How to Create Turnitin Assignment using LTI Advantage in Canvas Course
(Canvas LTI 1.3, New Standard)

  • last updated on 3 June 2025

Create a Turnitin Assignment


To create a Turnitin assignment in your Canvas course,

  1. Visit the Assignments page
  2. Click the Assignments Options (3-dot) icon, then select Turnitin
  3. On the pop-up, click on the Standard Assignment block
  4. Fill in the assignment details
    • Title - Assignment name
    • Instructions (optional)
    • Max Grade - Maximum number of scores
    • Start Date / Due Date (and times)
    • Feedback Release Date - Time that any grading is visible to students in the Turnitin Assignment Inbox/Dashboard
      ( You may also post grades of the assignment in the gradebook manually after the Feedback Release Date)
  5. Further update Optional Settings (Turnitin Guide) relating to
    • Submit papers to standard paper repository or do not store the submitted papers
    • Allow late submissions
    • Allow students to resubmit it under "Generate Similarity Reports for student submission"
    • Allow students to view Similarity Reports
    Then click the Submit button



Grade Student Submissions in a Turnitin Assignment


Only Turnitin Feedback Studio can be used to grade student submissions in a Turnitin LTI Advantage (LTI 1.3) assignment.

  1. Click the Turnitin assignment on the Assignments page of the Canvas course
  2. Click the Title, Grade () or Similarity on a student submission
  3. On the "Feedback Studio" window, read the student submission and then input the score at the top
  4. Navigate to the next student submission or close the window

Turnitin LTI Advantage (LTI 1.3) assignment submissions cannot be shown in Canvas SpeedGrader.




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