignments index page to open the LTI Assignment Inbox.
2. If the report is ready, a percentage displays in the Similarity column.  Click the percentage or the Paper Title to open the Feedback Studio.
3. The report shows a list of matches and their corresponding percentage of the total matches found:
   
    
4. Manage QuickMarks, Feedback Summary, and Turntin Rubrics with the Blue buttons.
5. View Match overview, sources, and exclude sources from the match list with the Red buttons.
6. Click the AI button to open the AI Writing Detection report.
7. Download a copy of both the original file and the file with the similarity report, and submission details with the Gray Control area.
8. A grade can be entered at the top of the page:
   

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