Q SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard. • Helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. • Features designed to aid in educating students about plagiarism and importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content. • Accepted file types are: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, .txt Click this link to view or print step-by-step instructions with pictures. The Blackboard Assignment tool is another way for students to securely submit work to instructors. • Allows any type of file to be submitted. • Allows multiple attachments. Click this link to view or print step-by-step instructions with pictures. Turnitin improves the student writing cycle by preventing plagiarism and providing rich feedback to students. • The Originality Check ensures original work by checking submitted papers against 20+ billion web pages, 220+ million student papers and leading library databases and publications. • Accepted file types are: MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF and plain text. Click this link to view or print step-by-step instructions with pictures. Assessments are automatically graded, (with the exception of essay questions), and scores are logged into the online Grade Center. Instructors can use the Assessment features to • Test student knowledge • Measure student progress • Gather information from students Click this link to view or print step-by-step instructions with pictures. Discussion Boards allow members of the class to communicate with one another while not requiring all members to be online at the same time. • Discussions are logged and organized • Conversations are grouped into threads that contain a main question and all related replies • Generally your instructor will create a forum on a specific topic. You will access the topic by clicking on the forum, reading the posts, and posting your reply and comments to other students. Click the links below to view or print step-by-step instructions with pictures. How do I respond to a Discussion Board Question? How do I post my comment to a Discussion Board Response? Blogs allow members of the class to communicate with one another while not requiring all members to be online at the same time. • Blogs are logged and organized • The topic will be provided in the assignment instructions, but the student has the ability to direct the discussion. You will access the other student's topics by clicking on the forum, reading the posts, and posting your reply and comments.