Moving your Turnitin Rubrics from VITAL to Canvas

Posted on: 27 April 2021 by Strategic Change Communications Team in Canvas at Liverpool

While Turnitin is already fully integrated with Canvas, some of the settings won’t automatically copy over for all of your pre-existing VITAL content. There’s no need to worry though, with a few simple steps you can export your Turnitin rubrics from VITAL into Canvas.

Follow the guidance below and you will have your 'old rubrics' set up in no time. We’ve also created a video resource which takes you through the different steps - Watch it here

Log onto VITAL
Navigate to any course that you know has a Turnitin submission link
Go to the Control Panel and click on Course Tools>Turnitin Assignments
Click on any Turnitin assignment
You should see the inbox with submissions. Click on Edit Assignment tab near the top
The settings will be displayed, click on Optional Settings to reveal the rubric settings.
Scroll further down until you get to the ’Attach a rubric’ area.
Click on Launch Rubric/Form Manager

A pop-up box will appear, which will allow you to view and manage your rubrics
Click on the list icon in the top left to start searching through your rubrics and select the one you want to use in Canvas
Once selected, click on the arrow icon in the top right-hand corner and choose Export
The rubric will download into your Downloads folder as a .rbc file type - You can’t open this to view the rubric, keep it stored for now
Go to Canvas and open a course that has your Turnitin submission link in
- To create a Turnitin link, follow this video
Click on the Turnitin submission link to bring up the assignment inbox
Look for the burger menu in the top right-hand corner, this will reveal the Settings button-click on this
Turnitin settings will now show, similar to the VITAL area. Click on Optional Settings, this will reveal more settings.
Find Attach a rubric and click on it to reveal the rubric manager, click on Launch Rubric Manager
A pop-up box will appear, looking similar to the VITAL version. Click on the arrow near the top right-hand corner and choose Import
You will be asked to upload your rubric either by drag & drop or choosing Select Files
Find your Rubric file (.rbc) in Downloads and upload
You will be notified if the upload was successful, click on the back arrow in the top left-hand corner to go back
Once back in the rubric viewer, click on the list icon in the top left.
Look down the list and your imported rubric should be visible. Select it to view, and make any edits if necessary
- Just remember to click Save in the bottom right if you make any edits
Click Close in the bottom right
You will be back in the Turnitin settings, under Attach a rubric, your imported rubric will now be displayed when you click the drop-down menu. To add it to the assignment, select the rubric and then click Submit at the bottom. It is now ready to be used to give feedback on any submitted assignments

This video will guide you through the different steps - Watch it here

Keywords: Canvas at Liverpool, Rubrics, Turnitin, Assessment.