Instructors: Navigating student writing

Turnitin's student writing tool provides educators with visibility into the evolution of their students’ writing process, not just the end product. It equips instructors with data and insight to help them ascertain the originality of the written work while empowering them to teach students to write with integrity. Because of its integration with Turnitin Feedback Studio, educators can provide feedback to students on assignments using familiar workflows and grading tools.

In this guide:

• Creating an Assignment
• Viewing Student Submissions

Creating an Assignment

1. To create a student writing assignment, select the Student Writing card from the Turnitin assignment types.
   
2. On the Details tab of the Create assignment modal, provide the assignment title, instructions, and date parameters.
   1. Add the Assignment title.
      1. This field corresponds to the title in the grade book and is visible to students.
   2. Add Instructions for the assignment.
      1. Instructions are visible to students before they begin the assignment.
   3. Select a Start date and Time.
      1. The start date is when students can begin working within the writing space.
      2. The Time field defaults to 12:00 am.
   4. Select a Due date. This field is required for all student writing assignments. Student submissions are submitted automatically on the due date.
      
      
      1. The Time field defaults to 11:59 pm.
   5. Add the Max points for the assignment.
3. Optional: On the Rubric tab, add any existing rubric to the assignment, or select Launch Rubric Manager to create a new rubric.
   
4. Optional: On the Integrity Report tab, select the settings for the integrity reports and insights. These settings can be edited after creating the assignment.
   
5. Once complete, select the Save Assignment button.

Your students will be able to begin, edit, revise, and submit the assignment.

Sample Student View

Viewing Student Submissions

The Writing Report provides an overview of collected insights about the student’s process.

1. Once the due date passes and all student documents have been submitted, navigate to the Student submissions page. 
2. In the Writing report column on the submission list, select the View report link to open the student’s writing report.
   
   1. Reports that need review for flagged writing patterns will include a number next to the View report link.
      
3. After selecting a submission to review, Feedback Studio will open to the Writing tab. In the Writing Report side panel, a summary of the student’s writing process is broken down.

   1. In the Summary tab of the report, there are three sections of collected insights:

      • • Pasted words
        • Active writing time
        • Amount of modification
          
   2. To investigate a specific version of the student’s document, select the View in Version link on the pasted text card.
      1. You can investigate individual versions of the student’s document by selecting a card within the Version History side panel.
      2. Once selected, the types of revision activity will appear on the document with the corresponding highlights.
   3. To return to the overview, select the Back to Writing Report link in the top-left corner.