You set the plagiarism checking options for an assignment that you create new, or you have an existing assignment where these options have not yet been set.

• To create a new assignment, follow the steps in How do I create an assignment?

In that process, you will naturally reach the point where you set the plagiarism checking options, which are further explained on this page.
 

Do you want to set up plagiarism checking for an existing assignment?

1. Go to Course Tools in the navigation bar of your course.
2. Click on Assignments.
3. Click the arrow next to the assignment and then click on Edit Assignment.

Keep the following in mind:

1. It is recommended to always set a Due Date. This ensures that Turnitin will also check for overlap between students' work in the current assignment ('collusion check').

Open the options for Submission & Completion on the right side of the screen and:

1. Select File submission as the Submission type.
2. Indicate whether a student is allowed to upload one or multiple files.
3. Select Compatible with Turnitin under Allowable File Extensions.
4. Choose how many submissions are allowed:
5. There are two options related to whether or not there is a due date
    
   1. With a due date, we allow unlimited submissions until the due date, as students may make mistakes when uploading. See the table at the bottom of this article. For this option, you need to check one of the following two options in Brightspace:
      
      • All submissions are kept: All submissions are stored; or
      • Only the most recent submission is kept: Only the most recent submission is stored. Note: This last option carries risks. Older versions are overwritten, and the student's development is not visible.
       
   2. Without a due date, we only allow a single submission: For this option, you need to check the following in Brightspace
      • Only one submission allowed
         

On the right side of the screen, open the options for Evaluation & Feedback and click on Manage Turnitin under Turnitin Integration.

The following pop-up screen will appear:

1. Check Enable Similarity Report for this folder. It may take a moment for the other options to become available.
2. Under Display, the option Allow learners to see similarity scores in their submission folder is unchecked by default. If you want to show the similarity score to students, check this option.
3. Leave Submission Checked on Automatic similarity checking on all submissions. This will save you a lot of work.
4. Then click on More Options.

Scroll down until you see Similarity Report.

1. Check the setting for generating reports:
   • Option 1: Generate reports immediately (students cannot resubmit) = the recommended option for assignments without a due date. Only one submission is allowed. A similarity report is generated immediately, without a collusion check.
   • Option 2: Generate reports immediately (students can resubmit until due date) = option for assignments with a due date. For assignments with a due date, students can submit indefinitely until the due date (unless only one submission is allowed). A similarity report is generated for each submission. After the set due date, a collusion check will also be performed.
   • Option 3: Generate reports on due date (students can resubmit until due date) = option for assignments with a due date. For assignments with a due date, students can submit indefinitely until the due date (unless only one submission is allowed). After the set due date, a similarity report is generated with a collusion check.
      

For both option 2 and 3: If you have set in the assignment settings that only one submission is allowed, the student will not have the option to resubmit in Turnitin.

1. Determine what the submitted work should be compared against.
2. Optional: If students fill out a template that includes, for example, a long assignment description or case study, you can optionally upload this document to exclude that text from the similarity check. See here for more information.
3. Optional: Click Save these settings for future use to save your settings for future assignments.
   • Before uploading a template, it is advisable to check this option first and then click Submit. This way, your template will not be used in other assignments.•
   • If you have uploaded a template, do not check this option, but just click Submit.

1. Optional: Check if the assignment is visible to students; otherwise, your students will not be able to view the assignment. You can change this at any time.
2. Finally, click Save and Close to return to the Assignment overview.

If you want to share a similarity report, you can download the report as a PDF and manually share it with the student. This can be done by opening the report and using the download icon, as described in the guide for downloading a Similarity Report.

The following file types are compatible with Turnitin:

• Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX)
• Corel WordPerfect (WPD)
• Adobe Acrobat PDF
• HTML (HTM, HTML)
• Rich text (RTF)
• Plain text (TXT)
• Hangul Word Processor (HWP)
• PostScript (PS)
• Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (PPTX, PPT, PPSX, PPS)

The table below helps you determine which Turnitin option is most suitable for each assignment. We distinguish a scenario without a due date (corresponding to option 1 of Turnitin) and two scenarios with a due date (corresponding to options 2 and 3 of Turnitin).