Blackboard: Upgrading from Turnitin's LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3

Move to Turnitin's LTI 1.3 integration with Blackboard with confidence

Welcome to your central resource for upgrading from Turnitin's LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 in Blackboard. This page will guide you through every aspect of the upgrade process. 

We suggest utilizing this page as a starting point, but should you have any questions, feel free to raise them on the Blackboard discussion board.

Advantages of upgrading to Turnitin's LTI 1.3 integration with Blackboard

If you're currently using Turnitin's LTI 1.1 within the Blackboard environment, this upgrade offers enhanced security measures and useful features like roster syncing, simplified assignment creation, and improved grade pass back services.

Delivering innovation: The road to LTI 1.3

(Webinar: March 11, 2025)

Ideal for educators, instructors, and LMS administrators, this session provides an overview of the new Turnitin Feedback Studio enhancements and resources to support your transition to Turnitin’s LTI 1.3.

Watch the webinar here.

The next generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio

Available exclusively in LTI 1.3 integrations and the Turnitin website

Turnitin Feedback Studio has been reimagined to meet modern education needs. With a focus on innovation and accessible design, it establishes a new foundation for delivering customer-driven enhancements.

What's new?

• User-friendly, accessible design: Featuring a new intuitive interface, streamlined layout, and in-app guidance, the new report offers an enhanced and inclusive user experience, with a goal of achieving full WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 AA compliance by the end of the year.
• Reimagined for clarity and focus: New match categories make the Similarity Report easier to understand and pinpoint problems in student submissions, saving educators time and effort in interpreting results.
• Enhanced efficiency for more meaningful feedback: Feedback Studio's revamped feedback and grading experience streamlines the assessment process, giving educators more time to deliver timely, actionable feedback that boosts student engagement and accelerates their learning.
• Flexible assessment to meet diverse needs: Discover new flexible grading options that empower educators to deliver feedback that accommodates a range of pedagogical styles and supports diverse student needs.
• A new foundation for innovation: Modernized technology lays the groundwork for faster delivery of value-add functionality and new product add-ons, enabling quicker response to evolving customer and market needs.

Learn more about the next generation of Feedback Studio.

Tap into the new, improved LTI 1.3 experience

This web-based “self-guided tour” lets you navigate through the updated workflows and key improvements from the LTI 1.3 Blackboard environment. The experience is consistent whether you access Turnitin’s Feedback Studio natively, via Turnitin.com, or through any other LTI 1.3 integration.

Take a self-guided tour.

Upgrading timelines

To ensure you have access to the latest features and enhancements within Turnitin Feedback Studio, we recommend considering an upgrade to LTI 1.3 at your earliest convenience.

Blackboard will continue to support LTI 1.1 for other tools for the foreseeable future. In addition, Turnitin will continue to support our V2 and LTI 1.3 integrations with Blackboard.

Enroll in workshops: Product enhancements and technical deep dives

Resources

Explore the resources below explaining all the steps in the transition process:

• Upgrading your Feedback Studio Blackboard integration from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3
• Blackboard LTI 1.3 quickstart guide
• LMS course copy recommendations for Feedback Studio in Blackboard LTI 1.3
• Viewing specific Groups in Feedback Studio using Blackboard LTI 1.3

• Grading with Blackboard LTI 1.3