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SafeAssign Assignments for Students
Submitting the SafeAssign Assignment
Note: You may be unable to submit a SafeAssign assignment when using the Firefox browser. If you
are using Firefox, follow these steps before submitting the assignment:
1. In the Firefox browser, go to Tools Options and then click on the Privacy tab.
2. If unchecked, check the “Accept Third Party Cookies” box.
3. Follow steps 1-6 (below) to submit the assignment.
To submit a SafeAssign Assignment:
1. Navigate to content area that contains your SafeAssign assignment.
2. Click on the View/Complete link to
view the instructions for the
assignment, to include any comments
for the instructor, and to attach your
work.
Note the View/Complete link as
shown in the sample assignment
screenshot to the right.
3. On the Upload SafeAssignment page, you are able to review the assignment information and
instructions.
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4. In the Your Files section, you may include any applicable comments for your instructor as well
as browse to attach the file you wish to submit. Be sure to note the acceptable file types as
indicated below.
5. In the Global Reference Database section, you may opt in to allow your paper to be checked
against papers contained in other institution’s SafeAssign database. You do not have to agree
to this statement in order to submit your paper.
6. Click Submit to submit to send the file to the instructor.
Note: You may be unable to submit a SafeAssign Assignment when using the Firefox browser. If you
receive a popup error after attaching the file or if you are notified of a red "instance not found"
error, follow these steps:
1. In the Firefox browser, go to Tools Options and then click on the Privacy tab.
2. Check the “Accept Third Party Cookies” box.
3. Follow steps 1-6 to resubmit the assignment.
A Draft option is available for instructors to allow you to submit your paper for plagiarism detection
without submitting it to the institutional database. This can be useful if the instructor desires to
teach you how to attribute your paper properly. If the instructor wishes for you to submit a rough
draft of a paper as well as a final version, you will have to upload the rough draft and the final draft
to two different SafeAssign assignments. Your instructor should provide additional directions if
he/she plans to use the draft option.
Viewing the SafeAssign Assignment
To view your submitted work and to see if the assignment has been reviewed, navigate to the
assignment and click on the View/Complete link.
See page three for Interpreting the SafeAssign Originality Report.
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Interpreting the SafeAssign Originality Report
Your instructor may enable your ability to review the SafeAssign Originality Report. Please review
this detailed, annotated Sample Report provided by SafeAssign by Blackboard.
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Sentence matching scores are the percentage probability that two sentences have the same
meaning. This number can also be interpreted as the reciprocal to the probability that these two
sentences are similar by chance. For example, a score of 90 percent means that there is a 90 percent
probability that these two sentences are the same and a 10 percent probability that they are similar
by chance and not because the submitted paper includes content from the existing source (whether
or not it is appropriately attributed).
Overall score is an indicator of what percentage of the submitted paper matches existing sources.
This score is a warning indicator only and papers should be reviewed to see if the matches are
properly attributed.
• Scores below 15 percent: These papers typical include some quotes and few common phrases or
blocks of text that match other documents. Even these papers should have further analysis, as
there is still a possibility of plagiarism.
• Scores between 15 percent and 40 percent: These papers include extensive quoted or
paraphrased material or they may include plagiarism. These papers should be reviewed to
determine if the matching content is properly attributed.
• Scores over 40 percent: There is a very high probability that text in this paper was copied from
other sources. These papers include quoted or paraphrased text in excess and should be reviewed
for plagiarism.
This section of the training document has been modified from its original format found at
SafeAssign Wiki http://wiki.safeassign.com/display/SAFE/Interpret+Reports
Original documentation created by Misty Cobb, Instructional Design Specialist, Jacksonville
State University