Student
Quick Start Guide for Turnitin.com
Introduction
This Student Quickstart will help you get started
with Turnitin and will walk you through the steps for submitting your first
paper. To begin, you need to first register with Turnitin and create a user
profile.
Step 1
To register and create a user profile, go to www.turnitin.com and select
your language from the drop down menu.
Click on the "Create
Account" link on the homepage and the Create a User Profile
page will open.
Click on the "Student"
link. Fill in the required information in the new user profile form. In order
to create a profile, you must have a class
ID and an enrollment
password. You can get this information from your instructor.
Once you have created your profile, click the "I Agree"
button to log into Turnitin.
Step 2 -
Student Homepage
Your class will show up on your Student Homepage.
Click on the name of your class to open your class portfolio.
Step 3 -
Class Portfolio
Your Class
Portfolio shows the assignments your instructor has created and
your submissions to the class.
Step 4 -
Submitting a Paper
To submit a paper, click the "Submit"
button next to the paper assignment.
The paper submission page will open. Enter a title
for your paper. To select a paper for submission, click the browse button and
locate the paper on your computer. We accept submissions in these formats:
- MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript,
HTML, plain text (.txt)
After entering a title for your paper and selecting
a file, click "Upload"
to upload your paper.
If your paper is in a format that we do not accept,
you can submit it by cut and paste. To submit a paper this way, select cut & paste upload
using the pulldown at the top of the form.
Copy the text of your paper from a word processing
program and then paste it into the text box in the submission form. If you
submit your paper using the cut and paste method, you can skip the next step.
Step 5 -
Submitting a Paper Confirmation
The paper you chose to submit will be in the
preview. Look over all the information and make sure that it is correct. To
confirm the submission, click the "Submit"
button.
After you confirm your submission, a digital
receipt will be shown. A copy of the receipt will be e-mailed to you. To return
to your portfolio and view your submission, click the "Go to Portfolio"
button.
Step 6 -
Viewing an Originality Report
To view your Originality Report, click on
the Originality
Report icon to the right of the assignment.
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