UTSA Academic Innovation

Migrating Unicheck Assignments to Turnitin

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Overview

As part of UTSA’s transition from Unicheck to Turnitin in Fall 2024, faculty will need to update their assignments' plagiarism review settings. Once Unicheck is disabled on Monday, August 19, 2024, Canvas will default to no plagiarism checking, even if Unicheck was previously enabled. It is crucial that this change is made before students begin submitting assignments.  

Turnitin in Canvas

  1. Navigate to your Canvas Course.  
  2. Click “Assignments” from your course navigation.  
Canvas navigation menu with the "Assignments" link highlighted.
  1. Locate the assignment you want to update, then click the three-dot menu, and select "Edit."
Canvas Assignments area with "Final Paper" assignment and an open dropdown menu showing options: Edit, SpeedGrader, and Duplicate.Text in the Image:
  1. Click “More Options.”
Edit Assignment dialog box in Canvas with fields for name, due date, and points. Buttons for More Options, Cancel, and Save are below.
  1. Scroll down to the “Plagiarism Review” section. 
  2. Select “Turnitin” from the drop-down menu.
Web interface showing plagiarism review options with "Turnitin" selected and a toggle switch for adding submissions to the institutional library.
  1. Adjust your Turnitin settings as needed.
Settings menu for Turnitin with options for similarity reports, submission indexing, and report generation.
  1. Click “Save.”
A red rectangle highlighting the "save" option.

Support 

If you need assistance with this transition, please email [email protected], call (210) 458-4520 Ext 3, schedule a virtual consultation, attend an upcoming training, or walk in at the Academic Innovation Center (MS 240). 

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