Adam Massey We’ll change to Turnitin’s LTI integration for the 2022 academic year. How staff create and access assignments, as well as how students submit, will change because of this. Read on for information on when the change will happen, and what to do to prepare for it.
Moving from the old integration (Basic) to LTI means there are changes to be aware of. Read on for a list of the most notable.
The new integration was added to Blackboard Learn this morning. Assignments created using the Basic building block will become read only at the end of August. Students will be unable to submit to them, and instructors won’t be able to give any feedback and grades. More information about the reasons behind the move can be Continue Reading…
Turnitin will be unavailable for eight hours on Saturday 9 July 2022. You will be unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 0000 and 0800 BST. See details for other time zones. Subscribe for updates on Turnitin’s status page
Turnitin have announced an emergency maintenance window to address the issues seen today and yesterday. We have made some improvements to our system to help with the current situation. However, an emergency maintenance will be conducted on April 6th to make further improvements which is expected to last for 1 hour at the following time:03:00 Continue Reading…
Automatically exclude the contents of a template you are giving to students to upload as part of their assignment.
Turnitin will be unavailable for eight hours on Saturday 8 January 2022. You will be unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 0000 and 0800 GMT. Subscribe for updates on Turnitin’s status page See details for other time zones.
Turnitin maintenance is planned for Saturday 14 August 2021. You will be unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 1600 and 1800 BST. Subscribe for updates on Turnitin’s status page See details for other time zones.
Changes were made to Turnitin’s similarity score on 4 March 2021. They include: Better detection and exclusion accuracy of quotes Better prioritization of internet sources (for example prioritizing a match wikipedia.com instead randomblog.com) Better matching more content across our various databases There’s more information on Turnitin’s support site, including information on existing submissions.
To simplify assignment creation, Turnitin have removed the ability to create a revision assignment. This functionality echoed what was already possible with a standard assignment, but with added unnecessary steps. Turnitin have prepared a guide on how you can use a standard assignment to retain similar functionality.
May 27, 2022