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What is SafeAssign?

You may notice that some of your Professors require you to submit your assignment through SafeAssign in Blackboard, but what is SafeAssign?

SafeAssign is a plagiarism checker. It will compare your assignment with other assignments to see if there are any areas of overlap between what was submitted and existing works. Click on the SafeAssign link below to find out more about how this works.

Assignments Using SafeAssign
Instructors can use the SafeAssign service to check submitted assignments for plagiarism potential, SafeAssign compares your submitted assignments against a set of academic papers to identify areas of overlap between the submitted assignment and existing works.

How to Submit A SafeAssignment

Need help on how to submit your assignment through SafeAssign? Click on the links below!

Submit SafeAssignments
This informative hand out walks you through how to submit your assignment through SafeAssign in Blackboard.
How to Submit an Assignment in Blackboard (Video)
Assignments are created by your instructor. they can be used for simply submitting homework. Assignments can also be used to participate in a back-and-forth review process of projects and papers. This tutorial shows you how to access assignments, download and edit an assignment file, and upload it to back to Blackboard.