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How to Install Approved Instructional Tools

The directions below will guide you to add approved instructional tools to your Canvas course.

 

Gradescope

You will need to first create the connection to Gradescope by following the steps below, before creating the Gradescope course.
  1. Navigate to your course
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Select the Navigation tab
  4. Locate Gradescope
  5. Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
  6. Select Save
  7. Select the Gradescope link on your side course menu to begin creating your Gradescope course

Macmillian Learning


  1. Reach out to your Macmillian representative to ask for a "deep integration"
  2. Navigate to your course
  3. Go to Settings
  4. Select the Navigation tab
  5. Locate Macmillan Learning
  6. Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
  7. Select Save

Pearson's MyLab and Mastering

  1. Navigate to your course
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Select the Navigation tab
  4. Locate MyLab and Mastering
  5. Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
  6. Select Save
  7. Select MyLab and Mastering on the course menu to begin syncing

As this is a vendors supported tool, please reach out to Pearson for further support.

Turnitin - Plagiarism Framework

 In your Canvas course, go to your Modules page (may also be your course homepage).

  1. Click the  +  button in the module where you want to place the new assignment.
  2. Click on the dropdown list on the next window and select the Assignment option.
  3. Click on the New Assignment option.
  4. Give the assignment a name
    • The name will also serve as the header of the assignment details page.
  5. Click the Add Item button.
  6. Click on the assignment's title back on the Module page.
  7. Click the Edit button.
  8. Enter assignment details, such as:
    • A description
    • Assignment's value in points
  9. Click on the Submission Type dropdown menu.
  10. Select the Online option
  11. Activate the File Uploads checkbox
    • You can choose to restrict the file types to doc, docx, and/or pdf
  12. Click on the dropdown menu in the Plagiarism Review section
  13. Select the Turnitin option
  14. Set your Turnitin options
  15. Enter assignees and due date
    • Multiple due dates can be added using the +Add option - useful for assigning to different sections, or for students who need an extension.
    • The Available from and Until options control who early and late students can submit an assignment.
  16. When done with entering the details, click either:
    • Save - if you're not ready to make visible to students, or
    • Save & Publish - if you're ready to make the assignment available to students.

Detailed step-by-step instructions: Creating a Turnitin assignment (text-based instructions).

If you are using Turnitin for your course, it is recommended that you place the following language from UC San Diego's Academic Integrity Office in your syllabus:

"Students agree that by taking this course all required papers will be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the terms of use agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site."