Author: Jessica

Turnitin Draft Coach

February 12, 2024

What is Turnitin Draft Coach and how is it used?

This video provides students with an overview of Turnitin’s Microsoft Add-on, Draft Coach. Students will discover how Draft Coach can support their learning, strategies for using Draft Coach while writing, and how Draft Coach and Turnitin solutions can work together. 

Using Turnitin Draft Coach

Upload a video to Canvas

You can upload a video using the Rich Content Editor (RCE) to an Announcement, Assignment, Discussion, Page, Quiz, or Syllabus.
  
Supported formats include MP4, MPG, MOV, MPEG, MP3, WAV, WMV, etc. For additional formats, please see the Canvas Community article here.
 
The maximum size for each file uploaded to Canvas is 500 MB. The maximum course storage limit is 524.3 MB. You can upload as many files as you wish, as long as each is under 500 MB. (If your file is larger, please upload it to Online Learning here. Then email Teams@ciis.edu to tell us where to post it).
 
Video files will not count against your course storage limit when uploaded using the instructions below. However, videos uploaded via the Files tab will.
 
Media that is uploaded using the instructions below are saved in the Uploaded Media folder in your course or group Files tab.

The following article is intended mainly for instructors uploading a media file to Canvas.

If you are a student wishing to submit a media recording to Canvas, please see the following articles:
·         Submit media to an Assignment in Canvas
·         Upload media to a Discussion post in Canvas

  1. Videos can be uploaded to Announcements, Pages, Quizzes, and the Syllabus page. Go to the Canvas item where you’d like to insert the video. 

      • Announcements 

    If you are adding media to an Announcement, start by clicking the blue +Announcement button:Button that says + Announcement

      • Pages

If you are adding media to a Page, start by clicking the Edit button:Button that says Edit with a pencil.

      • Quizzes

If you are adding media to a Quiz, start by clicking the Edit button:Button that says Edit with a pencil.

          1. To add the media to a question, click the Questions tab:Two tabs, called Details and Questions. The Questions tab which is at the right is highlighted.
            1. Then click the +New Question button:
              Button that says +New Question
          2. To add the media to the quiz prompt, continue reading step 2 below. 

      • Syllabus

If you are adding media to the Syllabus, start by clicking the Edit button:Button that says Edit with a pencil.

  1. In the Rich Content Editor, click on the Record/Upload Media button itself (not the arrow next to it):Rectangle containing a triangle alongside a music note.It is generally near the middle of the second row of the menubar. If you do not see it immediately, first expand the menubar by selecting the More button which looks like 3 stacked dots:

The Rich Content Editor menubar. An icon is highlighted that looks like a rectangle containing a triangle and a music note. At the far right of the menubar an icon is highlighted of 3 stacked dots.

  1. Drag the video file into the area that says Drag a file here.
  2. Click Submit. 
  3. On the Canvas item, click Save. 

Please note:

        1. Assignments, Discussions, Pages, and Quizzes may instead display a Save & Publish button.
        2. The Syllabus may instead display an Update Syllabus button.
  1. You will see the media on your Canvas item.

Upload an Assignment in Canvas

  1. Save your file as a Word doc on your computer (or whatever file type the instructor may have specified). Do not save it to the cloud only—it must be saved locally in order to upload it. 
  2. Log in to the course. 
  3. Find the Assignment (depending on how your instructor set up the course, click on the Assignments tab or the Modules tab). 
  4. Click on the title of the Assignment you wish to submit, e.g. Reflection paper.  Make sure the icon looks like a piece of paper with a pencil: Paper and pencil icon
  5. A new page will load. 
  6. Click on the Submit Assignment button in the upper right corner. Submit Assignment button
  7. A File Upload tab will appear: File upload tab contains choose file button, add another file option, option to click here to find a file you've already uploaded, comments field, cancel button, and submit assignment button.
  8. Click Choose File and navigate to the file that is saved on your computer.
  9. (Optional) Add a comment in the Comments field.
  10. Click Submit Assignment.
  11. You know it was successfully submitted when you see button that says Re-submit Assignment, as well as the following confirmation on the right side of your screen: Submission confirmation contains check mark, date, and time stamp when submitted successfully.

Upload an image to Canvas

You can add an image from your computer, Unsplash.com (a photography platform), or an image file online.

Also, you can add an image that you had previously uploaded to Canvas (to the Course Files or My Files folders).

You can either embed the image within the Canvas item (so the image appears within the page) or you can provide a link for users to click so they can view the image.

Use the Menubar or the Toolbar

To use the Menubar, click Insert > Image > Upload Image:

Upload image by selecting insert in tool bar, then image, then upload image.
Alternatively, to use the Toolbar click the Image icon (not the arrow next to it):Image icon (image of a mountain). To view the image icon, you may have to click the Options icon:icon of 3 stacked dots

Upload an image

From your computer

Drag the image file from your computer to where it says Upload image (or click to browse your computer) > click Submit:Drag and drop image or click to browse computer, then select submit to upload an image.

From Unsplash.com

  1. Select the Unsplash tab.
  2. Type a search term.
  3. Type a short description in the Alt text field for those who aren’t viewing the image (or checkmark Decorative image if the image does not enhance the meaning of your written content).
  4. Select Embed image to have the image display within the Canvas item, or Display text link if you wish to only provide a link instead of the image itself.
  5. Click Submit.

From a URL

  1. Select the URL tab.
  2. Type the URL in the File URL field. It will usually end in .jpg or .png.
  3. Type a short description in the Alt Text field for those who aren’t looking at the image (or checkmark Decorative image if the image does not enhance the meaning of your written content).
  4. Select Embed image to have the image display within the Canvas item, or Display Text Link if you wish to only provide a link instead of the image itself.
  5. Click Submit.

Add an image that you previously uploaded

If you had previously uploaded an image to Canvas (either to the Course files or your own folder) you can add the image elsewhere. For instance, if you had previously uploaded a profile photo to My Files, you can add the image to a Discussion post.

From the course’s Files tab

  1. Click the arrow next to the image icon:Downward arrow next to image icon.Then select Course images.
  2. In the Add tray that opens to the right, you can filter by:
    • Course Files, User Files, or Links
    • Type of file (images, documents, media, all)
    • Date added or Alphabetical

You can also search by file name or select the image you wish to use.Add image by searching for image title or selecting image thumbnail.

  1. After selecting the image, click the X at the top right to close the Add tray.

From User Files

  1. Click the arrow next to the image icon:Downward arrow next to image icon.Then select User Files. (Elsewhere in Canvas this folder is called My Files.)
  2. In the Add tray that opens to the right, you can filter by:
    • Course Files, User Files, or Links
    • Type of file (images, documents, media, all)
    • Date added or Alphabetical

You can also search by file name or select the image you wish to use.Add image by searching for image title or selecting image thumbnail.

  1. After selecting the image, click the X at the top right to close the Add tray.

Save the Canvas item

Be sure to save the Canvas item itself. At the bottom right, select Post reply/Save/Update question, depending on the type of item you are in. (It may differ slightly depending on whether you are saving a Discussion post, Page, Quiz, etc.)