Canvas logo, MSU logo, and silhouettes of mountains

Navigate to the Assignments tab of your course and click on the specific assignment you would like to enable Turnitin. 

Assignment page of canvas with several assignments listed out

 

Once you've clicked onthe Assignment Name, you will be taken into the preview window. Click on the Edit button.

 Assignment Preview Window with edit button in the top right corner

 

In your Canvas assignment settings, ensure the Submission Type is set to Online with either Text Entry or File Uploads, then scroll down to the criteria under the Rich Content Editor window and locate the Plagiarism Review section. From the dropdown menu, select Turnitin Plagiarism Review.

Canavs assignment criteria page with submission type and plagarism areas in focus

Once you have selected Plagiarism Review, you will get a pop up on extra options for your assignment. Make your selections for each option. 

Turnitin portion of assignment turned on and preferences listed out for the assignment

Finally, choose how to show reports to the students. Make yourselections and then save the assignment. 

turnitin criteria within the assignment with the how students will receive the reports outlined in red