Blackboard SafeAssign

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What is SafeAssign?

SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard. This service helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism deterrent, it also has features designed to aid in educating students about plagiarism and the importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content.

SafeAssign is centrally hosted by Blackboard.

For more information, see:

SafeAssign On-Demand video (Blackboard 3 minutes)
SafeAssign for Instructors
SafeAssign for Students
Creating SafeAssignments

Copying or Moving SafeAssignments to another course

Why doesn't my SafeAssignment work after a course copy?
After performing a course copy or moving an individual SafeAssignment to another course, instructors must sometimes perform an additional step to activate the SafeAssignment in the new course.

In the Control Panel, select Course Tools.
Click SafeAssign.
On the SafeAssign screen, click SafeAssignments.
On the SafeAssignments screen, click the Synchronize this Course button on the far right. This will establish the link between the SafeAssignment and the Central SafeAssign server
You will see a notice, "Please wait. This course is being synchronized with SafeAssign. The page will load as soon as the synchronization is over."
You will be brought back to the SafeAssignments screen.

The synchronize function deals with breaks in communication or has been copied. Don't be afraid to to periodically click the Synch button if any course level issues arise. By synchronizing, you can ensure the correct associations exist between the course and the SafeAssign central database.