Canvas Plagiarism Framework and Manually-Created Courses

[nlatimer]

Hello,

We have been using the Canvas Plagiarism Framework for well over a year now with no issues. Our instance of Canvas is integrated with the PowerSchool SIS. But - the Plagiarism Framework is not available as an option with a manually-created course (using "Start a New Course") in Canvas. I am wondering if this is because manually-created courses do not have a Course ID. Courses brought over from PowerSchool are automatically assigned a SIS ID. 

Examples

English 9, a course brought in from PowerSchool:

2020 English 12 course, created manually:

The "Course Code" above is just a shortcut name for the name of the course, made up by the teacher.

I am trying to find out from either/both Turnitin and Canvas if the reason that the Plagiarism Framework is not available for a manually-created course is because the course has no Course ID. According to the Turnitin documentation, it is a requirement. See here, under "Turnitin's Use of Canvas Data:"

Setting up the framework | Canvas Plagiarism Framework 

Would anyone happen to know the answer on this or be willing to hazard a guess on whether or not I am on the right track?  If/when I get an official answers, I will be sure to update this question.

Thank you!

Nancy

[Robbie_Grant · Accepted solution]

nlatimer,

Do you know if your manually created courses are going into the same account or sub-account that you have the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework configured?  I am asking because we have a number of manually created courses and all of them have the TPF available in the Assignments area.  We have the TPF enabled at the root account level.

Robbie

[nlatimer]

 @Robbie_Grant ‌

You are brilliant! I didn't even think of that. That is exactly what the problem was. All of the manually-created courses by default go into an account called..."Manually-Created Courses". I had configured the CFP into my high school's account. Once I moved the manually-created course into that account, the option became available. Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

[Robbie_Grant]

nlatimer,

Glad I could help!

Robbie

[nlatimer]

Oh now I am seeing a glitch. It offers me the option of Plagiarism Review, but then in the dropdown box, I don't see Turnitin.

[Robbie_Grant]

nlatimer,

You might have to contact your Turnitin rep.  This is what I see in a manually created course:

The other option is to change the sub-account that your manually created course is in.  There might be an issue with adding the same TPF LTI to more than one sub-account.

Robbie

[nlatimer]

Hi  @Robbie_Grant ‌,

I am happy to say the option appeared when I looked again today!

Whoo-hoo!

FYI, I had moved the "manually-created course" into an account that already had CFP installed.

Thanks so much again for quickly helping me solve this problem!