

Click Save Assignments to save (see Figure 2).įigure 2: Coursework Configuration page. Enter an assignment name, due date and set the type to Turnitin Assignment Create a new assignment by clicking Add Assignment (see Figure 2), a new row will appear in the assignment table. Click the Configuration icon in the top right to access the Configuration pages See Figure 1 for links to the coursework tool in MMS and MySaint. Go to the MMS coursework tool using the links in MMS or via MySaint ( ). Select ‘Coursework’ from the list of core tools and click the ‘Create Tools’ button. On the module overview scroll down to the ‘Tools’ section.

Locate the module and click the Module title to be take through to the Module Overview. Log into MMS directly or via MySaint ( ).If a coursework tool has not already been created in MMS a new one can be created. Turnitin assignments can be created and configured via the MMS Coursework tool. A new assignment type ‘Turnitin Assignment’ has been created to handle work that will be submitted to Turnitin. The Coursework tool in MMS has changed to allow for the new integration with Turnitin. Creating and Accessing the Coursework Tool and 4. For more details on configuring assignments read sections 2. Turnitin has been integrated into MMS to allow staff to configure Turnitin assignments and view student submissions from the Coursework tool in MMS. St Andrews has changed plagiarism detection resource from Urkund to Turnitin for semester two for the 2017/8 academic year. Turnitin does not anonymise student submissions – it is recommended that staff mark submissions before checking the Turnitin score.Īs with other chapters in this guide, sections that are labelled as 'advanced' will extend your knowledge of the system but are not essential.For more details see the ‘Extension’ section below. Turnitin does not understand extensions, so if a student with an extension submits to Turnitin, it will be flagged as late on the Turnitin Dashboard but MMS will handle the lateness correctly.Turnitin can only accept certain file types, but it handles these upon student upload and thus the option to restrict by file type disappears for a Turnitin assignment.Turnitin cannot accept files over 40MB - students should be given guidance on reducing file size.With the reintroduction of Turnitin there has been a few changes in workflow from the previous iteration.
