Enabling Turnitin on Assignment Settings
From the Edit Folder page, expand Evaluation & Feedback panel to do the following:
- Enable detailed Originality Reports for assignment submissions
- Control end-user visibility
- Set the Originality Report's frequency
- Select the sources to check the submission against
- Determine if the current submission is added to the file index for new submissions to be checked against
Viewing the Turnitin Feedback Studio (GradeMark®) Options
- From the Evaluation & Feedback panel, click Manage Turnitin.
- In the Turnitin Integration popup window, select Enable Grademark®.
- From the Transfer area, select the appropriate radio button.
- Automatically sync grades as Draft in Brightspace - Allows Grademark® to push grades to D2L automatically, but they will be in draft mode.
- Manually sync grades as Draft in Brightspace - Requires you to push grades to D2L manually.
Viewing Originality Check® Options
- When you enable GradeMark®, the Enable Originality Check® for this folder checkbox is automatically selected. Therefore, Turnitin® generates an Originality Report automatically. If it is not enabled, check the box.NOTE:
If you do not enable these options for this folder before students submit any papers, GradeMark® will not generate the originality reports for any submissions, even if you select the checkbox at a later date.
You may clear the Originality Check® option and use only the Grademark®, but you cannot use only the Originality Check® option without selecting Grademark®. - From the Display area, select the Allow learners to see Turnitin® similarity scores in their submission folder, if needed.
- From the Frequency area, change the frequency of your Originality Reports.
- Automatic originality checking on all submissions, which will put all student submissions through Turnitin®.
- Identify individual submissions for originality checking, which will allow you to choose which students’ papers are sent through Turnitin®.
- Click the More Options in Turnitin® button. A window displays additional Turnitin® options. D2L displays the Title and Max Grade automatically, based on the information you entered for the assignment settings.
- Select the Allow submission of any file type checkbox to allow files that Turnitin® can’t read to be turned in. In this case, the files would be available for download, but would not be evaluated for originality.
Viewing Optional Settings
From the additional Turnitin® options window, click the Optional Settings link to display additional settings.
Area | Setting Name | Setting Description |
Submission Settings![]() | Paper Repository (Drop-Down List) | Allows students to submit papers to the standard paper repository. Leave this set to Standard paper repository unless you do not want Turnitin® to save the submissions to the repository. |
Allow Submission of Any File Type | Allows students to submit any file type. With this option set to Yes, Turnitin® will check submissions for originality where possible. Submissions will also be available for download, and Grademark® feedback tools will be available where possible. | |
Allow Late Submissions | Defaults to Yes and you cannot change it. Please note, this setting will not change the dates you have set in your D2L assignment, and won’t change the acceptance of papers if you have put in both a due date and an end date to allow late papers. | |
Enable Grammar Checking Using ETS®e-rater® Technology | Allow Turnitin®to check the grammar automatically. If you select this option, options display. ![]() | |
Attach a Rubric | If you have built rubrics inside Turnitin®, you can attach one to the assignment. These rubrics are totally separate from D2L rubrics. | |
Compare Against![]() |
| Select the options to compare assignments against. |
Similarity Report![]() |
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Additional Settings![]() | Save These Settings for Future Use | Enables the settings you have made, so you do not have to go through and reset them for each assignment. |
Manually Submitting Files for Originality Checking
If your assignment folder has Identify individual submissions for originality checking enabled, you need to submit file submissions for originality checking manually.
This option is useful if you do not want to check every file submission for plagiarism but still want the ability to do so on a case-by-case basis.
- Expand the Evaluation & Feedback panel, under the subheading Frequency, select the Identify individual submissions for originality checking option.
- From the Folder Submissions page, click the
Submit file for originality checking icon to the far right.
Viewing Originality Reports
From the Folder Submissions page, you can view Originality Reports. When a report is available, the status changes from In-Progress to a percentage rating, which indicates the level of matching content.
- A lower percentage rating indicates the content is likely original and has not been copied.
- A higher percentage rating indicates the content is likely not original and has been copied from another source.
Colors are associated with percentage:
Blue >= 0 and < 20%
Green >= 20 and < 40%
Yellow >= 40 and < 60%
Orange >= 60 and < 80%
Red >= 80 and <= 100%
Viewing an Originality Report for a Submission
To view the associated Originality Report, click the colored section beside the percentage rating. To access the Feedback Studio, click the pencil icon.
Opening Originality Reports
Two panes make up the Originality Report.
- The right pane lists all of the matching sources, including the percentage of text that matches and a link to the online content.
- The left pane displays the submission text using colored highlights to draw attention to the matching content.
The following file types are compatible with Originality Check®:
MS Word (.doc, .docx) | OpenOffice Text (.odt) |
A .pdf file must be a single file with highlightable text; Turnitin® will not accept .pdf image files, forms, portfolios, or documents containing multiple files.
If a file type is incompatible with Originality Check®, the Information icon displays instead of the percentage rating.
If you would like to use Turnitin from the Turnitin.com website rather than through the integration with D2L, please contact VTAC.
Insights Panel
In the Insight panel, you'll find a quick overview of any integrity insights we've found in a document. Depending on your Turnitin license, it can include Similarity, Flags, and Document Details. Viewing more information is as easy as selecting the one you're interested in learning more about.
See Flags Insight Panel from Turnitin for more information.
Template Exclusion
Occasionally students are provided with templates that are submitted alongside their assignments. If all students within the class submit the same template, it will influence their Similarity Report. Templates can be uploaded to the assignment settings so that they can be automatically excluded from all students' Similarity Report in that class.
See Template Exclusion from Turnitin for more information.