Open Assignments

In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.

Add Assignment

To create a new assignment, click the Add Assignment button.

Add Assignment Details

Fill in the Assignment name.

Use the text box to fill in assignment details and instructions.

Best practice

Avoid filling in the assignment due date in the assignment instructions/details.

If you update the due date of the assignment and forget to update it in the instructions, it will cause confusion.

Do note that the due date you set (see Assign below) automatically appears in the students' Calendar.

Fill in the Points the assignment is worth.
Select the Assignment group from the drop-down menu. You can create a new Assignment group by selecting [ Create Group ], if needed.
Select your Display grade as format from the drop-down menu.
If applicable, check Do not count this assignment towards the final grade.

Configure Submission type

For Submission type, select External tool from the drop-down menu.
Click Find.

You will see a list displayed under Configure External Tool. Scroll through the list to locate Turnitin.

Click Turnitin, then click Select.

Check Load this tool in a new tab, if you want the Turnitin assignment folder to appear in a separate tab.

Take note

Loading in a new tab requires an extra click for you and your students when entering the Assignment.

The new tab needs to be launched manually.

You and your students will be shown a button to load the assignment in a new tab.

Example:

Ignore the following sections

The following options do not apply to Turnitin assignments:

Submission Attempts
Moderated grading
Anonymous grading
Anonymous instructor annotations

If the equivalent features exist, they will be configured within the Turnitin assignment.

Assign & dates

Choose who to assign the Turnitin assignment to. By default, it is assigned to everyone in the Course.

You can assign the Turnitin assignment to a course section or an individual student. If you do so, take note of the caveat below.

Potential pitfall

Do not use different dates for different course sections and individual students.

Turnitin only accepts one assignment due date.

If you want to set different dates for different course sections or individual students, you must create an individual Turnitin assignment for each due date.

Click the calendar icon to select the Due date.

Click the calendar icon to select the Available from date.

Ignore the Until date.

The Until date acts as a hard close date. Students cannot access the Turnitin assignment after this date.

Generally, do not set an Until date, especially if you are using Turnitin's annotation tools to provide feedback to the students on their submissions.

If you set the Until date, they will not be able to access your feedback after this date.

Order
(from earliest)

Available from date

Due date

Feedback release date

Until date

Where to set

Canvas Assignment settings.

Turnitin assignment settings.

Canvas assignment settings.

Notes

Students can start submitting from this date.

Assignment deadline.

Late submission, if allowed, is configured in the Turnitin assignment settings.

Students can see your feedback/annotations (if any) from this date.

This is a hard close date. Students will not be able to access the Turnitin assignment nor feedback in the assignment, if any.

Save, then configure Turnitin assignment settings

Click Save.

You can click Save & Publish, but this is not recommended as you should configure the Turnitin assignment settings first.

If you checked Load this tool in a new tab (under Submission Type), click the button to load the Turnitin assignment in a new tab.
If you did not check Load this tool in a new tab (under Submission Type), the Turnitin assignment folder should appear within the Canvas environment after you click Save.

Continue to configure the Turnitin assignment settings.

Create a Turnitin assignment