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,

- Visit the Assignments page
- Click the Assignments Options (3-dot) icon, then select Turnitin
- On the pop-up, click on the Standard Assignment block
- 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)
- 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
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.

- Click the Turnitin assignment on the Assignments page of the Canvas course
- Click the Title, Grade () or Similarity on a student submission
- On the "Feedback Studio" window, read the student submission and then input the score at the top
- Navigate to the next student submission or close the window
Turnitin LTI Advantage (LTI 1.3) assignment submissions cannot be shown in Canvas SpeedGrader.
Further Instructions
- Other Types of Turnitin Assignments in Canvas:
- Turnitin Guides:
- Optional assignment settings
- File requirements
- Downloading a Similarity Report as a student
- Differences between Various Types of Turnitin Assignments in Canvas: