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Create a Turnitin assignment (Ultra)

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This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a Turnitin Assignment for the submission of text-based assignments (e.g., PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files).

Known issue: A known issue has been identified in which students may receive an Overdue Assessment notification from the Blackboard course after the due date, despite having successfully submitted their assessment to Turnitin. The current workaround, should this issue occur, is to remove the due date from the Turnitin link. Instructions for removing the due date can be found in Step 7 of this guide.

Warning: Old Turnitin submission links should always be deleted and replaced to ensure results transfer correctly to Gradebook.

Note: Turnitin does not have functionality to mark non-submission assignments and it is recommended you use a Blackboard Assignments for this use case. Alternatively, you can use a Turnitin assignment and uploaded a document on the students behalf to allow non-submission marking.

  1. Overview
  2. Set up your assignment folder
  3. Create the Turnitin assignment submission link
  4. Assignment Details
  1. Add rubric and create assignment
  2. Submission and Report Settings
  3. Edit the submission link

2. Set up your assignment folder

Create a folder in the Assessment folder create a folders with the exact same name as the assignment in the Course Profile. Refer to the Create a folder guide. 

Enter meaningful and relevant text in the Description field, e.g. This folder contains the task description, the marking criteria, past exemplars, and further resources for your Assessment 2 - Narrative essay.

Tip: Add links to all relevant documents such as the assignment task sheet, marking scheme (if it is not online), examplars and any other resources. For further information on adding content to an Ultra document, refer to the Create a document guide.

The following information should be included in the assignment task sheet:

  • How the file should be named.
  • The file type/s students may submit.
  • Not to include animated text/images in PowerPoint files.
  • What to do if they have problems uploading their assignment. i.e. Email the assignment to the course coordinator, continue to try to upload the assignment until they are successful and contact AskUs for help if needed.
  • That late assignments are allowed and that all assignments automatically have a time/date stamp of when they are submitted.
  • That is is the student's responsiblity to check the assignment preview and confirm that the assignment has been successfully submitted. Students need to download a copy of the Submission ID as proof they have submitted the assignment.