Turnitin does not offer a “no grade” option when creating an assignment; grades are always numerical. However, it is possible to leave grades unentered and use Turnitin’s feedback tools to provide qualitative feedback on student submissions only.
- Why Use Turnitin for Ungraded Assignments?
- What Happens After Grades Are Released?
- Which Settings Should I Use for Formative Assignments?
Why Use Turnitin for Ungraded Assignments?
If you need a similarity score (plagiarism checker) for your ungraded, formative assignment, you will need to use Turnitin.
What Happens After Grades Are Released?
When grades are released to students (on the pre-determined release date set when the assignment is created), any feedback that has been added will be visible even if no grade has been entered. In that case, the grade field will appear blank to the student. Here's how you allocate the grade and feedback.
Which Settings Should I Use for Formative Assignments?
When using Turnitin for formative assignments, it can be a good idea to activate the 'Do not store the submitted papers' setting. You can find this in 'Optional settings' in the assignment in Turnitin.
- Go to your Space and open the Assignments tile.
- Select the Turnitin assignment you want to edit. You will be taken to the Submission List page.
- Click Open in Turnitin (this will take you to Turnitin).
- Click the Settings icon.
- Open Optional Settings.
- Under Submission settings, select Do not store the submitted papers.
- Click Submit at the bottom of the page to save your changes.