Google Assignments Originality Reports in Canvas

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Last updated: Oct 03, 2023
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This guide explains how to setup an assignment in Canvas to utilize the Google Assignments Originality reporting to detect possible plagiarism. Originality reports compare students' work with all pages accessible by Google Search and Google Books. Student work is also compared with previous NCSSM student submissions that were submitted through Google Assignments.

Instructions

Create an assignment in Canvas as you normally would, assigning it a point value, etc.

  1. Under the submission type, choose External Tool

     

  2. Use the Find button.

     

  3. Select the Google Assignments LTI (1.3) external tool

     

  4. Ensure you are logged in to the correct Google account, and press the Continue button.

     

  5. Create the assignment, choosing from the following options:

    1. Toggle the Check Plagiarism switch to enable originality scans. Students' work will be scanned for originality against all pages available to Google Books, Google search, and NCSSM student submissions that were submitted through Google Assignments previously.

    2. (optional) Choose to attach a Google drive file if you wish for students to each be given a copy of it they can edit and submit.

    3. Select whether you wish to grade the assignment using Google Assignments' built-in grading tools, or Canvas SpeedGrader. We recommend choosing SpeedGrader.

    4. Press the Create button.

       

  6. You will be taken back to the “Configure External Tools” window where you must press the Select button.

     

  7. You have the option to load the assignment in a new tab. We recommend unchecking this option.

     

  8. Save and publish the assignment.

Using the Originality Report as a Student

Each student can view their originality report to ensure they have quoted and cited sources correctly.

If they make edits to their work, students can choose to run a new originality report. They can do this up to three times for each submission.

 

Using the Originality Report as a Teacher

After clicking on the assignment, you will have several options:

A: You can use SpeedGrader to grade the assignment as normal.

B: View the originality report for each submission.

Please note that no information about the originality report will show in SpeedGrader, so if you wish to view the report prior to grading, click on the originality report prior to clicking on SpeedGrader.

To view the originality report, click on the link in the window that opens after clicking each originality report link.

The originality report will give you a summary of all flagged passages.

Although the originality reports will help you determine students' use of citations, please practice caution in determining whether plagiarism is intentional.

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