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  6. Setting Up a SafeAssign Assignment

Setting Up a SafeAssign Assignment

1. Make sure the Edit Mode is ON.

Edit mode ON

2. Hover your mouse over Assessments to reveal the drop-down menu, then click Assignment.

Image of Content area of the course. Assessments area is expanded with an arrow pointing to Assessments and another pointing to Assignments.

3. Give the assignment a Name and Instructions.

Image of new Assignment with arrow pointing to title and another arrow pointing to assignment information text field.

4. Scroll down to the Grading section and assign your Points Possible.

Image of Grading area with arrow pointing to Points Possible text field.

5. Click Submission Details to reveal more options.

Image of Grading area with arrow pointing to Submission Details.

6. Next to Plagiarism Tools, make sure to check the option Check submissions for plagiarism using SafeAssign.

Image of Plagiarism Tools area with arrow pointing to Check submissions for Plagiarism using Safe Assign check-box.

7. If you would like your students to have access to the originality report, you can check Allow students to view SafeAssign originality report for their attempts.

Image of Plagiarism Tools area with arrow pointing to check-box next to Allow students to view Safe Assign originality report for their attempts.

8. If you are letting your students submit drafts to SafeAssign, you will want to check Exclude Submissions. This will keep drafts from being added to the SafeAssign database. When you are ready for students to submit the final copy, you will uncheck Exclude submissions and allow students to submit a second attempt.

Image of Plagiarism Tools area with check-box selected next to Exclude submissions from the Institutional and Global References Databases.An arrow points to this option.

9. When you are done configuring the remainder of your assignment, click Submit at the bottom of the page.

Image of Cancel and Submit buttons. An arrow points to the Submit button.
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