Turner
Fenton Secondary School
Turnitin.com
Student Guide
Prepared by Z. Proudlock, M. Hickey, J. VandenGriendt
The
notes below are brief steps for using turnitin.com. If you want more, Student
quickstart and Student User Manuals can be found at www.turnitin.com à training materials.
STEP
I. Create a User Profile
1.
Go
to www.turnitin.com
2.
Click
on create a user profile (on the top right hand side of the screen)
3.
Provide
your email address (This must be unique. Students can’t share.) Click next.
4.
Enter
turner2 as your password. (the password is case sensitive, so type
carefully)
5.
Confirm
the password by entering turner2 again. Click next.
6.
Complete:
First,Last name, and Country (ignore State selection). Click next.
7.
Set
your user type to student. Click on next
8.
Read
the user agreement and click on I agree to proceed or I disagree to
cancel and stop the login process. You cannot use turnitin.com if you choose I
disagree.
9.
You
now have a user profile. Click return to login page.
STEP II. Enroll in a Class
1.
Go
to www.turnitin.com
2.
Login
by entering your email address and password as above. Click log in.
3.
Click
on enroll in a class.
4.
Enter
the following (as provided by your classroom teacher):
Class ID: ___________
5.
Click
submit. You are now enrolled in a class. Click logout.
SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS
1.
Go
to www.turnitin.com and login with your
email addresss and password.
2.
Click
on the class and then click on the submit icon next to the assignment
you want.
3.
Choose
the submit method by clicking on the down arrow next to submit a paper by.
4.
Enter
only the author’s first and last name and the paper title. NO STUDENT NUMBER!
5.
Depending
on the submit method you selected, open your paper from your disk and copy and
paste it onto the submission window, or press BROWSE and select your Word
document (Word works best). Click Submit. Your document will be
displayed. Confirm that this is the correct document by pressing yes,submit
(or no, goback to select a new document).
6.
Click
logout
VIEW AND PRINT ORIGINALITY
REPORTS (10minutes to 24 hours after submitting work)
1.
Login
to www.turnitin.com. Select your class.
2.
Click on the report icon to the immediate left of your document in the contents
column. Your originality report will be displayed. Note: originality
reports are colour coded by percentage plagiarized: blue<20%, green 20-24%,
yellow 25-49%, orange 50-74%, red 75-100%. Note: even quoted materials will
show as copied. Don’t panic, just check that your quotations have been properly
cited.
3. Print the page. Close the window.
4.
Click
logout.
Complete Student Manuals for
Turnitin.com will be available in the library.
**Students must have unique email addresses. Arrange for one before logging on to the site.