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Microsoft Teams FAQ for Feedback Studio administrators

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What are the primary differences between the MS Teams Similarity integration and the new MS Teams Feedback Studio integration?

The existing Similarity integration provides a limited experience of Turnitin, which allows instructors to enable a basic check on MS Teams Assignments to check for content matches to other sources. Both instructors and students have the same report view, since limited information about the user is made available to Turnitin.

The new Feedback Studio integration offers the full Feedback Studio experience, including Turnitin grading and feedback, as well as an instructor report view and standard assignment-level settings to customize the report. More recently released Turnitin features are also available with this integration, such as assignment analytics, access to the new AI writing report, and instructor paper deletion requests.

Which MS Teams integrations offer AI writing detection?

AI writing detection is only available to instructors using the Turnitin Feedback Studio integration. Since the MS Teams Assignment Similarity integration does not offer an instructor view due to Turnitin not receiving user metadata, AI writing detection is unavailable.

If an instructor using the Similarity integration has a concern that a report may have been written with an AI writing tool, they can request that their administrator use the paper lookup tool to view a full report.

Institutions require Originality as part of their Turnitin license in order to use AI writing detection. More information can be found in our AI Writing detection guidance, as well as on our AI Writing FAQ page.

What is required for an institution to switch from the Similarity integration switch to the Feedback Studio integration?

An institution must have an active Turnitin Feedback Studio license to use the integration.

Is it possible to use both the MS Teams Similarity integration and the MS Teams Turnitin Feedback Studio integration?

It is possible for an institution to use both integrations, however there are some limitations that need to be considered.

When a submission is made to an MS Teams Assignment with the Similarity integration enabled, Turnitin is able to generate a report, however no user metadata is received from MS Teams, so the identity of the submitter is not available. Additionally, all submissions made to the Similarity integration are indexed in the Turnitin global database.

Because all submissions are indexed, if the same submission is made to both integrations, matches will be flagged, but the actual submitter will not be identifiable. In this type of scenario, the report generated by the Similarity integration would only display a match to the same institution, however it would not display any further details making it difficult for an instructor to interpret the similarity report.

Where can the Feedback Studio app be added in MS Teams as an instructor?

Once installed as an option by the MS Teams administrator, the Feedback Studio app can currently only be added to the General Channel by a user with instructor-level permissions.

Can Feedback Studio assignments be copied?

Our assignment copy tool can assist with the copying of assignment set-ups to allow an instructor to reuse an assignment setup within the app in a different Team.

Is it possible to delete Turnitin assignments in the Feedback Studio app?

Deleting an assignment from the Turnitin assignment list will only remove it from view and it will still be kept within the Turnitin servers. This means that any submissions will be matchable in future Similarity Reports. The Turnitin account administrator can contact support to request the permanent deletion of an assignment.

Can submissions be permanently deleted from the Feedback Studio app?

Instructors have the option to request permanent deletion of a submission from within the assignment inbox. When this option is selected, a request is sent to the Turnitin account administrator and they are able to confirm or decline this request from their Turnitin Feedback Studio administrator dashboard. Further information can be found in the administrator paper deletion guidance.

When using the Teams assignment integration with Similarity, is it possible to have multiple Turnitin administrators, is this also possible with the Feedback Studio app?

It is only possible to have a single account administrator with all Turnitin Feedback Studio accounts.

Can an administrator set up the MS Teams Feedback Studio app for individual schools within a district / consortium MS Teams environment?

A Team must be linked to a school ID to allow deployment of the integration to an individual school. If Teams are created via a SIS, then it is worth ensuring that the correct school ID is associated at the point of Team creation. If you are sharing a Teams environment with multiple schools and are unsure what the individual school IDs are, please reach out to Teams support.

The Turnitin app will need to first be made available on the MS Teams environment by the MS Teams administrator. Once the app is available, the Turnitin account administrator will need to complete the deployment process by adding the app to one of their Teams where they will be presented with a login screen to select the Turnitin account they would like to associate with the integration. Following the deployment stage all instructors associated with that MS Teams school ID should automatically have access to add the integration to their associated Teams.

If other schools in the district will also be using the integration, they will need to complete the same deployment process for their individual schools as well.

My institution uses the beta/early access version of the integration. How do I upgrade to the new version?

As a beta or early access participant, there are a few steps that you will need to take to benefit from the new grade and assignment list syncing features. This is a one-time process and these steps will not be required for future integration updates:

  1. Search for the Turnitin Feedback Studio app in the MS Teams App Store and install as required. Please note it may take time for the new version of the Teams app to show in your tenant after installation.
  2. Test that the new version functions as expected by adding it to a Team that already has the existing beta/early access version of the app enabled. All existing assignments should appear in both the new and existing versions of the app.
  3. Once confirmed that the new app works as expected, uninstall the beta/early access version of Turnitin Feedback Studio.

Additional notes on the reinstall process:

  • The integration will still link to your existing account deployment following the reinstall and not require the Turnitin admin to log-in to select an account.
  • Instructors will need to re-add the Turnitin Tab to each of their Teams channels, however this will not impact existing content and all existing assignments will reappear following the addition of the new version of the Turnitin Tab app.
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