How to grade a Turnitin assignment

A. Open SpeedGrader

1. 1. Click into your course site.
   2. Select Assignments on the course navigation menu.
   3. Locate your Turnitin assignment on the Assignments page, and then click on the Turnitin assignment's name.
   4. On the Turnitin Assignment's page, select the SpeedGrader button on the right of the screen.

B. Open Student Submission

The upper right of the SpeedGrader contains a full list of students in the course. Locate the student whose submission you would like to grade and click on their name.

C. View Submission

SpeedGrader displays the following:

1. 1. Information regarding when the student made their submission and the last time they viewed it. If you have enabled multiple submissions and a student has uploaded several versions, there will be a drop-box where the different submissions can be selected.
   2. The originality report for the submitted document.
   3. The actual text of the student submission.

 

D. Click on the Percentage to View Originality Report

Turnitin produces a color-coded index when it completes an originality report. The percentage indicates how much of the assignment matches sources from Turnitin's database. The colors represent the following percentages:

• • Blue (0%)
  • Green: 1–24%
  • Yellow: 25–49%
  • Orange: 50–74%
  • Red: 75–100%

E. Add Your Comments and Annotations in Turnitin

 

F. Add a Grade in Turnitin

IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to make your comments and annotations visible to your students you need to enter a grade here, however, this grade will not appear in Canvas Grades. The next step will show you how to add the final grade in the grade book.

G. Add the Assignment Grade and Comments in SpeedGrader and Click on Submit

This grade will appear in Canvas grades.

 

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