Creating a Turnitin Assignment

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1 Creating a Turnitin Assignment Turnitin assignments are added from the course home page. To open the course home page, log into ecourses at and then click on the title of the desired course from the My Courses list (see image below). After entering the course, take the following steps: 1. From the course home page, click on the Turn editing on link in the Administration pulldown menu (see image below). 2. To create a Turnitin assignment, select Turnitin Assignment from the Add an activity... pull-down menu see image below. Page 1 of 9

2 Creating a Turnitin Assignment 3. On the assignment creation page, enter the assignment title and an optional summary or description for the assignment (see image below). Note: Only alpha-numeric characters should be used when creating an assignment title. Turnitin does not support special characters or punctuation. 4. Select the submission type for the assignment. File Upload allows students to upload text and PDF files. Text submission will require your students to copy and paste their paper in a text box to submit their paper. You can let your students choose which submission type to use by selecting Any Submission Type (see image below). 5. Select the number of parts you want the assignment to have from the Number of Parts pull down menu. Each Turnitin assignment in the Moodle Direct Integration can have multiple parts associated with it (see image below). 6. Note: do not use the Number of parts for re-submissions of the same assignment or to set a maximum number of files for different assignments. Use only in cases where the student has to submit a file for each part of a paper to complete one assignment. 7. Select the Maximum File Size for submissions (see image below) Page 2 of 9

3 Creating a Turnitin Assignment 8. The Student Originality Reports option of assignment creation provides instructors with the ability to control whether students are allowed to view Originality Reports within each created assignment. Select yes to allow students to see the Originality Report for the assignment. The default setting is no. 9. Select the Overall Grade from the pull-down menu. The default is 100. The following pages discuss some helpful tips when using Turnitin, including information about storing submissions to the Turniting repository, which is found in the Turnitin Advanced Options section of the Turnitin assignment set-up page. More detailed information about the Turnitin Advanced Options can be found on paes 4 6 of the Turnitin Moodle manual at: Page 3 of 9

4 Saving Submissions to the Turnitin Repository Or Not More information about saving to the repository can be found on page 5 and 6 of the Moodle manual at: Storing Student Papers Always be sure to check whether or not submissions will be saved to the repository by viewing the Store Student Papers settings on the Turnitin assignment set up page. The Store Student Papers section is found on the Adding a new Turnitin Assignment page or the Edit settings page of an existing Turnitin assignment by expanding the Turnitin Advanced Options area (see image below). The Store Student Paper section has three options: No Repository Standard Repository Institutional Repository (Where Applicable) The No Repository option should be selected when the instructor wants to check a paper against other work, but does not want the paper to be saved to the repository. The Standard Repository option should be selected for final submissions so that they can be compared against future Turnitin assignment submissions. The Institutional Repository option is not applicable at PVAMU. The university does not have its own repository. This selection will result in an error. Page 4 of 9

5 Setting the Turnitin Due Date Another common mistake in the setup of Turnitin assignments in ecourses is when the due date is set in the Turnitin assignment Restrict access area. Do not use the Restrict access settings as the Start and Due dates. After completing the assignment settings, click the Save and Display button at the bottom of the page to be redirected to the Turnitin assignment page (see image below). Note: Clicking on the Turnitin assignment from the course homepage also redirects you to the Turnitin assignment page. All the assignment dates are contained within the Summary tab for the Turnitin assignment (see image below). The due date will default to a week after the date the assignment was created. To change the assignment dates click on the pencil icon to the right of the dates. Use the pull-down menus to change the date and times for the Start Date, Due Date, or the Post Date (see image below). You may also change the assignment part name and the assignment point value (Max Marks). Once you have finished editing the dates click on the Submit button to save your changes. Page 5 of 9

6 Submitting Individual or Multiple Papers Simultaneously This process is also ideal for submitting papers for students who are not currently enrolled in the class that contains the Turnitin Assignment. There are 2 key things to remember about this process: 1. A Turnitin assignment has to be set up in ecourses first. Our integration does not allow for creating or editing Turnitin assignments at the Turnitin.com website. 2. If you ve never used Turnitin.com as a PVAMU instructor, you will need to set up your password the first time you log in to Turnitin.com. Use the option to set up your password. When prompted for an address, user your PV . You may also be asked to set up a password reminder. Once the Turnitin Assignment is set up and you are successfully logged in to the Turnitin.com website, the rest of the process can be completed using the steps below. These steps can also be found on the Turnitin.com website at the How to Submit via Multiple File Upload page. The full URL is: Submission-How-to-Submit-via-Multiple-File-Upload-Instructor How to Submit Using Multiple File Upload 1. From the "All Classes" tab, click on the name of the class containing the assignment (see image below). Page 6 of 9

7 2. Click on the "View" link under the "Actions" column for the assignment to which you want to submit the paper(s) (see image below). 3. Click on the "Submit File" button located on the left hand side of the screen of the assignment inbox (see image below). 4. Near the top of the submission screen, click on the down arrow to the right of the "Submit: Single File Upload" text and select Multiple File Upload (see image below). Note: There is also an option to upload a zip file. This option is useful if there is a need to upload multiple files at the same time instead of individually. Page 7 of 9

8 5. Click the "Browse" button (see image below) and locate the first file on your computer that you want to upload. Click "Open" to select file. 6. Choose the student for whom you would like to upload this file, if applicable, from the drop-down menu under the "Student" column (see image below). Note: If you are uploading a document for a student that is not enrolled in this class, select the Non-enrolled student option. 7. (Optional) Enter in a "Title" for each submission. If no title is entered, the file name will be used as the submission title. 8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 above for each additional paper you would like to submit. 9. Once you have selected all the papers that you want to submit, click the "Upload All" button (see image below). Page 8 of 9

9 10. Confirm that these are the files you want to submit and click the "Submit" button (see image below). Student Issues Note: If files need to be added or removed, click the Go back button and repeat the steps 5-7. Students should be told whether or not they should submit their works cited page with the rest of the paper. Students often ask how, when, and where to view their similarity reports. Answers to these questions can be found on the Turnitin Questions section of the Student FAQs page at Page 9 of 9