Moodle LTI 1.3 quickstart guide

In this guide:

• Create an assignment
• Edit an assignment
• Managing a Turnitin assignment in Moodle
  • Turnitin assignments
  • Similarity Reports, AI writing, and other academic integrity tools
  • Grading and feedback tools

Turnitin has a variety of assignments and tools that can be accessed in Moodle using the LTI 1.3 integration. This quickstart guide can help you navigate using Turnitin in your Moodle environment.

Create a Turnitin assignment in Moodle 

To create an assignment or access other Turnitin tools:

1. Navigate to the course you would like to add Turnitin to, and select Edit mode.
2. Select Add an activity or resource.
   
3. Depending on how your administrator has configured the integration, Turnitin will either be listed as an activity or will be available as an external tool. 
   
   • If Turnitin is listed as an activity - select Select content. By selecting this, you are enabling deep linking for the assignment in your course.
     
   • If Turnitin is not listed as an activity, select External Tool. - select Turnitin from the Pre-Configured tool dropdown, then select Select content. By selecting this, you are enabling deep linking for the assignment in your course.
     

A modal will appear allowing you to select an assignment or other Turnitin tools. The assignments available to you will depend on your institution’s license.

For further guidance on how to create an assignment:

• (New) Creating a Standard Assignment 
• (Classic) Creating a Standard Assignment 
• Creating a Student Writing Assignment
• Creating a Handwritten Assignment 
• Copying an assignment (Currently for Standard Assignments only)

Editing a Turnitin assignment in Moodle

Some assignment settings can only be edited within the Turnitin assignment, while other assignment settings can only be edited in the Moodle course’s assignment list. 

Use the reference tables below to learn more about where each setting should be edited. Any unlisted settings can be edited within the Turnitin assignment settings.

New Standard Assignments

Classic Standard Assignments

1. To edit the assignment name, select the pencil icon beside the assignment name.
   
2. To edit all other settings, select the assignment name.

3. Select the gear icon at the top right of the screen. All other assignment settings can be changed in this interface (assignment name is grayed out).

   Do not edit settings for existing assignments from the Select Content space. Any edits made here will not be applied to the assignment.

Managing a Turnitin assignment in Moodle

Turnitin assignments

The following links include guidance on how to create and manage Turnitin assignments. 

• General assignment guidance - includes submission deletion workflows and file requirements
• Classic Standard Assignment 
  • PeerMark
• New Standard Assignment
• Student Writing Assignment
• Handwritten Assignment

Similarity Reports, AI writing, and other academic integrity tools

• Similarity Reports
• AI writing (Originality licenses only)
• Writing Report (Turnitin Clarity add-on only)

Grading and feedback tools

• Grading for the Classic Standard Assignment
• Grading for the New Standard Assignment
• Grading Handwritten Assignments 
• Grading PeerMark

Hide grades in Moodle (optional)

To hide a grade item in the Moodle gradebook:

1. Open the course Grades. 
2. From the dropdown, select Gradebook setup. 
3. In the Actions column for the assignment, select Edit, then select Edit grade item. 
4. Select Show more. 
5. Under visibility settings, choose one option: 
   • Select Hidden to hide the grade until you manually show it. 
   • Use Hidden until to hide the grade until a specific date. 
6. Select Save changes.