Creating a Turnitin Feedback Studio (LTI 1.3) assignment in Canvas

 Please note that this video was created before the LTI 1.3 SpeedGrader grading option and Multipart Assignment option was available; the video will be updated as soon as possible.

1. Select Assignments in the Navigation Menu.
2. Select the vertical dot menu icon next to +Assignment and choose Turnitin.
3. Select the assignment type you prefer (see Fig. 1). The standard assignment type will be used in most cases, but if you prefer to create a multipart assignment, you can also choose that option. For more instructions on multipart assignments, please see Creating a Multipart Assignment. You can also copy an assignment from an existing class.
   
   Figure 1: Choose Standard, Multipart, Standard (Classic), or Copy assignment from existing class
    
4. Fill in the Title and Instructions (see Fig. 2).
   
   Figure 2: Set assignment title, instructions, start/due/feedback release dates, and max points
    
5. Set the Start Date, Due Date, Feedback Release Date, and Max Points (see Fig. 2).
   ⚠️Note: Turnitin will default to 100 points for the Max Points, with a Start Date corresponding to the current date and time, the Due Date being one week later, and the Feedback Release Date being one week after the due date.
   ⚠️Note: The Feedback Release Date only reveals the instructor's annotations, it does not show the grade assigned to the paper. You can prevent students from seeing their scores by changing the Grade Posting Policy for that column in the Canvas Gradebook before students begin working on the assignment.
6. Upload a Template if you wish (see Fig. 3). A template is useful if students will be answering the same questions in the document they turn in. Turnitin will ignore any text in the template, so that similarity scores are not inflated.
   
   Figure 3: Template, Grading and Feedback settings, and Turnitin Rubric
    
7. You may attach a Rubric at this point if you wish (see Fig. 3). Please note that if you plan to use the SpeedGrader grading method, you should use a Canvas rubric, not a Turnitin Rubric. 
8. Next, you'll select Submission settings. For the first section (see Fig. 4), you'll choose whether to allow late submissions, whether to allow resubmissions until the due date, and whether to allow submission of any file type. Note that if you allow submission of any file type, it will be possible for students to submit unsupported file types.
   
   Figure 4: Submission settings
    
9. Next, Report settings determines if students are allowed to view the Similarity Report and, if so, when the report is shown to students (see Fig. 5).
   
   Figure 5: Similarity Report settings: student access to report and when to generate report
   
   
10. It is important for papers with multiple drafts to change the Submission setting to Do not store the submitted papers (see Fig. 6). This will not affect the checking of papers but will ensure that the final version does not show as plagiarized from one of the drafts. It is recommended to keep all four options selected for comparison (i.e., general Turnitin repository, private institutional repository (where student papers are stored at UM System), website content, and periodicals, journals, and publications).
    
    Figure 6: Similarity Report settings: where to store submissions for comparison and what to compare submissions against
     
11. Finally, you may exclude bibliographic materials, quoted materials, and/or small matches from the Similarity Report (see Fig. 7). These settings can also be adjusted on a per-student basis while grading, if desired. It is recommended not to use the percent option if you decide to exclude small matches, as this can cause portions of the paper to be excluded from checking by Turnitin. Finally, you can enable translated matching if a non-English paper will be submitted by students; this setting translates the student submission into English for checking against English sources. Not all languages are supported.
    
    Figure 7: Similarity report settings: report exclusions and translated matching option
     
12. Select Create Assignment (see Fig. 7).
13. Return to your Assignments area in your Canvas course, and publish the assignment when you are ready for students to begin working on it.
14. Share Submitting to a standard assignment with your students so they know where to look for feedback.

Notes for editing the assignment

• Things to edit in the Turnitin interface: Instructions, Start Date, Feedback Release Date and Max Points
• Things to edit in Canvas assignment settings: Title and Due Date.

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