Problem or Question:

How do I create a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard?

Environment:

Blackboard

Solution or Answer:

Steps to create an assignment:

1. From within a Blackboard course, click "Control Panel"

2. Click the Content Area where you want the Turnitin assignment to appear (Course Materials, etc.)

3. On the right side of the page, you'll see a drop-down menu that is defaulted to "Learning Unit" choose "Turnitin Assignment" and

4. Click "Go"

5. The resulting screen is a Turnitin screen that needs to be filled out

6. Fill out the blank fields (title, point value, start, due, and post dates*)

7. Click submit

Note: Turnitin only accepts text files (Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, and plain text) and has a 10MB single file size limit.

For more detailed info on these settings, download the instructor manual at:https://www.turnitin.com/static/training.html