How to Enable Turnitin on Assignments in Brightspace

Turnitin is a cloud-based program that checks for plagiarism and promotes academic integrity. To use Turnitin, instructors must select the option to “enable Turnitin” for each individual assignment that they would like to run through Turnitin.

How to Enable Turnitin

1. On the Navbar, click Assignments.

2. Select New Assignment or Edit Assignment.

3. On the Turnitin tab, select Enable Originality Check for this folder.

4. Configure the desired settings in the Originality Check area. To set more advanced options, click More Options in Turnitin. This opens the Turnitin Assignment window.

5. Click Save and Close.

Additional Resources:

Watch this tutorial video to see how to enable Turnitin
See what the similarity report looks like to students
Learn where to access the similarity report after students submit
How to use the report in the Turnitin Feedback Studio built into Brightspace