TurnItIn No Longer Showing Under External Tools

[CatherineLittle]

Does anyone know why TurnItIn is no longer showing under External Tools when creating or editing assignments?  It was there in December, but is no longer showing up.

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @CatherineLittle,

Turnitin is a system what a school/institution would pay for separately from Canvas.  My guess is that your school/institution administration decided not to renew their Turnitin license.  You could reach out to your school/institution Canvas team (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education areas) to confirm my suspicion.  If I'm wrong, that team should be able to investigate and fix whatever the issue might actually be.

Hope this helps point you in the right direction.

-Chris

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @CatherineLittle,

Turnitin is a system what a school/institution would pay for separately from Canvas.  My guess is that your school/institution administration decided not to renew their Turnitin license.  You could reach out to your school/institution Canvas team (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education areas) to confirm my suspicion.  If I'm wrong, that team should be able to investigate and fix whatever the issue might actually be.

Hope this helps point you in the right direction.

-Chris

[crafte · Accepted solution]

Hi @CatherineLittle check if you see it when you click on the three dots next to + Assignment on the Assignments page. If that is the case, it means your Turnitin connection was upgraded to LTI 1.3. This upgrade removes Turnitin from external tools to the menu button on the Assignments page.

[CatherineLittle]

Hi Crafte

Thanks so much for your reply.  Yes, I can see it in the 3 dots in the Add Assignment section.  Do you have a user guide on how to use it when setting up an assessment?  Also, how can TurnItIn be added to existing assignments?

Kind regards

Cath

[chriscas]

Hi @CatherineLittle,

I believe this is Turnitin's LTI 1.3 Instructor Guide for Canvas.  From what I can see there, you may have to create all new assignments with this integration type instead of being able to add a Turnitin check to existing assignments.  We integrated Turnitin a different way here so that it can be used with standard Canvas assignments, but that limits what Turnitin can do, so I'm sure your Canvas team debated the internally at your school/institution and decided this was the best route in their minds.

-Chris