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Blackboard Learn 9.1

SafeAssign

Workshop Overview1

What is SafeAssign?

1 Workshop Overview

SafeAssign is a valuable tool for encouraging original writing and proper citation practices within your course.

SafeAssign compares your students’ work with previouslysubmitted papers and published works from several databaseis and the Internet.

What is SafeAssign?

1 Workshop Overview

Once a paper is submitted in SafeAssign, a report is generated that indicates the percentage of the paper that matches existing sources.

The overall score can be an indicator that you need to review the paper more closely.

Creating SafeAssignments2

Learning Outcomes

• Create a SafeAssignment

• Choose SafeAssignment options

• View a SafeAssignment as a student

2 Creating SafeAssignments

Create a SafeAssignment

2 Creating SafeAssignments

SafeAssignments can be added to any Content Area orlearning module.

Selecting SafeAssignment Options

Enter a name, point valueand instructions.

2 Creating SafeAssignments

What Students See

2 Creating SafeAssignments

When students accessa SafeAssignment, theycan:

• View instructions

• Enter comments

• Attach a file

2 Creating SafeAssignments

Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Creating SafeAssignments section.

Viewing and Grading Submissions3

Learning Outcomes

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

• Access SafeAssignment attempts

• Interpret the SafeAssignment report

• Grade submissions

View and Grade SafeAssignments

You access saved SafeAssignments in the Grade Center.

An exclamation mark (!) indicates an assignment is submitted

and ready to be viewed and graded.

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

View and Grade SafeAssignments

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the Safe Assign Report

The SafeAssign report provides extensive information to help

you determine whether students are appropriately citing the

works used in their papers.

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report

The top portion of the SafeAssign report includes:

• The overall matching percentage

• A Help link

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report

The next section lists the original sources that match sections of the submitted paper.

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report

Within the paper’s text, matching phrases are numbered. Click a phrase to display the Source Comparison Window.

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report

The overall SafeAssign score indicates the percentage of submitted paper matching existing sources.

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Hands-on Activity

Viewing and Grading Submissions

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Viewing and Grading Submissions section.

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Managing SafeAssignments4

Learning Outcomes

3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

• Access the SafeAssign tool and view all SafeAssignments in a course

• Use the SafeAssign tool to download multiple submissions

• Synchronize your course to be sure that moved or copied SafeAssignments are activated with the databases

• Submit papers to SafeAssign that were not originally submitted as SafeAssignments

SafeAssignments Tool Page

The SafeAssign tool, located in the Control Panel containstwo options:

• SafeAssignments

• Direct Submit

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SafeAssignments Tool Page

4 Managing SafeAssignments

Direct Submit

Direct Submit generates SafeAssign reports or papers

submitted outside of a SafeAssignment.

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You can also use Direct Submit to add papers to the

institutional database.

Direct Submit

4 Managing SafeAssignments

You can upload files to either a shared or a private folder.

Private: Viewable only by the instructor

Shared: Viewable by other instructors with access to Direct Submit

Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Managing SafeAssignments section.

4 Managing SafeAssignments

Workshop Wrap up5

Big Picture Review

• Create a SafeAssignment

• Create SafeAssignment options

• Access SafeAssignment attempts

• Interpret the SafeAssign report

• Grade submissions

4 Workshop Wrap up

You learned how to:

Big Picture Review

• Access the SafeAssign tool and view all SafeAssignments in the course

• Use the SafeAssign tool to download multiple submissions

• Synchronize your course

• Submit papers to SafeAssign that were not originally submitted as SafeAsignments

You also learned how to:

4 Workshop Wrap up