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1. User Manual SafeAssign is a tool within Blackboard to prevent plagiarism It uses a text matching algorithm to detect exact and inexact matching between a paper and source material The papers that students submit through SafeAssign are compared against those in several comprehensive databases including 1 The Internet documents accessible to the public through the Internet Proquest ABI Inform a database of 2 6 million articles from the 90s to today from over 1 100 publication titles updated weekly Institutional database a database which contains all papers submitted through SafeAssign by FSU users Global Reference Database a database of papers voluntarily submitted by students from over 2 200 organizations using Blackboard to prevent cross institutional plagiarism Source Blackboard Instructor Manual File types accepted by SafeAssign doc and docx Microsoft Word odt OpenOffice org Writer pdf Adobe PDF txt Plain text rtf Rich text htm or html Web page NAW A UVU N gt zip Multiple files in any of the above formats Direct Submit only Blackboard SafeAssign for Florida State University Instructors can use SafeAssign in two ways 1 SafeAssignment Instructors can create SafeAssignments in their Blackboard courses for students to submit papers Papers submitted through these assignments will be automatically examined by SafeAssign ag
2. to submit vour paper through SafeAssign This is a draft version of your paper E Available Yes No Availability Dates Display After Display Until Dec 19 2008 Dec 19 2008 01 10 PM 01 10 7 PM 7 Draft C Yes O No Student Viewable Yes C No Urgent Checking C Yes No Name Name of the assignment Points Possible The points for the assignment in the gradebook Instructions Write specific instructions about the assignment here Available Yes makes the SafeAssignment visible to students immediately Availability Dates To make the assignment automatically become available unavailable on specific dates check the boxes next to Display After and Display Until then select the dates in the boxes provided Draft Yes allows submissions to be checked for matching but not to be placed in the Institutional Database This works well for improving draft versions of papers Student Viewable Yes allows students to review their papers together with SafeAssign s originality report Urgent Checking Papers submitted to SafeAssign for review are placed in a queue together with all other SafeAssign submissions worldwide The average time for processing a paper is 1 5 minutes but it can take longer during peak hours Source University of South Carolina Selecting Yes for Urgent Checking gives submissions to this assignment higher priority in the queue Source Stonybrook University Pag
3. TODAY VIEW LAST 7 DAYS VIEW LAST 30 DAYS l VIEW ALL December 12 2008 December 19 2008 ri Dec 19 Assignment Fri Dec 19 2006 Assig 1 your paper Write three pages about You are required to submit your paper through SafeAssign This is a draft version of Assignments vA Assignment 1 Write three pages about gt View Complete IMPORTANT You must create another SafeAssignment that will be your Final Version Choose No for the Draft option of this assignment so that when students submit papers they are not only examined for matching but also collected in the database R are required to submit your paper through SafeAssign This is a draft version of your paper Using Draft SafeAssignments Step 1 Create and Set to Draft Create a SafeAssignment and set the Draft option to Yes this will be the SafeAssignment for students to submit the draft version of their papers You may repeat this step for as many draft versions as you would like to allow Step 2 Create Final Version Create another SafeAssignment by setting the Draft option to No for students to submit the final version of their papers Write clear instructions to students regarding draft and final submissions Note Each SafeAssignment creation will generate a new column in your Blackboard Gradebook Source North Illinois University Page 3 VA sere Accessing Student Submi
4. ainst the source materials in its comprehensive databases The student s paper together with the originality report will be delivered to the instructor to investigate whether the student has referenced the matching parts properly The Blackboard Gradebook is integrated with SafeAssignment Direct Submit For papers submitted outside of SafeAssignment instructors can use the Direct Submit feature to upload students assignments and generate Originality reports This feature works well if a student does not wish to have a document added to the SafeAssign database or if an instructor wants to check a document With Direct Submit an instructor can submit one file or multiple papers in a ZIP compressed file at a time Because the Gradebook is not integrated with Direct Submit we strongly encourage instructors to use SafeAssignment to collect students submissions Source Dallas County Community College Version 01 09 09 APPS Getting Started Step 1 Log in Log into Blackboard Bb at http campus fsu edu Step 2 Select your Course Select the courses tab then the particular course you intend to use with SafeAssign Step 3 Sync the Course You must synchronize the course with SafeAssign Go to Control Panel gt SafeAssign gt Synchronize this course Ifan instructor creates a SafeAssignment without syncing students papers will be checked only against those already submitted by o
5. bility of plagiarism in these papers Scores between 15 percent and 40 percent These papers include extensive quoted or paraphrased material or they may include plagiarism These papers should be reviewed to determine if the matching content is properly attributed Scores over 40 percent There is a very high probability that text in this paper was copied from other sources These papers include quoted or paraphrased text in excess and should be reviewed for plagiarism Source Blackboard Submission Comment This is my second attempt to submit this paper Hope it works better than the first attempt Suspected Sources Click on a source to view the original or click on the magnifying glass to see the source highlighted in the text below amp Highlight All Unhighlight All R LI http www bitbrothers com sea 2007ConfProg Re process the paper without the selected sources Page 5 n EA Grading a SafeAssignment Step 1 Select Gradebook Go to Control Panel gt Gradebook Step 2 Open Modify Grade In the assignment column select the exclamation point to open the Modify Grade page Step 3 Assign a Numeric Grade Replace the exclamation point with a numeric grade that falls within the realm of what you assigned when you created the assignment You can also enter comments or attach edited corrected documents here Step 4 Submit Click Submit then OK on the next page In the Grad
6. book we strongly encourage instructors to use SafeAssignment to collect students submissions whenever possible Direct Submit allows instructors to submit papers one at a time or several at once by including them in a ZIP file NOTE ZIP packages should contain no more than 100 papers and submitting more than 300 papers in a session is not recommended Additionally papers with over 5 000 phrases or that are more than 10 MB in size cannot be submitted Sources University of South Carolina Blackboard Instructors Manual The Florida State University e SafeAssign Manual Step 1 Select SafeAssign Go to Control Panel gt Course Tools gt SafeAssign gt Direct Submit Tab gt OK Step 2 Select Private or Shared Tab Step 3 Create Folder Create a folder for organizing submissions by typing a folder name into the space provided then clicking ADD Select the newly named folder then the Submit Papers button to upload individual files or ZIPPED files ZIPPED files will automatically expand in the list after uploading Step 3 Click Submit The SA report may take a few minutes to generate but will appear on the Direct Submit page next to the uploaded document list XY Private Direct Submit forJane Q Student Gs Submit Papers Ma Remove 1 Papers Displaying papers 1 1 SAFE ASSIGNMENTS l DIRECT SUBMIT Direct Submit PRIVATE Folde SHARED view tree PRIVATE SHARED Folde
7. e 2 E E IA SafeAssignment Options and Notes Optional Announcement An instructor can simultaneously create an announcement about a Safe Assignment for the Announcements section of the course 1 Create Select Yes to create the announcement 2 Subject the subject of the announcement 3 Message write your message Click Submit at the bottom of the page then click OK on the next page The SafeAssignment will appear in the Content Area selected in Step 1 NOTE A A regular assignment and a SafeAssign assignment will be differentiated by the SafeAssign icon Creating a Draft Version of SafeAssignments Draft versions of SafeAssignments can be created in almost the same way as regular SafeAssignments Faculty can create SafeAssignments as drafts to let students submit papers without placing them in the institutional database Otherwise the paper would have a 100 match against itself if students submit the paper again Each Draft SafeAssignment will allow a student to submit only once and will check their paper and generate a SafeAssign Report The Florida State University e SafeAssign Manual Optional Announcement d Create Yes No Subject Assignment 1 Message Write three pages about You are required to submit your paper through SafeAssign This is a draft version of your paper Submit R Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit VIEW
8. ebook the numeric grade you entered will be displayed The Florida State University e SafeAssign Manual Student s Work Student ID Student Name Text File Matching SA Report Submitted Doe James B g 100 MN Fri Dec 19 13 48 31 EST 2008 Clear Attempt Modify Grade Enter or modify a grade for the assignment Grade Points Possible Weight 20 0 0 0 O me Comments a File To Attach Browse Submit Click Submit to finish Click Cancel to quit Cancel Submit Page 6 Y Direct Submit Submitting Papers via Direct Submit Direct Submit generates SafeAssign reports on papers submitted outside of a SafeAssignment e You may receive a paper by e mail or other communication system and not through a SafeAssignment You can check these documents using the Direct Submit option e You may want to submit papers from previous classes to the SafeAssign database so you ll be able to determine if papers from the current semester are copied from them IMPORTANT NOTE Papers submitted through Direct Submit can only be uploaded to the Institutional Database it is impossible to include them in the Global Reference Database because students have to choose to do so on a paper by paper basis Furthermore papers submitted through Direct Submit are not integrated with the Blackboard course Gradebook In considering Direct Submit s lack of access to the Global Reference Database and integration with Grade
9. pected Sources In Suspected Sources mouse over links to websites containing passages that match passages in the submitted text When holding your mouse over a link see corresponding highlighted text from the submitted document in the Paper Text heading below The Florida State University e SafeAssign Manual Student ID Student Name Text File Matching SA Report Submitted Anderson Jane F 100 Si Thu Dec 18 13 42 31 EST 2008 Clear Attempt Boyd Daniel VA 100 N Fri Dec 19 14 21 19 EST 2008 Clear Attempt Curtis James 100 M Fri Dec 19 10 11 22 EST 2008 Clear Attempt View SafeAssign Report Paper Information Owner Jane H Student Folder Fall 2008 Filename Learning Strategies for Success in a Web doc Submitted Dec 18 2008 19 10 44 EST Matching 7 PaperID 20894137 Percentage of potential plagiarism Sentence matching scores represent the percentage probability that two phrases have the same meaning Overall score is an indicator of what percentage of the submitted paper matches existing sources This score is a warning indicator only and papers should be reviewed to see if the matches are properly attributed Save report to disk y Print version amp Direct link MI Scores below 15 percent These papers typically include some quotes and a few common phrases or blocks of text that match other documents These papers typically do not require further analysis as there is no evidence of the possi
10. riginal format Use this option to download the paper Matching The percentage of matching between the text in the submission and sources in SafeAssign s databases The higher the percentage the more likely plagiarism exists Instructors need to read the complete SafeAssign Report to verify if the matching is properly attributed SA Report This icon takes you to the SafeAssign Report The report is connected to sources that match passages in the student s submission Submitted Date and time when the paper is submitted Clear Attempt Students can submit a SafeAssignment only once Instructors can allow a student to resubmit by clicking the Clear Attempt button to remove a previous submission if problems exist when students submit their assignment or the assignment is somehow unreadable Sources Bb Instructor Manual University of South Carolina Page 4 safeAssignment Reviewing the SA SafeAssign Report Step 1 Select SA Icon Select the icon under SA Report to view SafeAssign reports linking to sources that match passages in the submitted document Step 2 View Percentage In Paper Information next to the sentence matching scale view the percentage of potential plagiarism SafeAssign found on the submitted document Step 3 View Comments In Submission Comment view any text that the student entered in the Comments box before attaching and submitting their file to this SafeAssignment Step 4 Sus
11. rs i view tree 4 Top Folder I Fal 2008 Ma Remove New Folder lp T t lt its _APb R X Private Direct Submit for Eu Submit Papers Filename 1 I Filename T Learning Strategies for Success in a Web doc 1 Papers h Displaying papers 1 1 Show File Matching SA Report Submitted g l Dec 19 2008 14 12 31 EST 25 items per page 1 Page 7 For more information visit ctl fsu edu
12. ssions Step 1 Select SafeAssign Go to Control Panel gt Course Tools gt SafeAssign gt SafeAssignments gt View Step 2 View Report If students have submitted their SafeAssignment the columns in the class roster identify text uploaded files and matching sources Select single icons to view each submission or download a ZIPPED file of ALL submissions excluding SA reports by selecting the Download button IMPORTANT NOTE Excerpts and quotations will always be flagged as potential plagiarism even if a student has properly referenced their sources elsewhere in the document It is imperative for instructors to review each SA Report carefully instead of relying solely on the matching percentage The Florida State University e SafeAssign Manual XY SafeAssignments Synchronize this course Sort by title date af Assignment 1 Write three pages about You are required to submit your paper through SafeAssign This is a draft version of your paper gt gt View Student ID Student Name Text File Matching SA Report Submitted Anderson Jane 100 N Thu Dec 18 13 42 31 EST 2008 Clear Attempt Boyd Daniel F 100 N Fri Dec 19 14 21 19 EST 2008 Clear Attempt Curtis James a 100 FA Fri Dec 19 10 11 22 EST 2008 Clear Attempt Text Links to the text of the student s paper and any comments from the student File Links to the submitted file in its o
13. ther students in this assignment not all the other SafeAssign online database sources After the synchronization is complete click OK Source Old Dominion University You are now ready to create a SafeAssignment or accept papers via Direct Submit I N Creating a SafeAssignment Step 1 Select Content Areas When you have returned to the Control Panel select the Content Areas heading for your SafeAssignment Step 2 Select SafeAssignment In the Assignments toolbar scroll down the drop down menu to select SafeAssignment and click GO Step 3 Enter Information In this area fill out the form making sure to include the required fields Click Submit when the assignment is added then OK Urgent Checking The average time for processing a paper is 1 5 minutes but it can take longer during peak hours The Florida State University e SafeAssign Manual Overview amp Instructions Assignments FSU Policies amp Guidelines Lessons Assignments Fr item gt Folder External Link Es Course Link Test y E Assignment 1 Modify Y null Write three pages about You are required to submit your paper through SafeAssign This is a draft version of your paper gt gt View Complete SafeAssignment X Add SafeAssignment Enter Information Name Assignment 1 0 0 Points Possible Instructions Write three pages about You are required

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