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LTI 1.1 support for Turnitin integrations to be deprecated
In 2019, 1EdTech announced that its LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage specifications, which provide additional functionality and security, would replace the LTI 1.1 specification.
Support for Turnitin integrations using LTI 1.1 will be phased out according to the following schedule:
- June 30, 2026: Turnitin ends support for LTI 1.1 integration with Buzz.
- December 31, 2026: Turnitin entirely deprecates LTI 1.1 integrations with Buzz.
Related articles
- How do I create activities with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI 1.1 and 1.3)? (Teachers)
- How do I migrate from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 for Turnitin integrations? (Admins)
Additional resources from Turnitin:
This article covers how course authors can link to individual LTI activities within a course:
Create Turnitin LTI 1.3 activities
If you have configured Turnitin in your domain, you can create LTI links in a course using the Add activity screen.
- Select the External tools filter in the Add activity screen.
- Click Add on your Turnitin tool.
- If you have multiple Turnitin products, you may see this screen. Select Standard Assignment.
- If you only have a single product, you are taken directly one of the following screens. Complete the fields and click Submit. The activity is added to the course.
You can open the activity from the Activities screen to review submissions or make changes.
Create Turnitin LTI 1.1 activities
Add the activity
If your organization is integrated with Turnitin, you can easily sync activities using the Editor tool.
- Add an activity to the desired folder and choose the Custom Activity type.
- In the Custom Activity editor, select Website under the Content section of the Activity tab.
- In the Website URL field, provide the hostname URL that matches your location:
- UK users: api.turnitinuk.com/api/lti/1p0/assignment
- All other users: api.turnitin.com/api/lti/1p0/assignment
- Check the Digitally sign the request for LTI box.
- If your LTI is configured at the Domain, you can leave the Supply LTI Key/secret for this activity unchecked. If it isn't, check the box and:
- Enter the Key and Secret in the appropriate fields, or
- Click Load LTI configuration and paste the Configuration XML information into its field and click Parse XML to automatically populate the Key and Secret fields.
- Click Save when you finish making other edits to your activity.
Configure the activity
Once you've created the assignment, click the Activities tool and open it. Buzz opens the Turnitin dashboard where you can configure your assignment using these instructions.
Additional articles
Teachers:
- How do I create activities with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI 1.1 and 1.3)?
- How do I add activities to my course?
Admins:
Tips
- Some LTIs, like Turnitin, don't trigger a notification when a student submits an assignment. To make sure you know when your students have submitted a Turnitin activity, create a companion activity in Buzz that asks students to Mark this activity complete once they've submitted the Turnitin activity.