Using D2L with Turnitin’s Asset Processor

This guide helps instructors use Turnitin’s Asset Processor within D2L Brightspace.

In this guide:

• Create the assignment in Brightspace
• Attach the Asset Processor to a D2L Assignment
• Turnitin report settings
• View report locations

Create the assignment in Brightspace

1. In Brightspace, create a new course assignment
2. Set any additional Brightspace assignment options you need:
   1. Due Date, Start Date and End Date
   2. Assignment Type (Group Assignments coming soon!)
   3. Submission Type
      1. File submission
      2. File or text submission
      3. Text submission
   4. Files Allowed Per Submission
   5. Allowable File Extensions
      1. If a Turnitin report is required, select: Compatible with Turnitin
   6. Anonymous Marking (anonymises the Turnitin report view)
   7. Select other Brightspace Evaluation & Feedback settings as required

Attach the Asset Processor to a D2L Assignment

Add the Asset Processor as an external tool in your assignment setup.

3. In D2L, open the course assignment and select Evaluation & Feedback.
4. Under Add External Tool, select Turnitin Asset Processor.
5. Configure the Turnitin report settings as detailed below.
6. Save and return to the assignment setup page.

Turnitin report settings

Configure Turnitin settings as needed:

1. Choose whether to store submissions
2. Select which sources submissions are compared against
3. Enable any exclusions, such as:
   1. Bibliographic materials
   2. Quoted material
   3. Small matches
4. Select Allow students to view report after submitting, if you want students to see their results.

5. Save to confirm and close.

View report locations

After students submit, instructors can access reports in multiple locations:

• Assignments > Users and Submissions
• The Submission Details page (via Consistent Evaluation)

Each submission displays a Turnitin report icon linked to the Similarity and AI Writing report.

Currently in the Assignments > Folder Submissions view all Turnitin reports will be listed with a description of Highest, which is due to a priority code requirement of the integration. Turnitin reports do not currently have a priority code, however numerical scores and colors are displayed for each report when viewed.

Learn more

For detailed D2L setup guidance, visit D2L’s Asset Processor documentation