Create a Turnitin assignment
Turnitin assignments can be used in Academic courses only.
Turnitin assignments should be enabled before an assignment opens.
If there are submissions to an Assignment, and then you attempt to convert it to a Turnitin assignment:
The previous submissions will not be visible in the Turnitin assignment.
No similarity reports will be generated for the already submitted files.
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.
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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.
If you want the Turnitin assignment folder to appear in a separate tab, check Load this tool in a new tab.
Ignore the following sections
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 course section(s) or an individual student.
You cannot assign different due dates for different sections in one Turnitin assignment. If you intend to set different due dates for different sections, there must be one Turnitin assignment for each of the due dates, assigned to the respective sections.
Click the calendar icon to select the Due date.
Click the calendar icon to select the Available from date.
Setting the Until date is optional. Do note that if you used Turnitin's native commenting/annotating tools, setting the Until date cuts off access to the feedback after that date.
Dates for Turnitin assignments
Save, then configure Turnitin assignment settings
Click Save.
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.