This guide will change on May 11, 2022. We are updating the method used to connect Turnitin with Blackboard. The user interface will change, but the service retains the same features.

Turnitin can provide information about matches to words and passages from billions of webpages, a variety of periodicals, journals, and publications, and also student papers previously submitted to Turnitin. Turnitin includes an online paper grading feature and a peer review feature. To utilize Turnitin in your Blackboard course, follow the steps below.

Instructions

  1. Open the Blackboard course in which you wish to use Turnitin. 

  2. Create or open a Content Area where students will access the Turnitin Assignment. 

  3. Click on the Assessments button at the top of the Content  Area.

  4. Select Turnitin  Assignment. 
    Note: The first time you access Turnitin you may be required to respond to an agreement regarding the use of Turnitin.  

  5. In the  Select Your Assignment Type box select Paper  Assignment.  Click on  Next  Step. 

  6. Enter a title for the assignment in the Assignment title field. Optional: add points for the assignment.

  7. In the Start date field, click the dropdown arrows and select the date and time you would like the assignment to first be available. 

  8. In the Due date field, click the dropdown arrows and select the date and time the assignment is due. 

  9. In the  Post date field, click the dropdown arrows and select a date and time after the due date.

The post date can determine when students see their originality reports, grades and comments from the Turnitin grading feature. 

10. Click on the Optional settings link. 

11. Select the options you will use for this assignment.

12. You can check the box at the bottom of the Options list to save these options for future assignments. 13. Click on the Submit  button. 

Creating a Turnitin assignment will automatically create a grading column in the Blackboard Grade Center.  Click OK when you see the “Turnitin Assignment successfully added” message.

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