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Administrator’s Guide – How to connect Schoology LTI 1.3 (Manual Registration)

Plagiarismcheck.orgSchoologyAdministrator’s Guide – How to connect Schoology LTI 1.3 (Manual Registration)

This guide walks Schoology administrators through enabling the PlagiarismCheck.org LTI 1.3 integration using manual registration. Once enabled, instructors can attach PlagiarismCheck to any assignment, students submit their work directly inside Schoology, and originality reports plus grades flow back automatically.

Before you start

You’ll need:

  1. Administrator access to your Schoology instance.
  2. An active PlagiarismCheck.org organisation account with Admin (Owner) role. If you don’t have Admin access, but you need it, please contact us here.
  3. The registration page on plagiarismcheck.org open in another tab — you’ll use it to generate the registration URL and to receive the platform details Schoology gives you back.

Note: Schoology currently requires manual LTI 1.3 registration. You’ll create a Developer App in Schoology, paste PlagiarismCheck’s endpoints into it, and then send Schoology’s generated IDs back to PlagiarismCheck.

Step 1: Navigate to Integrations

Step 2: Access your registration URLs

  • On the PlagiarismCheck registration page, select Manual tab, scroll to  JWKS URL, Domain URL, OIDC Login Init URL, Redirect URLs and then  Copy.

Step 3: Open Developer Apps

  • Sign in to Schoology as an administrator. Open the  App Center  from the top navigation, then switch to the  Developer Apps  tab. Click  Add App.

Step 4: App metadata

  • Fill in the basics:
    • App Name — PlagiarismCheck LTI 1.3.
    • Description — a short summary, e.g. PlagiarismCheck.org LTI 1.3 — originality, AI detection, and writing feedback.
    • Category — pick the categories that fit your school.
    • Recommended For — tick  Instructors,  Students  and  Admins.

Step 5: Type, placements, services and URLs

  • Scroll down to  Type of App  and choose  LTI 1.3 App, ticking  Launch app in Schoology. Under  Can be installed for  choose where instructors should be able to add the tool — at minimum, Course  External Tool.
  • Set  Configuration Type  to  Manual, choose the right  Privacy  option, and tick the LTI Advantage extensions:  Deep Linking,  Assignment and Grade Services  and  Names and Roles Services.
  • Then copy the values from the PlagiarismCheck registration page (Step 2 of this guide) into  JWKS URL,  Domain/URL,  OIDC Login Init URL  and  Redirect URLs.

Step 6: Save and copy Client ID

  • Click  Submit App for Approval, after this Schoology generates  Client ID. Navigate to  Options  →  API info, copy generated  Client ID and back into the PlagiarismCheck registration page.

  • Paste this into the matching field on the PlagiarismCheck registration page.

Step 7: Install the app for your organisation

  • From the same app page click  Install LTI 1.3 App. Choose your organisation and accept the permissions.

Step 8: Copy the Deployment ID

  • Click on  Configure button  for created app, copy  Deployment ID  and back into the form on the PlagiarismCheck registration page and paste it into the matching field. Then click on  Register deployment.

Step 9: Enable the App for your organization

  • Go to  App Center  →  Organization Apps, click on  Install/Remove button , choose the required option (All Users, All Courses, All Groups) and submit.

After registration, switch to a test course and create an assignment that uses PlagiarismCheck as its external tool. Submit a short sample document as a student, return as the instructor, and confirm that the originality report opens and the grade syncs back to the gradebook.

Troubleshooting

Tool stays Pending and never activates

Reopen the registration page in another tab and check that the URL you pasted into Schoology hasn’t expired. Registration URLs are single-use; generate a new one and repeat the registration step.

Originality reports don’t appear in the gradebook

Confirm that Assignment and Grade Services and Names and Roles Provisioning are enabled on the tool. In Schoology, verify the assignment was created with PlagiarismCheck as the submission type.

Students see an error when launching the tool

Ask the student to clear cookies for your LMS domain and retry. If the error persists, copy the error code from the launch screen and contact support@plagiarismcheck.org.

Need help?

Email support@plagiarismcheck.org — please include your institution name, the LMS version, and a screenshot of any error you see.

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