The following tips are for instructors who plan to use Turnitin LTI in the new term. Please note that there are now two versions of Turnitn: LTI and CPF. The information below only pertains to Turnitin LTI. Learn more about the differences between Turntin LTI and CPF. If you have any questions, please email canvas@pobox.upenn.edu.
- Open Copied Turnitin LTI Assignments before Students Attempt to Submit
- Re-enable Optional Settings for Copied Turnitin LTI Assignments
- Set up New Turnitin LTI Assignments before Students Submit
- How to Create a Turnitin LTI Assignment with a Rubric
- Ask Students to Make Sure Their Email Address in Canvas Is Confirmed before They Attempt to Submit
- Don’t Want to Use Turntin LTI? Try Turnitin CPF!
Open Copied Turnitin LTI Assignments before Students Attempt to Submit
Students cannot submit to Turnitin LTI assignments copied from another Canvas site that haven’t been opened by someone in the Teacher role. If your Canvas site contains copied Turnitin LTI assignments, please do the following before students attempt to submit their assignments:
- Enter your site and click Assignments.
- Click on the link for the assignment.
- Click the Edit Assignment Settings button on the right side of the page to ensure that the due date and other Canvas assignment settings are correct. Then, please click Save (if you made edits) or Cancel (if you did not make edits) when you are finished.
- If you have set up the Turnitin LTI to load in a new window, click on the Load (assignment name) in a new window link.
- Repeat steps 1-4 for each copied Turnitin LTI assignment.
Re-enable Optional Settings for Copied Turnitin Assignments
If you would would like to use optional settings for copied Turnitin LTI assignments, you will have to re-enable these settings by following these instructions.
Set up New Turnitin LTI Assignments before Students Submit
Turnitin must be enabled for a Canvas assignment before students begin uploading their submissions. If students have already submitted an assignment, you will not be able to enable Turnitin retroactively and will instead need to create a separate Turnitin LTI assignment and then have students re-submit to that assignment. For more information, please consult the directions for creating a Turnitin LTI assignment in Canvas.
How to Create a Turnitin LTI Assignment with a Rubric
To use a rubric with a Turnitin assignment, you must first create a standard Canvas assignment, add a rubric to the assignment, and then edit the assignment to change it from a standard Canvas assignment to a Turnitin assignment [please follow steps 4-7 in the instructions for how to create a Turnitin assignment to change the submission type from a standard assignment option (e.g., a “No Submission” assignment) to a Turnitin assignment].
Ask Students to Make Sure Their Email Address in Canvas Is Confirmed before They Attempt to Submit
Please note that students cannot submit a Turnitin LTI assignment without having a confirmed default email address in Canvas. If student sees a login screen for Turnitin when submitting a Canvas assignment, it means that they have not confirmed their default email address in Canvas. To fix this issue, the student must follow the instructions for confirming their default Canvas email address, and then follow the instructions for submitting a Turnitin assignment in Canvas through a web browser.
Don’t Want to Use Turntin LTI? Try Turnitin CPF!
You can change a Turnitin LTI assignment into a Turnitin CPF assignment.
In most cases, Turnitin-enabled assignments using CPF will be the preferred integration to use, as it is more seamlessly integrated in Canvas than Turnitin LTI.
Learn more about the differences between Turntin LTI and CPF.
Last Updated: 20 Dec 2018