Using TurnItIn.com

1.   Go to   www.turnitin.com

2.   In the upper right corner, you will see a link entitled “CREATE A USER PROFILE.” Click on it. Select your user type (student). Type in the “Class ID” and “Enrollment Password” provided to you by your instructor.

 

Class ID                                                                                  

 

Enrollment Password                                                               

 
     

 

 

 

3.   Check to make sure that the class title matches the one given to you by your instructor.

 

Class Title                                                                               

 
 
 

 

 


4.   Enter your email address (the website will send you an email confirming the electronic submission of each paper, and your instructor may use this address to contact you.)

5.   Follow the rest of the steps in the “user profile” wizard, including creating your “Turnitin” password (which you need to keep private and secure), determining your “secret question,” and entering your name.

6.   You must accept the “user agreement” in order to proceed.

7.   End the wizard and log in using your email address and password you just created.

8.   You are now viewing your “student homepage.” Click on the class for which you need to submit the assignment.

9.   Find the assignment title in the list provided, and click on “submit.” You will need to enter a title for your essay. Then, browse through your computer to find the assignment you need to upload (typically located in the “My Documents” folder). Then, click “submit.” This will bring up your paper (without formatting) so that you can check that the paper you uploaded is correct. If it is, click on “yes, submit;” if not, click on “no, go back.” You may print your “digital receipt” if you would like; it will also be emailed to the address you provided earlier.

10. Click on “logout” at the top of the screen.

 

File Format: The website will only accept files in these formats: Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, HTML and plain text (.txt). If your paper is in a different format, submit it using cut and paste. Just select “cut & paste” with the pulldown menu at the top of the “paper submission page” (where you browse for your paper). Then, copy the text of your paper from your word processing program, then paste it in the text box in the submission form.

 

FYI: If you need to add another class once you have created a user profile, log on first, then click on “enroll in a class.” Again, you will need the “Class ID” and “Enrollment Password” for the class in order to enroll.