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TURNITIN – STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS

You will be to submitting an electronic copy of your assignments into a plagiarism detection website called Turnitin.comTurnitin compares your submission with the content of over 2 billion other papers, books, journal articles and websites.  Turnitin creates a report that highlights similarities and allows your instructor to examine the original source.  Your assignments become a permanent part of the Turnitin database so that others can’t recycle them.  This is being done to discourage those few students who might be tempted to borrow inappropriately from other writers past or present.  Turnitin is being used at many universities across the country.   Please remember, in order to receive a grade, you will also need to hand in a duplicate paper copy of your assignment.

BEFORE WRITING YOUR PAPERS

  • BEFORE GETTING STARTED

    • Your instructor will give you a Class ID and Enrollment Password.   Make a note of them.   Warning: always use the numbers your instructor gives you.  Numbers from a fellow classmate in a different section will be incorrect and cause your assignments to be submitted to the wrong class.

    NEW USER REGISTRATION/ENROLLMENT WIZARD

    Every Turnitin user needs a User Profile, which consists of an email address, a password and contact information.  Once your profile has been entered you can join a specific class/classes.

    • At www.turnitin.com select New User
    • Enter the e-mail address you use most often.  This will be your Turnitin User Name
    • Enter a password of your choosing and verify.  The password is 6-12 characters long, case sensitive and must contain one letter and one number
    • Enter your personal information
    • Your User Type is student.  Select it from the pull-down menu.
    • You will be asked to read the user agreement.
    • If you are ready to join a class and know its Class ID and Class Password you can continue with the Class Enrollment Wizard or, at a later date, use the Logging In and Enrollment Procedures below.
  • LOGGING IN

    • At Turnitin’s Homepage enter your Email Address and User Password in the boxes in the upper right hand corner.  Click LOGIN.  You will be at your Student Homepage.  If you are a new user, your homepage will be empty.

    ENROLLING IN A CLASS

    • Select Enroll In A Class on your student homepage
    • Enter the Class Id and Enrollment Password that your instructor has provided.
    • Click Submit to Enroll.

    SUBMITTING A PAPER

    • Most instructors will ask for a paper version of your assignment for grading
    • Log-in
    • Click on the name of your class to open the Class Portfolio.  The Class Portfolio provides individual links for each assignment, and contains your submissions to these assignments.  If there are no assignments in your portfolio, your instructor has not yet created them.
    • MAKE SURE YOU ARE SUBMITTING YOUR PAPER TO THE CORRECT ASSIGNMENT
    • Click SUBMIT next to the assignment
    • You can submit a paper in two ways

      File Upload (for files in MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, and Html formats).  This is the easiest.
      • Click SUBMIT next to the assignment
      • Select File Upload> from the pulldown menu
      • Enter the Title of your paper
      • Click the Browse button and locate the paper you want and click Yes

      Cut and Paste (for all other file types and if there are problems with file upload)

      • Select Cut and Paste from the pulldown menu
      • Enter the Title of your paper
      • Copy and paste your paper into the text box
      • Click SUBMIT

    • You will be emailed a digital receipt.
    • Within 24 hours, Turnitin produces an Originality Report, which your instructor will use to evaluate your paper.

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