SafeAssign Agenda
“SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard. 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 the
importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content.”
SafeAssign Outline and Agenda
A. Explain SafeAssign
a. Demonstrate the Faculty SafeAssign training course
b. Everyone who takes f2f training is enrolled in the course to access all training
materials
B. How can SafeAssign Promotes Student Learning
a. Academic Integrity Policy
b. SafeAssign Policy for Faculty – Handout
c. Add information to Class Information and Schedule
C. Turning on SafeAssign for your course
a. Tool Availability
b. Synchronize the Course
E. Submitting a SafeAssign
a. Removing all identifying student information to comply with FERPA
b. Submit a Draft
c. Submit a Final
F. Viewing a SafeAssign Report
a. Student’s view
b. Instructor’s view
i. Viewing and Grading a SafeAssignment
Wilmington University
Created 2011
D. How to Create a SafeAssign
a. Draft version
b. Final Version
c. SafeAssignments get matched against various databases
i. Internet
ii. ProQuest ABI Research Database
iii. Wilmington University Institutional Database
iv. Global Reference Database
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SafeAssign Agenda
G. Interpreting a SafeAssignment
H. DirectSubmit for Instructors
a. Course Tools – SafeAssing – DirectSubmit
b. Private Tab – default
i. Can be seen by the instructor under any course
c. Shared Tab
i. Can be only seen from within a particular course by instructor and TA.
d. Folders – create folders for order and organization
e. Submit to folder by clicking on a particular folder
f. Blue + sign used to DirectSubmit
i. Submission Opitons
1. Submit as Draft
2. Skip Plagiarism checking
ii. File upload
1. As attached file
2. As copy and paste
I.
SafeAssignment Assessment – Online Quiz to review in class
J.
Final Steps – Survey
Wilmington University Online
K. Questions and Answers
a. Student Success Center
b. FAQ’s - http://www.wilmu.edu/blackboard/toolsresources/safeassign_faq.aspx
c. Student Campaign
http://www.wilmu.edu/blackboard/toolsresources/safeassign.aspx
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