Turnitin is an external assessment tool with which Aula integrates via the LTI. Turnitin offers a few different types of integrations which you can see outlined here.
Educators may primarily have had experiences using the Blackboard integration version. Aula – as well as numerous other platforms – uses the LTI integration which means that things may look a little different from what some educators are used to.
Turnitin LTI vs Turnitin Blackboard
Below, you can find a table of Turnitin's features and how they compare between the LTI and different Blackboard versions such as Blackboard Direct V2.5, Blackboard Basic, and Blackboard LTI.
Settings
| Feature | Turnitin LTI | Turnitin Blackboard | |
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File type & size
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100 MB and 800 pages | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Word® (DOC and DOCX) | Yes | Yes | |
| Corel WordPerfect® | Yes | Yes | |
| HTML | Yes | Yes | |
| Adobe PostScript® | Yes | Yes | |
| Plain text (TXT) | Yes | Yes | |
| Rich Text Format (RTF) | Yes | Yes | |
| Portable Document Format (PDF) | Yes | Yes | |
| OpenOffice (ODT) | Yes | Yes | |
| Hangul (HWP) | Yes | Yes | |
| Powerpoint (PPT) | Yes | Yes | |
| Google Docs via Google Drive™ | Yes | Yes | |
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Optional LTI settings
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Allow submissions of any file type | Yes | Yes |
| Allow late submissions | Yes | Yes | |
| Enable anonymous marking | Yes | Yes | |
| Enable Translated Matching | Yes | - | |
| Enable grammar checking using ETS® e-rater® technology | Yes | - | |
| Attach a rubric | Yes | - | |
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Commenting tools
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Adding bubble comments | Yes | Yes |
| Adding inline comments | Yes | Yes | |
| Adding QuickMarks | Yes | Yes | |
| Adding Strikethrough text | Yes | Yes | |
| Text summary comments | Yes | Yes | |
| Converting bubble comments to QuickMarks | Yes | Yes | |
| Assigning criteria to bubble comments | Yes | Yes | |
| Voice comments | Yes | Yes | |
| Multiple Markers | Yes | Yes | |
| Allocated Marking | Can be enabled at Admin level. See more here. | Multiple Markers (Beta) available in Direct V2.5 and LTI versions if enabled at Admin level. | |
| PeerMark | Yes | Yes | |
| ETS® e-rater® | Yes | Yes | |
| QuickMarks | Yes | Yes | |
| Grading forms | Yes | Yes | |
Assignment Features
| Feature | Turnitin LTI | Turnitin Blackboard | |
| Uploading multiple files to one assignment |
No Only a single file may be submitted to a Turnitin assignment. |
No Only a single file may be submitted to a Turnitin assignment. |
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| Group Submission | No | Yes | |
| Digital submission receipt | Yes | Yes | |
| Plagiarism check / Similarity report | Yes | Yes | |
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Submitting on behalf of a student Note: To resubmit on behalf of a student, resubmissions must be enabled in assignment settings. |
Yes
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Yes (Available in Basic and LTI versions)
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Rubrics Scorecard types
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Standard rubric |
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| Qualitative Rubric | Allows you to create a rubric that has no numeric scoring. | Allows you to create a rubric that has no numeric scoring. | |
| Custom Rubric | Allows you to enter any value directly into the rubric cells. The maximum value for the custom rubric will be the sum of the highest value entered in each of the criteria rows. | Allows you to enter any value directly into the rubric cells. The maximum value for the Custom rubric will be the sum of the highest value entered in each of the criteria rows. | |
| Attaching a rubric scorecard to an assignment |
From the online grading toolbar, select the rubric icon to open the Rubric side panel. Click the cog icon in the Rubric/Form side panel to open the Rubric and Form Manager. Click the menu icon in the top left of the Rubric and Form Manager.
The same can be done to detach a rubric from an assignment. |
From the online grading toolbar, select the rubric icon to open the Rubric side panel. Click the cog icon in the Rubric/Form side panel to open the Rubric and Form Manager. Click the menu icon in the top left of the Rubric and Form Manager.
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More Information
More information can be found in the following Turnitin Help Centre resources: