SafeAssign

SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention tool that is integrated in Blackboard, our learning management system (LMS). SafeAssign analyzes submitted work to identify overlap or matching of text with a database of existing student work, web pages, and electronic journals. SafeAssign assists students in identifying potential plagiarism and supports the student toward academic integrity and originality in order to further develop their scholarly writing skills. Faculty enables SafeAssign in Blackboard for identified assignments and both the student and faculty can review the Originality Report that is generated by the tool. Faculty and students should work together to determine next steps in identifying opportunities for improvement and areas of concern.