© 2010 Blackboard Inc. All rights reserved. Blackboard Learn 9.1 SafeAssign

Workshop Overview 1

What is SafeAssign? 1 Workshop Overview SafeAssign is a valuable tool for encouraging original writing and proper citation practices within your course. SafeAssign compares your students’ work with previously submitted papers and published works from several database is and the Internet.

What is SafeAssign? 1 Workshop Overview Once a paper is submitted in SafeAssign, a report is generated that indicates the percentage of the paper that matches existing sources. The overall score can be an indicator that you need to review the paper more closely.

Creating SafeAssignments 2

Learning Outcomes Create a SafeAssignment Choose SafeAssignment options View a SafeAssignment as a student 2 Creating SafeAssignments

Create a SafeAssignment 2 Creating SafeAssignments SafeAssignments can be added to any Content Area or learning module.

Selecting SafeAssignment Options Enter a name, point value and instructions. 2 Creating SafeAssignments

What Students See 2 Creating SafeAssignments When students access a SafeAssignment, they can: View instructions Enter comments Attach a file

2 Creating SafeAssignments Hands-on Activity Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Creating SafeAssignments section.

Viewing and Grading Submissions 3

Learning Outcomes 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions Access SafeAssignment attempts Interpret the SafeAssignment report Grade submissions

View and Grade SafeAssignments You access saved SafeAssignments in the Grade Center. An exclamation mark (!) indicates an assignment is submitted and ready to be viewed and graded. 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

View and Grade SafeAssignments 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the Safe Assign Report The SafeAssign report provides extensive information to help you determine whether students are appropriately citing the works used in their papers. 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report The top portion of the SafeAssign report includes: The overall matching percentage A Help link 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report The next section lists the original sources that match sections of the submitted paper. 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report Within the paper’s text, matching phrases are numbered. Click a phrase to display the Source Comparison Window. 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Interpret the SafeAssign Report The overall SafeAssign score indicates the percentage of submitted paper matching existing sources. 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions

Hands-on Activity Viewing and Grading Submissions Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Viewing and Grading Submissions section. 3

Managing SafeAssignments 4

Learning Outcomes 3 Viewing and Grading Submissions Access the SafeAssign tool and view all SafeAssignments in a course Use the SafeAssign tool to download multiple submissions Synchronize your course to be sure that moved or copied SafeAssignments are activated with the databases Submit papers to SafeAssign that were not originally submitted as SafeAssignments

SafeAssignments Tool Page The SafeAssign tool, located in the Control Panel contains two options: SafeAssignments Direct Submit 4 Managing SafeAssignments

SafeAssignments Tool Page 4 Managing SafeAssignments

Direct Submit Direct Submit generates SafeAssign reports or papers submitted outside of a SafeAssignment. 4 Managing SafeAssignments You can also use Direct Submit to add papers to the institutional database.

Direct Submit 4 Managing SafeAssignments You can upload files to either a shared or a private folder. Private : Viewable only by the instructor Shared : Viewable by other instructors with access to Direct Submit

Hands-on Activity Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Managing SafeAssignments section. 4 Managing SafeAssignments

Workshop Wrap up 5

Big Picture Review Create a SafeAssignment Create SafeAssignment options Access SafeAssignment attempts Interpret the SafeAssign report Grade submissions 4 Workshop Wrap up You learned how to:

Big Picture Review Access the SafeAssign tool and view all SafeAssignments in the course Use the SafeAssign tool to download multiple submissions Synchronize your course Submit papers to SafeAssign that were not originally submitted as SafeAsignments You also learned how to: 4 Workshop Wrap up