How do I use TurnItIn?

Creating Turnitin Materials in Your Schoology Course

To add a new External Tool to your course that you would like to sync with Turnitin, begin by clicking Add Materials then select Add File/Link/External Tool.

1. Select External Tool.
2. Select Turnitin LTI from the Tool Provider dropdown.
3. Enter a Title as you would like it to display to your students.
4. Check Enable Grading. Then configure grade the following grade settings:

• Points
• Due Date
• Category
• Scale
• Period

Click Submit to create the item.

Configuring Turnitin Settings

Once you have added the External Tool to your Materials page, click the item title to open the tool and configure the item's Turnitin-specific settings.

When you open the item, you have the option to toggle into the Assignment Inbox or the Settings tab. Click Settings to configure the Turnitin settings.

1. Title: This is the title you entered while adding the external tool to your Materials page. The Title is the only information that syncs from Schoology to Turnitin when you create a new item.
2. Instructions: Add any instructions you would like your students to follow when completing the assignment.
3. Max Grade: The max grade value in this screen should match the Points field in the Create External Tool screen to ensure that the item is calculated in the same way in Schoology as it is in Turnitin. This is not automatic.
4. Start Date: This is the date when students can start making submissions to the item in Turnitin. This is the day on which the item was created in Schoology by default.
5. Due Date: This is the date after which students can no longer make submissions.
6. Feedback Release Date: This is the date when students can view grades and comments in GradeMark.
7. Allow submission of any file type: This setting will allow any file type to be submitted.
8. Optional Settings: Click Optional Settings to expand the Settings menu in order to see and enable the additional settings shown in the screenshot below. 

Expand the Optional Settings to see and enable the additional Turnitin functionality offered by the Turnitin LTI Tool: 

Student Submissions

Students can make a submission by clicking the title of the external tool from the Materials page of their course which will launch the Turnitin Assignment Dashboard for the student. In this screen, he or she can click Upload Submission to make a submission.

Grading

Instructors should enter scores from within the Turnitin doc viewer. Clicking away from the score field will save the grade. The grade entered in the top right corner of the Turnitin doc viewer will update in the Assignment Inbox screen within the Turnitin external tool in your Schoology course as well as within the Schoology Gradebook.