Plagiarism Checker

Below is an overview of the SafeAssign tool in Blackboard.

Overview

SafeAssign is available in all Blackboard courses as a tool to teach students how to work with sources, to raise awareness of paraphrasing and quoting skills. SafeAssign compares submitted assignments against multiple sources to identify areas of overlap between the submissions and existing works.

Getting Started

Best Practices

  • Instructors have the option to enable SafeAssign for Blackboard submitted assignments and to review the Originality Report generated for each student
  • Instructors can have students submit a draft to view the Originality report for review to make changes and submit the assignment
  • Students can view the Originality Reports to learn what plagiarism is and understand how to cite sources properly

Learn More/How To's

Instructors

FAQ's

Use Cases

  • Consider SafeAssign as a teaching tool rather than a deterrent or surveillance device
  • Use SafeAssign to review assignment submissions for originality and create opportunities to help students identify how to properly attribute sources rather than paraphrase

Universal Design/Accessibility

Help, consultation, training

IT Service Center

Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Using this service

Availability

24/7/365 [*Standard outages]

Cost

University-funded: no charge.

Requirements

NDSU Blackboard account


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Doc ID:
114415
Owned by:
Sharley K. in NDSU IT Knowledge Base
Created:
2021-10-20
Updated:
2025-03-05
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