Turnin Documentation for Course Staff

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Manage assignments

Create an assignment

Provide an unused assignment name. The assignment is created with the new status (as described in set assignment status).

Set assignment status

Status summary:

Get assignment files

Returns all the files submitted for this assignment as a zip file. Since students can submit files individually or for a homework group, there are two top-level directories: groups and students. Under these directories there are directories for each group or student, respectively. Within those directories are the files and comments directories. All submitted files are contained in the files directory, and all comments submitted by assistants are contained in the comments directory.

View Submitted Files

Allows teachers and assistants to view submitted files for a group or for an individual user.

Submit Comments for an Assignment

Allows a teacher or an assistant to upload a file for a user or a homework group to see. Can be used to give feedback to students.

Set Maximum Submitted File Size

Students will not be able to upload files larger than the specified size (default 1 MB).

Delete an Assignment

Only teachers may delete assignments. All submitted files and group data will be deleted.


Manage Class

Create Class List

To populate the class, first save the output from the CCC UNIX command "classlist" for the appropriate class. Then upload that file to Create Class List.

Manage Assignment Groups

Manage Grading Groups

Add a Student

Allows a teacher or assistant to add a user to the class by specifying his or her UNIX username.

Remove a Student

Allows a teacher or assistant to remove a student from the class.

Set Class Status

Unless the class is open, only the teacher users can interact with the class. In order for a students and assistants to interact with the class, its status needs to be set to open.

Status summary:

Reset User Password

Allows a teacher or assistant to reset a student's password. A new password will be generated and sent to the student.


Manage Account

Reset Password

Provide the current password, the new password, and verify the new password. All users using TurnIn should change their password to something they can remember upon first log in.


Manage Assignment Groups

This menu allows a teacher or an assistant to specify homework partners for an assignment. Either of the partners will be able to submit for the group as a whole (as well as for themselves individualy).

Copy Previous Assignment's Groups Configuration

Creates the same assignment groups for this assignment as the previous one. The copied configuration can be modified without affecting the previous assignment's configuration.

Create Assignment Group

Group students into teams for an assignment. Individual teams may share assignment files (including a single submission for the team).

Remove Groups

Disbands the selected groups as assignment teams. Does not remove students from the course.

Add Student to an Existing Group

Adds a student to an assignment team.

Remove Individual Student from Groups

Remove an individual student from a group, leaving the rest of the group intact.


Manage Grading Groups

This menu allows teachers or assistance to partition the class into non-overlapping sets of students for grading purposes. Teachers and assistants may Get Submitted Files for specific grading groups.

Copy Previous Assignment's Groups Configuration

Creates the same grading groups for this assignment as the previous one. The copied configuration can be modified without affecting the previous assignment's configuration.

Create a Grading Group

Select the homework groups and individual users that you wish to group together for grading.

Remove Grading Group

Ungroup the individuals.

Add Students to Existing Grading Group

Add the given students to the selected grading group. The same student may be in multiple grading groups.

Remove Students from a Grading Group

Select a group from which you wish to remove. This will take you to a new menu. Within that group, selects students that you wish to remove.


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