Creating a Turnitin LTI Assignment in Canvas
Follow the steps below to create an assignment in Canvas
- Log in as a Canvas instructor.
- From the side of any page within Canvas, select the Courses tab, then select the course in which you would like to create an assignment. Note: If the course is not displayed in the Courses list, select All Courses, and use the check boxes to add the course to the list.
- From the left-hand navigation, click Assignments.
- Your Canvas administrator must add you as an instructor to a course before you can create an assignment.
- If you have not yet created an assignment for this course, select the + button.
- If there are already-existing assignments in this course, select + Assignment ensuring that the correct assignment group is selected from the accompanying drop-down menu.
- If you have not yet created an assignment for this course, select the + button.
- Enter your basic assignment details, including the assignment Type, the assignment Name, the date the assignment is Due, and the assignmentPoints (this is the maximum grade available to your students).
- Select More options to continue.
- From the more options screen, select External Tool from the Submission Type menu. Then select Find to find the external tool.
- Select the external tool configured by your Canvas administrator from the available list; your selection will populate the URL field.
- Select an external tool and select Select to continue.Note: If the external tool is not appearing in the list, please contact your Canvas administrator to ensure they have configured the external tool to the course.
- In the Assign to menu, select the Assign to box to invoke a drop-down. Select the course you would like to assign the assignment to. This ensures that your assignment will only be available to students in this particular course.
- Amend the assignment’s Due and Available from dates (these dates will transfer into the Turnitin assignment).
Warning: We recommend that you do not amend the Until date. If a date is inserted in this field, students will not be able to access Turnitin once the date has passed. - Select Save & publish to publish this assignment. Select Save to save the assignment.