Academic Computing Services

Using Integrated TurnItIn in WebCT

If you are using WebCT for your class, you can now integrate TurnItIn into WebCT. This brings several advantages:

• No separate logins/passwords: You can create assignments for your class without using a separate login on TurnItIn.com, and your students can submit assignments without creating a TurnItIn account.
• No join passwords: Any — and only — students with access to your WebCT site can use your TurnItIn class. WebCT is updated daily to allow access to anyone enrolled via Tritonlink.
• Gradebook Integration: Grade the paper as it was submitted to TurnItIn. Avoid requiring students to submit the paper to two places to be graded online, and avoid having to check whether the same paper was submitted both places.

Read on for directions to use TurnItIn's WebCT integration.

1. Create an Assignment
2. Edit an Assignment
3. View Submissions
4. Instructions for Students

Create an Assignment

1. TurnItIn assignments are added to WebCT Content pages in much the same way as you would add a class handout.

   From the Build tab of your class, go to the page you would like to add a TurnItIn assignment to. To the right of Add a File, click the Add Content Link button (1), and from the dropdown menu, select TurnItIn Assignment (2).

   

2. Click Create TurnItIn Assignment.

   

3. Enter a title (1) and click Create TurnItIn Assignment (2). This title will be used for the link in WebCT.

   

4. The first time you add an assignment, you will be asked to agree to TurnItIn's terms of services. Click I Agree to continue.

   

5. All the options for the assignment itself are presented on one page. The assignment title doesn't have to, but probably should match the title you set in WebCT. Set the Point Value, Start Date, and Due Date for the assignment. You can ignore the PostDate, since UCSD does not subscribe to GradeMark. You can also add instructions for students in the enter special instructions box.

   Show advanced assignment options (1) gives you more control over how students' submissions and originality reports.

   Click submit (2) when everything is entered correctly.

   

6. WebCT will return to show the new link in your class's site.

   

Edit an Assignment

1. From the Teach tab, click the link to your assignment.

   

2. In the TurnItIn navigation bar, click Edit Assignment.

   

3. You can now change any settings that you entered when you created the assignment. Click Submit when finished.

   

Grade an Assignment

1. From the Teach tab in WebCT, click the link to your assignment.

   

2. Below is the Assignment Inbox. From here you can view originality reports, download student submissions, and grade assignments.

   

   1. Roster Sync is an option that can usually be ignored. It will add all students in your gradebook to the assignment inbox, regardless of whether they have submitted a paper. If they have submitted a paper, they will already be listed.

      

   2. Each student will be listed on a row showing the student's name, the submission's title, their Originality score, file type, and submission information.

      To download the student's submission, click the arrow icon under File. The file's extension - indicating its type - is shown to the right of the arrow.

      

   3. Alternatively, you can download a Zip archive with all students' submissions at once by clicking the checkbox to the left of Author (1) and then clicking "Download" (2).

      

   4. The submission's Originality Score is shown under the Report column. It indicates what percentage of this student's submission matches other sources in the TurnItIn database. (In the example below, the same paper was submitted twice, so it shows up as 100%). You can click on the score to see a complete originality report. For more information about how to use this, see TurnItIn's Originality Report Video Tutorial.

      

   5. To grade a student's submission, click the submission title.

      

3. The text of the student's submission will be displayed along the bottom of the page. If your student's submission includes charts or graphics, they might not be displayed here, and you may need to download the student's submission from the assignment inbox.

   Enter a grade for the paper (1). You must click the arrow adjacent to the grade, or your score will not be recorded. Once you click the arrow, the score will be available in the WebCT gradebook, as well as to the student in the My Grades tool.

   Once you have recorded the score, you can continue to the next paper by clicking Next (2).