Create a Turnitin Direct Assignment

1. In your Bb Learn course shell, navigate to the content area where you want to add a Turnitin Direct assignment.

   1. Click link below to learn to see what a Content Area is.

      A content area in a Bb Learn course section is a webpage that has the "Build Content," "Assessments," "Tools," and "Partner Content" drop-down menus at the top.

       The name of your content area will likely be different than "Course Materials."

       

      The link in the left-hand navigation panel leading to a Content Area can also be called a Content Area.

      Again, your content area will likely have a different name than "Course Materials."
      
      

      In a Content Area, you add, well, content. Like Items or Content Folders (from under "Build Content") to add text, web links, images, files, and folders. Assignment and test submission links appear in Content Areas as well.

2. Click "Assessments," and click "Turnitin Direct Assignment."
   
   

3. Enter the "Assignment Name."
   
   

4. (If you want) enter an "Assignment Description."
   
   

5. For "Submission Method," choose submissions by a text box, or a file upload, or both.

   
   

   1. See Drexel ITG blog webpage below for compatible file formats for originality report and "GradeMark" comments in "Feedback Studio."
      1. https://irt.moss.drexel.edu/blogs/onlinelearning/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=124+
         

6. Enter the "Overall Grade" point value.
   
   

7. For "Number of Parts," set to 1.
   
   

8. Choose a "Start Date."
   
   

9. Choose a "Due Date."

   
   

   1. Resubmissions not allowed after Due Date. See following webpage for work-around: Turnitin Direct -- Resubmitting .

10. Choose a "Post Date."

    1. Governs when students can see grades, originality report, and "GradeMark" comments in "Feedback Studio."
       
       

11. Under "Exclusions," select "Do not exclude small matches," enter 0, select "No," and select "No."
    
    

12. Under "Account Specific," select "No."
    
    

13. Under "Repository," select "Standard Repository," and "Yes" in the other 3 drop-downs.
    
    

14. Under "Grades":

    1. Set "Reveal grades immediately"to "Yes."

       1. "Yes" means students see grades in their "My Grades" area immediately after grades are saved in "Feedback Studio."
       2. "No" hides each student's grade in the corresponding column in "Full Grade Center" from students and (more importantly) excludes that column from Grade Center calculations, such as total columns, until the following 2 conditions are met:
          1. The "Post Date" has passed.
          2. The student or instructor accesses the assignment in the "Feedback Studio" window after the Post Date.

    2. Set "Ignore Turnitin Grades" to "No."

    3. Set "Use GradeMark" to "Yes."
       
       

15. Under "Assignment," set...
    
    1. "Report generation speed" to "Immediately, reports can be overwritten until due date."
       1. To allows resubmission before the due date, choose "Immediately, first report is final."
       2. Resubmissions not allowed after Due Date. See following webpage for work-around:  Turnitin Direct -- Resubmitting .
    2. "Blackboard Group" to "No Group."
    3. "Grading Schema" to "Score."
    4. "Students view originality reports" to "Yes."
    5. "Allow late submissions" to "Yes."

    6. "Save Instructor Defaults" to "Yes."
       
       

16. Click "Create Assignment."

    1. A grade column in "Full Grade Center" and a submission link will be created.
       
       

See the Optional and Additional Advanced Notes section below if you want additional information on settings.

Modify a Turnitin Direct Assignment

1. Hover over an existing Turnitin Direct assignment with your mouse pointer.

2. Click the circled down arrow that appears next to it.

    

3. Click "Edit."

    

4. Make changes on the "Modify" tab/webpage:

   1. Enter the "Assignment Name."
      
      

   2. (If you want) enter an "Assignment Description."
      
      

   3. For "Submission Method," choose submissions by a text box, or a file upload, or both.
      
      

      1. See Drexel ITG blog webpage below for compatible file formats for originality report and "GradeMark" comments in "Feedback Studio."
         1. https://irt.moss.drexel.edu/blogs/onlinelearning/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=124+
            

   4. Enter the "Overall Grade" point value.
      
      

   5. Under "Exclusions," select "Do not exclude small matches," enter 0, select "No," and select "No."
      
      

   6. Under "Account Specific," select "No."
      
      

   7. Under "Repository," select "Standard Repository," and "Yes" in the other 3 drop-downs.
      
      

   8. Under "Grades":

      1. Set "Reveal grades immediately"to "Yes."

         1. "Yes" means students see grades in their "My Grades" area immediately after grades are saved in "Feedback Studio."
         2. "No" hides each student's grade in the corresponding column in "Full Grade Center" from students and (more importantly) excludes that column from Grade Center calculations, such as total columns, until the following 2 conditions are met:
            1. The "Post Date" has passed.
            2. The student or instructor accesses the assignment in the "Feedback Studio" window after the Post Date.

      2. Set "Ignore Turnitin Grades" to "No."

      3. Set "Use GradeMark" to "Yes."
         
         

   9. Under "Assignment":
      
      1. Set "Report generation speed" to "Immediately, reports can be overwritten until due date."
         1. To allows resubmission before the due date, choose "Immediately, first report is final."
         2. Resubmissions not allowed after Due Date. See following webpage for work-around:  Turnitin Direct -- Resubmitting .
      2. Set "Blackboard Group" to "No Group."
      3. Set "Grading Schema" to "Score."
      4. Set "Students view originality reports" to "Yes."

      5. Set "Allow late submissions" to "Yes."

      6. Do not change "Modify Instructors." This area is not found elsewhere.

         
         

   10. Click "Update Assignment" to save changes.

        

5. To change the overall grade or points possible:

   1. First, change the "Overall Grade" number on the "Modify" tab/webpage.
      
      

   2. Then click the "Submissions Inbox" tab/link.
      
      

   3. Click the blue pencil under "Tools" on the "Submissions Inbox" tab/webpage.
      
      

6. To modify the "Start Date," "Due Date," or "Post Date":

   1. Resubmissions not allowed after Due Date. See following webpage for work-around:  Turnitin Direct -- Resubmitting .

      1. Click the "Submissions Inbox" tab/link if you are not already on the "Submissions Inbox" tab/webpage.
         
         

      2. Click the pencil icon in the "Tools" on the "Submissions Inbox" tab/webpage.
         
         

      3. Change one or more of the date fields using the calendar icons.
         
         

      4. Click "Update Parts."
         
         

      5. If you changed the "Due Date":
         1. Delete the due date for the corresponding column in "Full Grade Center" using the instructions at the webpage below.
            1. Bb Learn Grade Center -- Adding, Editing, and Grading a Column
               1. The link above will take you directly to the relevant section.

7. *REMOVE MULTIPLE PARTS*:

   1. How to tell if you have multiple parts.

      Look in the "Submissions Inbox." If other tabs than "Part 1" appear, you have multiple parts.
      
      

   2. Here is how to remove unwanted parts.

       Only proceed here if no one has submitted an assignment yet.

      If someone has submitted an assignment, contact us.

      1. Click the "Submissions Inbox" tab/link if you are not already on the "Submissions Inbox" tab/webpage.
         
         

      2. Click the pencil icon in the "Tools" area.
         
         

      3. Click the garbage can icon in the row for the unwanted part.
         
         

      4. Click "OK."
      5. Repeat steps i-iv above.

      6. Be careful not to click the plus or + sign next to "Part 1."
         
         

Start Date, Due Date, and Post Date Explained

Start Date: When students can actually start uploading submissions to the Turnitin assignment.

Due Date: The date the Turnitin assignment is due.

• Resubmissions not allowed after Due Date. See following webpage for work-around:  Turnitin Direct -- Resubmitting .

Post Date: The date when students can see comments and grades in “Feedback Studio.” 

• If you don’t know what “Feedback Studio” is, see the following 4-minute video.
  • https://1513041.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/TII+Direct+-+Feedback+Studio+Grading+Method+Video/1_nqs0oioe

A Turnitin assignment’s grade will be visible to a student before the “Post Date” if “Reveal grades immediately” is set to “Yes.”

• "Feedback Studio" comments will still be hidden until the "Post Date," no matter what.

If “Reveal grades immediately” is set to “No" (not recommended):

•  The corresponding column in "Full Grade Center" is hidden from students until the "Post Date" has passed.
• The student's grade is excluded from Grade Center calculations, such as total columns, until (1) the "Post Date" has passed, and (2) someone opens the assignment in their "Feedback Studio" window after the "Post Date."

Important Notes

• Turnitin Direct -- Important Notes

Optional Notes

"Exclusions" lets you set what to exclude from originality reports.

1. What is an originality report?
   1. Highlights sections in a student's submission copied from another source.
   2. Returns a percentage of the overall paper copied from another source.
2. Under "Exclusions," set what you want to exclude in the originality report.
   1. "Exclude matches" can be disabled ("Do not exclude small matches") or "Exclude by word count" or "Exclude by percentage."
   2. If setting "Exclude by word count," enter a number of words as the "Minimum value to exclude."
   3. If setting "Exclude by percentage," enter a number in "Minimum value to exclude."
      1. If you enter 10, any originality report with an overall 10% match to other sources or lower will be excluded.

You can only match 1 group to 1 Turnitin Direct assignment.

Ignore Turnitin Grades" to "No."

1. "No" ensures that grades are sent from the Turnitin Direct assignment to "Full Grade Center" and students' "My Grades" area.