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SafeAssign tutorial

The way to nip academic theft in

the bud

Tutorial facilitated by:

N. Dlodlo

[email protected]

What is safeAssign?• Blackboard tool that deters plagiarism

• Educates users on the value of academic honesty

• Fosters the importance of original writing

• Encourages proper citations in academic work

• Generates an originality report that indicates the percentage of the paper that matches existing sources

Prepared by Khosi Dlodlo for SafeAssign Tutorial

What can SafeAssign do?

Compares students’ work with previously submitted papers and published works from several databases including:

•Internet

•ProQuest ABI and other academic journal databases

•Institutional repositories

•Global databases (upon request)


LO: Create a SafeAssignment





Selecting safeAssignment options


Selecting safeAssignment options




Viewing a safeAssignment






Interpret a SafeAssignment report




REMINDERWhere do you go if you want to?

QUESTION• Create a safeAssignment• Submit an assignment to the

safeAssignment feature (as a student)• Grade a safeAssignment• View a safeAssignment submission• Clear an attempt• View the full originality report• View submission text• View the percentage of the

paper/assignment that matches other sources in a list

• Obtain a report on a paper outside of a safeAssignment

• Upload previous assignments to the institutional database

ANSWER• Content area/ Course materials• SafeAssignment

• Grade Centre• Grade centre• Grade centre• Grade centre • Grade centre or SafeAssignment• Grade centre or SafeAssignment

• SafeAssignment (Direct submit tab)

• Direct submit (create folder)Prepared by Khosi Dlodlo for SafeAssign Tutorial

READINGS

• https://www.safeAssign.com/displays/SAFE/Home• https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/icit/trc/workshops/index.shmtl.


https://www.safeassign.com/displays/SAFE/Home

https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/icit/trc/workshops/index.shmtl

Thank you


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