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SafeAssign in Online@UT: A How-To Guide

Getting Access to the SafeAssign Reports

Student submissions and associated SafeAssign reports can be viewed from the SafeAssign link in the course control panel or via the course gradebook. In this example, we'll access the reports via the SafeAssign link in the course control panel. Follow these steps to access the SafeAssign results:

1. Select Control Panel in your course site.
   
   


2. Select the SafeAssign link located in the Course Tools area.
   
   


3. You will see a list of SafeAssignments deployed to your course.
   
   


4. Select View under the SafeAssignment for which you would like to see the SafeAssign reports.

What Does the Report Screen Tell Me?

When you access the main report screen by selecting the View link, the following columns appear for each student:

1. Text - Select this option to view the student's submission online.
2. File - Select this option to download the student submission to your computer (you can now see why file naming conventions are important).
3. Matching - The percentage listed is the percentage of the paper that matches other sources.
4. SA Report - Select this option to view the full SafeAssign report.
5. Clear Attempt - Select this option to remove the submission.

Example:

You will be able to quickly scan the Matching column to determine if further analysis of the SafeAssign Report is warranted. Here are some good guidelines to remember:

1. Scores below 15% - These papers typically include some quotes and few common phrases or blocks of text that match other sources. They typically don't require further analysis, as there is little or no evidence of possible plagiarism.
2. Scores between 15% and 40% - These papers include extensive quoted and/or paraphrased material or they may include plagiarism. They should be reviewed to determine if the matching content is properly attributed.
3. Scores over 40% - There is a high probability that text in this paper was copied from other sources. It should be reviewed for plagiarism.

SafeAssign Reports provide very detailed and comprehensive information about the matches found between the submitted paper and other sources used by SafeAssign. The report identifies all matching blocks of text, and provides a link to each source of the match. Each SafeAssign Report is divided into three sections:

• Report - Provides data about the paper, such as author, percent matching, and when (date, time) the paper was submitted. It also provides options for downloading the report, emailing the report, and for viewing a printable version of the report.
• Suspected Sources - Lists the sources that contain text that matches the text found in the submitted paper. From this view, you may select sources to exclude them from the review. This can be helpful if a source is a previous work from the same student for the same class, or if there is a reason for lengthy sections of a particular source to appear in the paper.
• Manuscript Text - Shows the submitted paper. All matching blocks of text are identified. Clicking a matching block of text displays information about the original source and the probability that the text was copied from the source.

Below is an example of a standard SafeAssign Report.