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  • Supported by Open Options for Integrations.
  • Plug-in developed by iParadigms in cooperation with ANGEL (which merged with Blackboard in 2009).
  • Allows access to all Turnitin services (OriginalityCheck, GradeMark and PeerMark) without having to leave the ANGEL environment or log into Turnitin directly.
  • Turnitin services are displayed in their own browser frame, using the standard Turnitin user interface.


Versions & Release Notes

ANGEL 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0
Tii 1.0.6

  1. Fixed an issue where different character were not allowed in the assignment titlte
  2. Fixed a problem with creating Turnitin Dropboxes that did not have any point value set and did not create a corresponding column in the ANGEL Gradebook, and how that works with support for ANGEL Course Copy of Turnitin Dropboxes.
  3. Fixed a problem with being able to access the administrator statistics view.
  4. For the "Unsupported method" for copying a Turnitin Dropbox: This method will actually successfully copy the Turnitin Dropbox, but if it was a Turnitin Dropbox that did have a point total assigned to it and a corresponding Gradebook column, that column will not be copied for the new Turnitin Dropbox, and if you try to grade submissions to the new Turnitin Dropbox from the Turnitin screens (e.g. the GradeMark view, or the "original paper" view), those grades will not be reflected in the ANGEL Gradebook.
  5. Fixed an issue where API calls would fail for Angel 7.4 and would display error code 118.


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FAQs

If the answer to your ANGEL question is not found here or if you have a more technical question, please view the manuals above or contact the helpdesk.

Can I copy Turnitin Dropboxes in ANGEL?

Yes. There are 4 known methods to "copy" a Turnitin Dropbox, only 3 of which will actually work. Supported methods:

Method 1:
  1. sign into ANGEL.
  2. Enter the course that needs content loaded into it.
  3. Click on Management.
  4. Click on Import Wizard.
  5. Click on Copy Course.
  6. Select the course to copy from.
  7. Click the Import button.
Method 2:
  1. sign into ANGEL.
  2. Enter the course that needs content loaded into it.
  3. Click on Management.
  4. Click on Import Wizard.
  5. Click on Content Package.
  6. Select the archive file from a exported course to copy from.
  7. Click the Upload File button.
  8. Be sure that if you are copying any content that includes Turnitin Dropboxes, you copy the corresponding Gradebook information as well
Method 3:
  1. sign into ANGEL.
  2. Enter the course that needs content loaded into it.
  3. Click on Management.
  4. Click on Import Wizard.
  5. Click on Master Course.
  6. Select the master course and enter the Master Course PIN
  7. Click the Import button.
Unsupported method (will not work):
  1. sign into ANGEL.
  2. Enter the course that needs content loaded into it.
  3. Click on Lessons.
  4. Click on Add Content.
  5. Click on Copy Items.
  6. Select the item to copy.

These methods will only work with Turnitin Dropboxes that have been created with this version of the integration or later. In order to work with Turnitin Dropboxes prior to this version, you will need to run a SQL update query in the administrator console:

update lsn_objects set attributes = entry_id from lsn_entries where lsn_objects.object_id = lsn_entries.entry_id and object_type = 'TURNITIN_DROPBOX'

You can verify that the update was successful if there are values in the ATTRIBUTES column for the LSN_OBJECTS table. You can view that by running this query and looking at the ATTRIBUTES column:

select * from lsn_objects where Object_Type = 'TURNITIN_DROPBOX'

When successfully completed, you only want to run this update once at the installation of this new version and before you try and copy any Turnitin Dropboxes. If you run it after you have copied Turnitin Dropboxes, those Turnitin Dropboxes will likely not work.

Why do all the students (and their submissions if any have been made) disappear from the inbox view after I hit the "Roster Sync" link?

It looks like the problem is that in the roster for the course, the students have the "Title" field blank. Our Roster Sync looks for the "TItle" to determine if the user is a student or not to see whether or not we are going to drop them or keep them in the class.

Please have them change the "Title" for the users who are students in the course to "Students" and then run the roster sync again. This should bring back all the students (and their submissions if any had been made).

The problem can also be caused by strange entries in the roster. We have found some courses where the roster sync has not work where in the roster for that course, there is some entry that is missing a first name, last name, username or a combination of those values. If those entries can be corrected or deleted, that would help the roster sync complete.

Why am I receiving a 430 error when I try to create or update an assignment?

  1. Make sure there is a user with username tii_account_user_ (if your account ID is 12345 then the username is tii_account_user_12345) that is a System Admin role in the Angel system with the password being the shared secret key set up in Turnitin.
  2. Make sure the webservices URL is correct as specified in the admin manual.
  3. If there is an environment variable called "API_USER" make sure the tii_account_user_ user is included in API_USER.
  4. If there is an environment variable called "API_ACCESS" make sure the value "SESSION_START" is included in the list.

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