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Differences between Various Types of Turnitin Assignments in Canvas

last updated on 27 August 2025

Comparison Chart

Features	Canvas Plagiarism Framework	LTI 1.3	External Tool (LTI 1.1)
Start Creating an Assignment	On "Assignments" page, click + Assignment button. (Steps to Create)	On "Assignments" page, click button and then select Turnitin. (Steps to Create)	On "Assignments" page, click + Assignment button. (Steps to Create)
Enable Turnitin when Creating Assignment	Select Submission Type - Online, then enable File Uploads In "Plagiarism Review", select Turnitin (Steps to Create)		Select Submission Type - External Tool Click Find button Scroll down the list and select Turnitin (External Tool), click "Select" button (Steps to Create)
Update Due Time Due time must be set.	Canvas Assignment Settings Click the Edit Assignment Settings button In "Assign To" block(s), set the Due Date Click the Save button To assign multiple due times to different student lists, please use Canvas Plagiarism Framework.	Turnitin Assignment Inbox Click the Settings button Set the Due Date Click the Submit button	Canvas Assignment Settings Click the Edit Assignment Settings button In the "Assign To: Everyone" block, set the Due Date Click the Save button
Set up Group Assignments	Only one member of each group should submit the assignment to avoid increasing similarity scores.
Allow Multiple Files in a Submission
View Submission List in Assignment Inbox	To view submitted status of all students, visit Grades. To check similarity of a submission, open SpeedGrader.	Author Title Uploaded (Date) Grade Similarity (Percentage) AI Writing (Percentage) Flags Options Submit on behalf of student	Author Title Uploaded (Date) Grade Similarity (Percentage) AI Writing (Percentage) Flags Options

Further Information

Turnitin Guides:
- Which Canvas integration type does your institution use? Canvas LTI 1.3 or Canvas Plagiarism Framework?
- Feedback Studio with Canvas comparison chart