Using Blackboard 8: Control Panel
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Using Safe Assign

Overview
Blackboard's built in plagiarism detection software, SafeAssign, allows you to check your students' papers for academic dishonesty. Below, you can find out how to create a SafeAssignment, and how to check the SafeAssign report for a submitted paper. For more information on SafeAssign, see the FSU SafeAssign User Manual (Acrobat icon 908 Kb), the FSU SafeAssign Student User Manual (Acrobat icon 764 Kb), or the SafeAssign Quick Reference Card (Acrobat icon 340 Kb).

Create a SafeAssignment using the Blackboard Control Panel:

  1. Go to the course in which you wish to add the SafeAssignment.
  2. Select Control Panel in the course menu on the left.
  3. Select the Content Area where you wish to have the SafeAssignment. Most of the time this will be under Assignments.
  4. On the right side of the menu bar, you will see a drop down menu, select to open this menu.
  5. Select SafeAssignment from the drop down.
  6. Click Go next to the drop down.
  7. Enter a name for the assignment.
  8. Provide any instructions necessary for the completion of the assignment.
  9. If you want students to be able to view and submit the assignment, make sure Available is set to Yes.
  10. If you want the students to be able to see their SafeAssign Report (which lists how much of a paper has been copied from another source) set Student Viewable to Yes.
  11. If you wish to make an announcement, fill out the fields under 2 Optional Announcement.
  12. Select Submit.
  13. Select Ok.
Check a SafeAssign Report using the Blackboard Control Panel:
  1. Go to the course to which the SafeAssignments were submitted.
  2. Select Control Panel in the course menu on the left.
  3. Under Course Tools select SafeAssign.
  4. Select Synchronize this Course. Note that SafeAssign takes some time to process papers. Therefore some papers may not have SafeAssign Reports immediately. Any time you wish to check, you should select Synchronize this Course.
  5. Select >> View under the Assignment you wish to review reports.
  6. You will see a list of all student users. The Text and File columns will give you the submission without any plagarism detection. Matching tells you how much of the assignment came up as copied. An SA Report will provide you with the SafeAssign Report. Select the check mark image.
  7. The SafeAssign report will appear in a pop-up window.

Questions? E-mail help@campus.fsu.edu or call (850) 644-8004.

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