1. best practices for a great, plagiarism- free semester!
Turnitin refresher
best practices for a great, plagiarism- free semester!

2. It can be used as a standalone product or via the Canvas integration.
What is Turnitin?
Turnitin is an evaluation and plagiarism detection tool for student submissions. It includes originality checking, peer review capabilities, and grading assistance.
It can be used as a standalone product or via the Canvas integration.

3. How to set up Turnitin in canvas
Turnitin is ALREADY AVAILABLE to every class
Add it to your assignment using the “External Tool” submission type (choose Turnitin LTI)
Best practices for setting up your assignment:
Add a due date
Add an “available from” date
DON’T add an “until” date
Choose “Load This Tool in a New Tab” if you have long/detailed instructions

4. How to set up Turnitin in canvas
Go to “Settings” in Turnitin dashboard
Best use of optional settings:
Allow late submissions: YES
Originality Report generation: Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are allowed until due date)
Exclude bibliographic materials from Similarity Index: Yes
Exclude quoted materials from Similarity Index: Yes
Allow students to view Originality Reports: Yes
Would you like to save these options as your defaults: Yes

5. How to use Turnitin in canvas
Assignment page = Turnitin dashboard
Originality scores will appears in Speedgrader and on dashboard
Tips for using the dashboard:
Use page numbers to view additional submissions (next slide)
Click on Similarity score to launch originality report
Click on “Originality”, “GradeMark”, “Peermark” to toggle tools on and off

6. Turnitin dashboard

7. Using a rubric with turnitin
Turnitin has an internal rubric function
“Attach a rubric” under “optional settings”
To use a Canvas rubric:
Create your assignment, but instead of selecting "External Tool" from Submission Type, choose "Online".
Save the assignment.
Click on the "Add Rubric" button, and select the desired rubric.
Edit the assignment settings again, and change Submission Type from "Online" to "External Tool".
Follow the rest of the directions for completing the Turnitin assignment configuration.

8. Known issues with canvas lti
Speedgrader does not show originality score, even though dashboard does
Allow resubmissions, and click on the exclamation point to resubmit manually
Manually enter scores
Students get error message regarding problems with dates or assignment “inactive”
Instructor must click on the assignment once before students can access it
Students get an error message about invalid
Student needs to check their Canvas settings and correct their address
Students asked to login to Turnitin when accessing via Canvas
Usually a Mac issue. Use Chrome instead of Safari OR enable cookies in Safari.

9. USING TURNITIN.COM
If you have used Turnitin outside of Canvas in the past, you can keep doing so
If you have used Turnitin inside of Canvas, but decide to use Turnitin.com instead, you just need to reset your password (next slide)
If you’ve never used Turnitin at all, you can create an account (you’ll need the Account ID – ask us!)
Further instructions for using Turnitin outside of Canvas:

10. How to get help with turnitin
Turnitin.com > Support
Our Instructional Technology site on AlamoShare
Contact your campus IIC (that would be Andrea  - )
Contact your district Turnitin helpers:
Tracey DeLillo
Kori Schneider
Canvas support is a last resort (not very helpful with integrated tools)

11. Thanks! Questions? Tracey DeLillo
Instructional Technology Manager