Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3® Administrator User Manual
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1. Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Administrator User Manual Version 2 0 3 Updated August 23 2010 Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 1 Contents Administrator User Manual 1 Dovvnloading the Turnitin PovverLink Paper Repository Options 4 Installation and Configuration 5 Restricting Access 9 Allowing Access for Multiple Accounts 10 Glossary 11 Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 2 Administrator User Manual Administrator Manual Section Administrator Manual Turnitin s PowerLink gives Blackboard Vista users access to Turnitin s plagiarism prevention and GradeMark services all from within the Blackboard Vista environment Downloading the Turnitin PowerLink The Turnitin account administrator must first download the Turnitin PowerLink The account administrator should log into the Turnitin account at www Turnitin com To configure and download the Blackboard CE Vista PowerLink code package follow these steps Log in as the Turnitin account administrator at the Turnitin homepage http www turnitin com Click on the integrations button for the account If purchased the unconfigured button will appear under the integrations column If the integration has already been configured click on the configured button and2. a specific Turnitin account A single person may be joined to multiple Turnitin accounts or sub accounts using one user profile or separate user profiles Users may fill more than one user type role on Turnitin internet archive Turnitin s web repository includes inactive or no longer available web pages and copies of pages that have changed over time This allows Turnitin to search against information that is no longer available or which has changed over time items per page a user info page preference that allows users to determine the number of items from any list they wish to see per page on Turnitin JAR files when the administrator user downloads Section Definitions the integration and unzips the file inside are two JAR files the TurnitinAuthenticationModule and the AuthModule These files need to be installed in the proper directory knowledge base The knowledge base is an area we have created for our users to search for help or information on specific aspects of using Turnitin Also available are frequently updated lists of the most common questions we receive libraries the libraries menu dis plays the rubrics created by Turnitin or the instructor For more informa tion about rubrics please view the GradeMark training video or the rubric section of the GradeMark manual available at www turnitin comV training html log in the act of an authorized user entering the e mail address and person
3. at different context levels can log in and set the Account ID To set the Account ID for a context level enter the ID next to the Account ID option Users in that context level will have access to the specified Turnitin Account Account ID Sub account ID Note Each account ID must be created and initialized to be able to use the Turnitin PowerLink Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard 3 Integration Manual 10 turnitin Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 11 Glossary Definitions account a Turnitin account allovvs instructors to use products purchased from Turnitin account ID the numeric identification number for a specific account or sub account administrator the controller of a specific Turnitin account This user type is able to install and configure activate or deactivate products on an account change account settings and add or remove instructors from account access assignment Submissions to a class on Turnitin are made to an assignment Each assignment can allow only a single submission per student user who is enrolled in the class Build mode the ability to design a course used to create Turnitin as signments class to allovv students to submit files an instructor must create a class for their students A class requires a name a class ID a
4. submit files by file upload copy and paste or zip upload options The default file type for a user to submit by can be viewed or changed in the preferences section of the user info page system administrator a top level user who has access to all user accounts on a Blackboard Vista system Teach mode instructors use this mode to view the Turnitin assignment inbox upload file the act of submitting or sending a file into a specific assignment within a Turnitin for use with the Turnitin products selected for the class user profile the user profile is a set of user preferences and information associated with a specific ID within Turnitin Each user profile requires a unique e mail address A specific e mail address can only be used once within the Turnitin repository New attempts to create a profile associated with an e mail address currently existing in Turnitin will not succeed Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 16
5. Submissions resubmit the act of submitting a new paper in place of an existing Submitted paper Resubmission can only be done if the instructor has set an assignment to allow students to overwrite until the due date and time of the paper or if the instructor has manually deleted the student s existing submission in the assignment inbox This option can only be enabled by the class instructor revision assignment type an assignment created by an instructor that is linked to an existing assignment Revision assignments may have a different start due or post date than the primary assignment Revision assignments allow instructors to easily enable students to submit multiple drafts of the same submission to different assignments Revision assignments like regular assignments only allow one paper per student to be Submitted section designer A user with the ability to create a course This user creates assignments within Blackboard Vista using the Build mode Some users may have dual roles as the section designer and section instructor Section Definitions section instructor A user that is the instructor of a course This user uses Teach mode to view stu dent submissions to assignments Some users may have dual roles as the section designer and section instructor shared secret key a shared secret key is the eight digit alphanumeric code that an institution s Turnitin account administrator has cre
6. al passvvord created for a user profile to enter Turnitin as the user associated vvith the e mail address entered Optical Character Recognition OCR Optical character recognition softvvare converts a image of text information into an actual text document that can be read and altered by vvord processing softvvare Papers or documents transferred into a computer via a scanner require optical character recognition software conversion to be submitted to Turnitin Turnitin only accepts documents containing actual text data rather than an imaged document or submission Some scanners offer OCR conversion automatically but most OCR conversion requires hand correction to resolve any inaccuracies which can cause major changes to the actual content of a document Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 13 Glossary Originality Report the Originality Report is a flexible document that allovvs students and instructors to revievv matches betvveen a submitted vvork and the repositories scanned by Turnitin Citations quotations and bibliographic material are all scanned against Turnitin s repositories to determine an overall similarity percentage as well as specific matches to similar text Overall Similarity Index the overall similarity index is a percentage indicating the similarity of the text submitted to information contained in the Turniti
7. ated with the account s Turnitin Sales Representative The shared secret key is used to verify the integrity of requests sent from the Institution s Blackboard account to the institution s Turnitin account start date a date and time selected by the instructor when creating an assignment The start date and time must pass before students are able to begin submitting to an assignment Instructors are not prevented from submitting before the start date The start date for an assignment must be before the selected due date and post date during assignment creation This may be updated only by the instructor to meet the needs of a class student a user type able to enroll in courses created by an instructor user Student user profiles can only submit to assignments created by an instructor in a class they are joined to or have been authorized to join submission a file or files uploaded by a student or instructor user into an assignment within a Turnitin class Only a single file per student user can be submitted to an assignment by a student user Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 15 Glossary Section Definitions submission type Turnitin offers multiple submission types for students and instructors Students are able to submit a single file at a time by either file upload or cut and paste submission Instructors are able to
8. e to set the assignment option to either store student papers within the standard paper repository or to not store the papers in any repository If enable instructor expanded repository options is chosen instructors will be able to set an assignment options to store student papers in the standard paper repository in the institution paper repository no repository or to allow students to choose between the standard paper repository and the institution paper repository Installation and Configuration Once the Turnitin PowerLink is downloaded in ZIP format unzip the file and install the JAR files in the Blackboard Vista server To install the component on the server View course informatior Enroll in courses that al 1 Log in to the Blackboard Vista server Log in to the Blackboar Forgot your login inforn 2 Copy all of the JAR files to the following directory e lt Domainname gt deployablecomponents TurnitinAuthenticationModule 3 Restart the server Once the JAR files have been installed the server administrator needs to configure the module To configure the TurnitinAuthenticationModule Log In User name 1 Log in as the Server Administrator RN Password 2 From the Learning Content Manager click the settings link Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 5 Administrator User Manual Section Installation and Confi
9. guration To configure the TurnitinAuthenticationModule 3 From the setting page click the Deployable Components link 4 Make sure the setting Allow Deployable Components option is set to true 5 Click Save Values to save these settings 6 Click the TurnitinAuthenticationModule link 7 Configure the module using the following settings e Order 1 e Web Services URL lt the public URL for the account s Vista server s web service gt ends with axis e Shared Secret Key the shared secret key e Account ID lt the primary Turnitin account ID gt e Turnitin Assignment ID lt leave blank gt e Turnitin Assignment Title lt leave blank gt Instructor ID lt leave blank e Enabled true Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved System Integration Blackboard Academic Suite Blackboard Academic Suite Integra Single Sign On Datatel Integration EDX Support Datatel Integration Single Sign O Deployable Components eee ee save Values nus uumu i Mh m ge EH System Integration API Standar TurnitinAuthenticationModule Web Services URL Shared Secret Key Account ID Sub account ID Turnitin Assignment ID Turnitin Assignment Title Instructor ID Name Substitute Cancel Required fields Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 6 Administrator User Manual Section Installation and Confi
10. guration To configure the TurnitinAuthenticationModule 8 Click Save Value to save the settings Save Values Cancel eOUTeU Telos 1 Next the administrator user will need to create the Turnitin Assignment Proxy Tool To create the Turnitin Assignment Proxy Tool 1 Log in as the system server administrator and click on the PowerLink Proxy Tools tab System Integration 2 Next to Create Proxy Tool select TurnitinAuthenticationModule and click next TurnitinAuthenticationModule 3 Configure the proxy tool using these values e Proxy Tool Name Turnitin Assignment e Version 2 0 e Proxy Tool Description Turnitin assignment Proxy Tool e Assisted Config Button Name Create Turnitin Assignment suggested e Web Services URL lt the public URL for the account s Vista server s web service ends with axis gt e Shared Secret Key the shared secret key Account ID lt the Turnitin account ID gt e Turnitin Assignment ID lt leave blank e Turnitin Assignment Title lt leave blank e Instructor ID lt leave blank Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 7 Administrator User Manual Section Installation and Configuration To create the Turnitin Assignment Proxy Tool 4 Click Add Proxy Tool to complete the Add Proxy Tool Cancel configuration Required field N
11. link next to Step 2 Click on the download link to the right of the correct Blackboard CE Vista version supported by your institution Save the file in an easy to find location on the computer Paper Repository Options Paper repository options 1 Login to Turnitin as the administrator and click on the edit icon to the right of the account name Select one of the three options from the paper repository options enable instructor standard repository options enable instructor expanded repository options orsubmit all papers to the standard repository Click on submit in the bottom left corner of the account modification window to save any changes made Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Section Paper Repository Options Step 1 Configure a LMS platfo Code Package download new ccount edit stats delete m enable instructor standard repository options enable instructor expanded repository options submit all papers to the standard repositor submit Turnitin Blac oard Vista 3 Integration Manual 4 Administrator User Manual Section Installation and Configuration Note If submit all papers to the standard repository is selected from the paper repository options pulldown menu all student papers submitted to the account will be stored in the standard paper repository If enable instructor standard repository options is chosen instructors will be abl
12. n repositories used for comparison on the assignment the submission was made in This percentage indicates a percentage based on the length of the paper compared to the length of the areas flagged as similar during the comparison paper a paper refers to the document or file submitted by a user to an assignment in a class on the Turnitin website paper ID the paper ID number is a unique identifier that can be used to refer to a specific paper The paper ID number can be viewed by accessing the paper in the assignment inbox for instructors The paper ID number is also available on the paper view page Originality Report and GradeMark digital assessment view of the Submission PeerMark this product allows students to anonymously or vvith attribution review submissions made by other students within the course Students reply to free response and scale questions selected or created by the Section Definitions instructor Instructors may also comment on the paper using three different commenting tools inline text tool highlighter tool and composition marks A PeerMark assignment must be based on a normal Turnitin assignment where the student papers are initially submitted Plagiarism Prevention this product creates Originality Reports for submissions in assignments on Turnitin The Originality Reports allow instructors and students to easily determine any problems in citation or referencing and assists instruct
13. n assignment indicates the date and time of day at which an assignment is due Submissions after the due date and time may no longer be allowed and will be automatically blocked by the Turnitin system Only the instructor can enable late submissions on an assignment on Turnitin The due date must come after the start date and before the post date during assignment creation The due date and time may be changed by the instructor at their discretion to meet the needs of a class export stats downloading a copy of account statistics in a Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 12 Glossary Microsoft Excel format to a user s computer GradeMark a digital grading product offered by Turnitin which allows instructors to place comments and QuickMark editing marks on a submission for students to review This product also includes standardized rubric scorecards and the ability to share QuickMark standard editing marks and rubric scorecards between instructors on an account via export or via administrators using the libraries sharing feature of the GradeMark digital grading product home page the default login page vvhich is different based on the selected default user type of the user profile being accessed instructor the term used for teachers tutors or other student assisting users added or authorized to join as instructors on
14. nd a class enrollment passvvord class portfolio the class portfolio page is the main vievv page of a student for a specific class consortium account an account type vvhich is the parent for multiple institutional accounts Consortium accounts do not allovv instructors to directly join Instructors must be added to an institutional or departmental account default submission type a user preference set by instructor or student users to define which Section Definitions file submission method should be displayed by default for submissions to an assignment in a Turnitin class digital receipt the digital receipt is a confirmation of a successful paper submission to a Turnitin assignment The digital receipt contains the unique paper ID number user name submission date and time class name assignment title and a copy of the submitted work Blackboard users are shown the digital receipt and a copy of the digital receipt is sent to the user through the Blackboard Vista internal mailing system If this internet mailing sytem is not functioning or has been turned off on the Blackboard Vista installation no copy of the digital receipt is sent to the user download transmission of a file from Turnitin to the computer of the user selecting to download files Some users may need to enable file download due to security considerations on the web browser or computer being used due date the due date ona Turniti
15. ors in determining the Originality of a submitted work post date the post date of an assignment is set by the instructor during the assignment creation When the post date and time has passed students will be able to view GradeMark and GradeBook information on their submissions in this assignment If the assignment is a Peer Review students will be able to read the assessments written by their peers after the post date passes The post date does not control Originality Reports The post date must come after the start date and due date during assignment creation product a specific service feature or group of features offered by Turnitin as part of the purchase of a Turnitin license by an educational customer PowerLink the name of all integrations used within Blackboard Vista proxy tool the system administrator creates this during installation to allow users to create Turnitin assignments Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 14 Glossary repository a set of information of a specific type or types In the specific context of the Originality Report provided by Turnitin repository is used to refer to the type of information the submission vvas evaluated against for direct matching or high levels of similarity Available repositories include internet archived internet periodical journal publication information and previous
16. ow enable the Turnitin Assignment To enable the Turnitin Assignment 1 Click Turnitin Assignment in the Tools column Web Links 2 Click the check box next to Unlock this Setting This setting has been locked Unlock this setting 3 Click Save Values to save the settings Save Values 2 yn EEEE a et Required fields 4 Click Turnitin Assignment in the Tools column Web Links Child Contexts To prevent the value from Being mo Value 5 Select true for the Enable Tool value true r false Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 8 Administrator User Manual Section Restricting Access To enable the Turnitin Assignment 6 Click Save Values to save the settings E Save Values HHHH e Required fields Restricting Access Access can be restricted to the Turnitin PowerLink from different contexts institution group department or course Before users can restrict access the server administrator must log in and make sure the Turnitin Assignment is not locked To view and change this setting click on the Turnitin Assignment in the Tools column on the Blackboard Vista server settings page Syllabus Web Links On the Turnitin Assignment settings page make sure the check box next to Lock this setting for the Enable Tool option is not checked Gal Lock this setting Apply to child conte
17. skip to step 6 If the integration has not been configured click on the unconfigured button Click on the configure link to the right of Blackboard CE Vista Fill out the required fields a shared key containing 8 alphanumerical characters your institution s IP Address or default IP address 255 255 255 255 an error callback URL or the default url https www turnitin com api_ error asp Email Password Create Account Retiaeve Password stats edit integrations delete iUinconfiaured Ta configured confiqure Create Your Own Shared Key what s this Form Instructions Click on the first field then crea Your Institution s IP Address what s this own Shared Key Once validated Unable to retrieve enter in default IP address successfully proceed to the nex Once all fields are successfully click on the bottom submission If you have questions click on this Error Callback URL what s this Unable to retrieve enter in default ur https www turnit fap Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 3 Administrator User Manual To configure and download the Blackboard CE Vista code package follow these steps 5 Click submit to finalize the configuration of Blackboard Once the integration has been configured the code packages for Blackboard will be available Click on the Download
18. xts Once it is verified that the settings for the Turnitin assignment are not locked users at different context levels can log in and disable the Turnitin assignment from this page To disable the Turnitin assignment for a context level select fa se next to the enable tool option Users in that context level will not have access to the Turnitin Assignment Enable Tool Copyright 1998 2010 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Blackboard Vista 3 Integration Manual 9 Administrator User Manual Section Allovving Access for Multiple Accounts Allovving Access for Multiple Accounts If using one Blackboard Vista server to host access to the Turnitin PovverLink for multiple Turnitin accounts i e campuses institutions or departments the Account ID must be specified that each group will be accessing To do this the Account ID field of the Turnitin Assignment proxy tool must be unlocked at the server administrator level View and change this setting by clicking Turnitin Assignment in the Tools column on the Blackboard Vista server settings page Syllabus Web Links On the Turnitin Assignment settings page make sure the check box next to Lock this setting for the Account ID option is not checked Lock this setting Apply to child contexts 4 Once it has been verified that settings for the Turnitin assignment are not locked administrators
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