It is possible to enable Turnitin similarity reports when using a Blackboard Assignment submission point.
This can be done in the assignment settings when you are creating or editing your assignment. For full instructions of see our guide Create an Assignment.
Enable Turnitin
In the Assignment Settings panel scroll down to Originality Report “Enable Turnitin”.
Please note: Currently this function is not available when Groups have been assigned to the Assignment.
Step One
Once you have clicked enable Turnitin in the settings panel the Originality Report panel will open on the right-hand side of the screen. When the Originality Report set up panel opens:
- (a) Toggle the Enable Turnitin switch to on, the toggle button with turn green.
- (b) Check the “Allow student to view Turnitin originality report for their attempts” (not related to number of submission attempts allowed)
Please Note: If the “Allow students to view the Turnitin originality report for their attempts” check box does not appear under the Enable Turnitin toggle you will have to re-open the Turnitin settings after step 3 to turn it on.
Enabling Turnitin will initiate the Turnitin LTI to load.
Step Two
When the Turnitin LTI has loaded and the similarity report options appear complete the options to your preference.
When you are happy with with preferences click Save.
Step 3
Once you have saved the preferences a success message will appear and you can “return to settings”.
Save the rest of your assignment settings and exit.
To make any changes to the Turnitin settings click on “turnitin enabled” to re-enter the settings panel. 
Markers’ view of similarity report
When marking you will see the similarity match button in the top right-hand corner of the submitted paper. 
Click on the button to view the report. Turnitin will open in a new window to show the report.
The integration with Blackboard Assignment and Turnitin uses the new similarity report experience. Please see the Turnitin support pages on the New Similarity Report Experience for more details.
Students’ view of similarity report
If you have set the assignment settings to allow students to view the similarity report they will be able to see it via their submitted work.
Students see the report as a list of sources, they can exclude text related to specific sources to see how the removal of that text will affect their score.
Guide last updated on July 8, 2024
