Hello BB Users,
Creating assignments is a great way to receive work from students but sometimes we would like a little bit more from it. For example, wouldn’t it be great to verify if the work submitted by students is original?
If you are not familiar with SafeAssign, it is a plagiarism prevention service. This service helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism deterrent, it also has features designed to aid in educating students about plagiarism and importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content.
How to create a Safe Assignment
1. Go to the control panel
2. Open a Content Area, such as Course Documents or Assignments, from the Control Panel.
3. Select Add “SafeAssignment” from the Action Bar and click on Go.
4. Enter the Name and the Points Possible
**Make sure it is set to be available to the students.**
5. Select Draft if you don’t want the assignment to be added to the database. Which means it can be resubmitted in the future without matching it to the draft already submitted.
6. Select “Yes” for “Student Viewable” if you want the students to see the results. If you select “No”, only the instructor will have access to the results.
7. Click on Submit
8. A new column will be added to the grade center with the Safe Assignment name.
9. To Submit it or to view results, students will have to access the folder where you created the Safe Assignment and click the “View/Complete” button.
Next tip, we will review the SafeAssignment report. Please feel free to contact me if you have any question about this tip or about anything else you need assistance with. Our Blackboard help desk number is 305-284-3949 and our email is blackboardhelp@miami.edu.
Thanks,
Rick Ramos
Blackboard Help Desk Supervisor
305-284-3949
