Enabling and Viewing SafeAssignment Reports

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Last updated: Apr 02, 2024 by Cyrus Diamond
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Overview

SafeAssign is a tool used in Blackboard that detects plagiarism on submitted assignments. SafeAssign produces a report and score from 0% to 100% based on the amount of material plagiarized in the submission. The report shows the source of the plagiarized information and previews a comparison between the source and the submitted work.

For Ultra Course View, refer to: How to View SafeAssignment Reports in Ultra

Enabling SafeAssign

When creating an assignment / group assignment, you will be able to select different options for using with the SafeAssign plagiarism tool. You can find these 3 options in Plagiarism Tools found under Submission Details.

Check the first box is required and will check all submissions for plagiarism with SafeAssign.

Check the second box to allow students to view the SafeAssign originality report.

Check the third box for the assignment if there will be future SafeAssign submissions of the assignment. No other submission can be matched against this draft.

  1. Click Submit

Viewing SafeAssign Reports

  1. Navigate to the Full Grade Center under Course Management in the navigation menu.

    full grade center

  2. Locate the assignment for which you used SafeAssign.

  1. Hover your cursor over the cell you wish to view and select the downward grey facing arrow. The yellow exclamation point indicates that the grade needs reconciliation.

  1. Select Attempt (date). Doing so will bring you to the page which allows you to view and grade the content, as well as view the originality report. 

  1. On the right side of the screen, select SafeAssign to expand the SafeAssign Submission page.

  2. Select View Originality Report.

    • Doing so will direct you to the SafeAssign Report, which should resemble the example below: 

       

SafeAssign Report Limitations 

Based on the initial options chosen in the SafeAssign settings, certain databases can be removed from the SafeAssign report such as Global Reference and Internet Databases, which will then only compare student work with other student work

 

For further information or assistance with HuskyCT, please contact the Educational Technology Office at edtech@uconn.edu or (860) 486-5052.

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