Turnitin® is a third-party tool that improves the student writing cycle by promoting originality and providing rich feedback to students. Visit Turnitin's help site to learn more on how to use it.

LTI Integration setup

Turnitin can be integrated with Learn Ultra. When Turnitin is enabled at your institution, instructors can enable Turnitin functionality when they create or edit assignments in Ultra courses.

For new Turnitin installations

If you have not previously installed the Turnitin LTI 1.3 external tool, follow these steps.

1. Access the Administrator Panel and select LTI Tool Providers .

2. Select Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool .

3. Enter in the Turnitin client ID 907b10a5-fbbe-4811-adbf-8ac3a40a2b34.

4. Ensure the Tool status is set to Approved and all User Fields to Send are selected. 

5. Ensure that both Allow grade service access and Allow Membership Service Access are selected to Yes and then select Submit.

6. A first-time registration process must be performed in the instructor workflow. This registration process is completed inside of a course. On the Course Content page in a course, open Assignment Settings for a new or existing assignment. Select Originality Report. 

7. In the Originality Report panel, turn ON Enable Turnitin (ON is denoted with a green checkmark).

8. The first time Turnitin is enabled, a Turnitin prompt opens that asks you to select your platform. Select Global.

9. A sign in prompt is displayed. Sign in with credentials that Turnitin has provided. 

First time registration sign in prompt on course page

10. Select the radio button next to your listed account. Select Submit.

11. Close Assignment Settings and open it again. Select Originality Report. You now have access to Turnitin. 

Turnitin instructor options in Assignment Settings panel displayed once first-time registration is completed.

For existing Turnitin installations

Once you have completed the steps above, or if you have previously installed Turnitin, follow these steps.

  1. Access the Administrator Panel in Learn and selectLTI Tool Providers.
  2. Check the client ID associated with your existing Turnitin Feedback Studio LTI 1.3 registration. Locate your Turnitin tool and select the downward arrow to expand the context menu. Select Edit.
  3. One of the following is displayed:
    • Global client ID: 907b10a5-fbbe-4811-adbf-8ac3a40a2b34
    • UK client ID: 39739bb5-c79e-437c-ab88-6b23b01dc095
  4.  Choose this option to Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool and re-enter the same client ID to update your existing integration. This will refresh your current registration to ensure that it has the most recent updates.

If when re-registering you see an error that says, Unable to save [client ID], check if a registration named lti.int.turnitin.com exists. 

If this registration is found within the list, delete this registration to complete the set-up of the new integration. Only delete the registration named lti.int.turnitin.com. Do not delete the registration named Turnitin Feedback Studio. 

Following the deletion of lti.int.turnitin.com registration, complete the process of re-registration again, as described above.

This is an issue for institutions with older LTI 1.3 registrations that have not been recently updated to include an additional new domain lti.int.turnitin.com. For this reason, a fake registration lti.int.turnitin.com might be created within the list of LTI Tool Providers in Blackboard Learn due to some of the recent additions to the Turnitin Feedback Studio LTI 1.3 external tool (such as the Assignment Copy tool). When using the Assignment Copy tool, Blackboard Learn would be looking to associate the assignments with the new domain that does not exist, and rather than erroring out, a fake lti.int.turnitin.com registration is automatically created.

Following the re-registration of the LTI Tool, go to Manage Placements for the registration and select Synchronize Placements to bring through the new Asset Processor placement.

Enabling the integration in Learn

To enable Turnitin integration in Learn, follow these steps.

  1. Login to Learn and access the Administrator Panel. 
  2. From the The Ultra Experience is Here module, select Configure.  
  3. Under the Available Features setting, select Asset Processor in Institution to On. Select Save once complete.  
  4. The integration should now be enabled and available for each Learn Ultra course. 

Restricting access to Turnitin’s Asset Processor Service via Institutional Hierarchy

Blackboard Learn Ultra supports the ability to restrict tools to nodes within the Institutional Hierarchy, allowing institutions to roll out access to tools to specific departments or users if required. To support this, follow these steps.

  1. After the tool is enabled and deployed (see steps above), as an administrator, access Institutional Hierarchy from the Administrator Panel.
  2. If the node does not exist, select Create Node and add a name for your node. Select Submit.  Visit the Learn help page for Institutional Hierarchy to learn more about how it works in Learn.
  3. Select the appropriate Node and the required Child Node. 
  4. Select Tools within the child node and search for Turnitin.
  5. As an administrator or node Administrator you can now change the Availability from On to Off.
  6. Selecting the Padlock icon allows the enforcement of this On or Off state for the Node. 

It is recommended to not delete these tool providers or, once they are enabled and in use, to exclude them. If an asset processor is added to an assignment, and then disabled or excluded, the change is not reflected in the user interface.

If a file doesn't process, you can learn more about the source of the issue around asset processor functionality from the BB services log. Administrators can download their logs from the Learn system.