Safeassign Software

Blackboard SafeAssign ToolSafeAssign (SA) is the plagiarism detection software that is built into BlackboardLearn. It can be used as a deterrent to discourage plagiarism, and as an educationaltool to teach students good citation practices. SafeAssign compares submitted assignmentsagainst a set of sources to identify unoriginal content in papers, and produces anOriginality Report.

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Safeassign Software

These sources include:. Internet. ProQuest ABI/Inform database.

Institutional database. Global Reference DatabaseThe SA Originality Report identifies how much of the work has been copied from othersources. This is not an exact science. Therefore, faculty and students should useSafeAssign as a guide or a tool to make informed decisions by investigating each matchto ensure that text is properly attributed.A SafeAssign assignment looks like a regular assignment in Blackboard with a few exceptions.There is a section for Plagiarism Tools, which allows the instructor to setup theassignment as a SafeAssign assignment, and a report on the originality of the contentis produced.

What is SafeAssign?SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard. Thisservice helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal contentin student papers.