helping students use turnitin

Helping Students Use Turnitin.com

Lillie CratonLander University

Fall 2012

Getting Started If you already have an

account, log in with your email

address and password.

If not, click “Create

Account”

Existing AccountsClick on the “Enroll in a Class” tab.

Existing Accounts

Get the class ID and class enrollment

password from your teacher.

Click on the “Enroll in a Class” tab.

Create AccountSelect new “Student” account

link.

Get the class ID and class enrollment

password from your teacher.

Create Account

Enter your email address and create a password. This is the information you’ll use

to log on to the system from now on. Be sure you use your real email address and

write down your password.

Enter the Class ID number and enrollment password from your

teacher. Fill in your personal info.

Student Log-In Tips

Note that Turnitin.com passwords are caps sensitive. If you can’t join the class,

check to see if you’re missing capital letters in the password or mistyping the

class ID.

You only use the class ID and password once. After you have joined the class,

you log in with email addresses and the

password you created.

Your HomepageClick on your class to view

upcoming assignments.

AssignmentsOpen your class homepage and check for available assignments. Click on the “Submit” button to upload a completed assignment.

The Due date for this assignment is September 14. If

your teacher posted special instructions,

they’ll be posted here.

Preparing Your Assignment

Type your assignment ahead of time in Microsoft Word or another brand of word processing software. Make note of where

on your computer you saved the file.

You can only submit one file per assignment. If you need

citations, add them into your main document.

Preparing Your Assignment

Got Word? Turnitin only accepts certain file types. If you use a non-Microsoft brand of software, you must save your assignment as a .doc, .docx,

or .rtf file.

It’s easy: just open your paper, go to the “Save As” command in your word processor, and look

for a menu to select different file types.

Submitting AssignmentsClick on the “Submit” button to upload a completed assignment.

The paper submission window will open.

Submitting Assignments

Choose “single file upload.”

Enter your name and title.

Click “Browse…”

Submitting Assignments

Choose “single file upload.”

Enter your name and title.

Click “Browse…”

Submitting Assignments

Locate your completed paper.

Click on the title and hit “Open.”

Submitting Assignments

You should now see your assignment’s

file name. Click “Upload.”

Submitting Assignments

Don’t close your browser window yet! This is only

step 2.

This preview lets you make sure you selected the right

file. Don’t worry if your formatting looks weird: Your

original file with all the formatting will be saved in

the system.

When you’re sure you picked the right file, click “Submit.”

Submitting AssignmentsNow it’s safe to close

your browser. This is your “Digital Receipt.”

Don’t worry if your formatting looks weird: Your

original file with all the formatting will be saved in

the system.

Submitting AssignmentsOh, no! I just saw a mistake, but I already posted my paper!

If the due date hasn’t passed, you may be able to fix the problem and “Resubmit” your file.

Getting Comments & Grades

Getting Comments & GradesOnce your teacher has posted grades or comments, click “View”

to see them.

Getting Comments & GradesYou can view your

Originality Report or your teacher’s GradeMark

comments.

You may have in-text comments from your teacher.

Hold your mouse over the comments to see the full tip.

You may have an overall comment from

your teacher here.

Getting Comments & Grades

Your scores in different skill sets and your overall

average will show up here.

If your teacher posted a rubric, click on the grid icon here to see

your scores.

Understanding the Originality ReportThis number is the overall percent of the essay that came from other sources. Since there are both good

and bad ways to use sources, the number itself doesn’t mean plagiarism has (or

hasn’t) happened.

This is a list of sources that had text matching your paper.

Highlighted text (color coded with the source list) matched

material in other sources.