Workshop Overview 1
What is SafeAssign? 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. Workshop Overview 1
What is SafeAssign? 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. Workshop Overview 1
Creating SafeAssignments 2
Learning Outcomes • Create a SafeAssignment • Choose SafeAssignment options • View a SafeAssignment as a student Creating SafeAssignments 2
Create a SafeAssignment • SafeAssignments can be added to any Content Area or • learning module. Creating SafeAssignments 2
Selecting SafeAssignment Options Enter a name, point value and instructions. Creating SafeAssignments 2
What Students See • When students access • a SafeAssignment, they • can: • View instructions • Enter comments • Attach a file Creating SafeAssignments 2
Hands-on Activity • Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on • activity at the end of the Creating SafeAssignments • section. Creating SafeAssignments 2
Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Learning Outcomes • Access SafeAssignment attempts • Interpret the SafeAssignment report • Grade submissions Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
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. Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
View and Grade SafeAssignments Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
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. Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Interpret the SafeAssign Report • The top portion of the SafeAssign report includes: • The overall matching percentage • A Help link Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Interpret the SafeAssign Report The next section lists the original sources that match sections of the submitted paper. Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Interpret the SafeAssign Report Within the paper’s text, matching phrases are numbered. Click a phrase to display the Source Comparison Window. Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Interpret the SafeAssign Report The overall SafeAssign score indicates the percentage of submitted paper matching existing sources. Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Hands-on Activity • Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on • activity at the end of the Viewing and Grading • Submissions section. Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
Managing SafeAssignments 4
Learning Outcomes • Access the SafeAssign tool and view all SafeAssignments in a course • UsetheSafeAssigntooltodownloadmultiplesubmissions • 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 Viewing and Grading Submissions 3
SafeAssignments Tool Page The SafeAssign tool, located in the Control Panel contains two options: • SafeAssignments • Direct Submit Managing SafeAssignments 4
SafeAssignments Tool Page Managing SafeAssignments 4
Direct Submit Direct Submit generates SafeAssign reports or papers submitted outside of a SafeAssignment. • You can also use Direct Submit to add papers to the • institutional database. Managing SafeAssignments 4
Direct Submit You can upload files to either a shared or a private folder. Shared: Viewable by other instructors with access to Direct Submit Private: Viewable only by the instructor Managing SafeAssignments 4
Hands-on Activity • Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on • activity at the end of the Managing SafeAssignments • section. Managing SafeAssignments 4
Workshop Wrap up 5
Big Picture Review You learned how to: • Create a SafeAssignment • Create SafeAssignment options • Access SafeAssignment attempts • Interpret the SafeAssign report • Grade submissions Workshop Wrap up 4
Big Picture Review You also learned how to: • 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 Workshop Wrap up 4
