I. Advantages and Disadvantages

A. Versus email attachments 1. Advantages

Posting: No problem with returned email or student inability to read attachment. Receiving: Assignments do not clutter instructor's mailbox. Receiving: Submissions box makes it easy to identify missing papers. Receiving: There is only a very small danger of accidental deletion.

2. Disadvantages Instructor may need to reset assignment settings to accept late papers. Instructor may need to check back for assignments submitted after due date.

B. Versus paper 1. Advantages

Posting: Students cannot lose the assignment sheet. Posting: Instructor can easily update the assignment sheet if necessary. Receiving: Electronic submissions have a time stamp. Receiving: Instructor can easily submit entire paper to Turnitin.com.

2. Disadvantages Instructor must have program used to create the student's file (with Word as a standard, this requirement is not a large problem at The Citadel). Instructor must read paper online or use own paper to print student files. Instructor must use Word's track changes feature or Adobe Acrobat to mark the paper in electronic form if he or she does not print it out.

II. Adding assignments and reviewing student submissions. In "Designer View" the instructor sees this list of assignments he or she has created. To add an assignment, the instructor should select Add and click the Go button.

Assignment List Screen Once WebCT has added the assignment, the instructor should click on the new assignment in the assignments list. The Edit Assignment Options box will appear, allowing the instructor to choose Edit assignment settings or Import File. Clicking Edit assignment settings will bring up the Assignment Settings screen. On this screen, the instructor can change the assignment title,

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enter instructions, set a maximum grade, and specify when the assignment will be available to students.

Assignment Settings Screen Students who click on an assignment will see an assignment screen with instructions, due date, and maximum grade for the assignment. Through this screen students can view any attached file associated with the assignment and submit their papers when they have completed the assignment.

Student Assignment Screen

The instructor can view student submissions by clicking on Submissions next to a particular assignment on the Assignment List Screen in "Designer View." The Submissions screen clearly indicates when the student submitted the file.

Assignment Submissions Screen Clicking on Not Graded in the Status column of a particular student brings up the Grade Assignment Screen, from which the instructor can view or download the student's file and enter comments and a grade.

III. Submitting student files to Turnitin.com. To login to Turnitin.com, an instructor should ask the department chairman to add him or her to the department's Turnitin.com account. The chairman will issue a password to the instructor. The instructor can then go to www.turnitin,com and login through the login screen.

Login Screen Before an instructor can upload student files for testing, he or she must set up a class and an assignment. To create a class, the instructor should click on Add Class on his or her Individual Class List Screen.

Individual Class List Screen

The new class confirmation screen will appear:

Clicking on the name of a class on the Individual Class List Screen will bring up the Class Screen for that class. From this screen the instructor can create an assignment and submit files for testing under that assignment name. Turnitin will only accept files submitted for an assignment; an instructor cannot submit a file without creating an assignment for it first.

Class Screen Clicking on the Submit button on the Class Screen will call up the Submission Screen, which allows the instructor to submit a student file for testing.

Submissions Screen When the file has been submitted, the instructor receives a digital receipt.

Digital Receipt

Click here to create a new assignment.

Click here to submit a file.

Going to the Report Inbox and clicking on an individual file brings up a report on that file.

Originality Report It is also possible to view a direct source comparison.