Welcome to the
Turnitin.com Student
Quickstart Tutorial!
This brief tour will take you
through the basic steps students
new to Turnitin.com will need
to get set up and start submitting
papers. More detailed
instructions are available by
downloading the Turnitin.com
user manuals from our website.
This is the Turnitin.com home
page. From here, potential users
can navigate through a variety
of screens to learn more about
our service. It is also the point
of entry for all registered users
of Turnitin.com, who enter our
system using the "login" button.
This is the Turnitin.com login
page. You will need to access
this page every time you begin a
new session with Turnitin.com.
New users must first create a
user profile by clicking on the
"New user? Click here to get
started" link and following the
step-by-step instructions.
During this process, you will
enter your email address and
create a password. When you
are finished registering, return
to the login page.
Every Turnitin.com user is one
of four user types: Student,
Instructor, Administrator, or
Free Trial. Before logging in,
you must select the appropriate
user type. As a student, select
"student" as your user type.
Next, enter your email address
and password and click
"submit" to access your student
home page.
This is the student homepage.
The first time you log in, a
blank homepage will appear.
Before you can begin
submitting papers, you must
enroll in a class by clicking on
“join new class.”
Note: Before you attempt to
join a class, make sure your
instructor has provided you with
the class ID and the class
enrollment password for the
appropriate class. Without this
information, you will be unable
to join a class and submit
papers.
This is the "join new class"
page. Here, you will enter the
class ID and enrollment
password for your class. After
you click "submit", the class
will be added to your class list
on your student homepage.
This is your revised homepage.
You can now enter your class
and access your class portfolio
by clicking on the class title
from your class list.
Note: Students can delete any
class by using the "trash" icon,
as long as no papers have been
submitted to the class. Once a
paper has been submitted to a
given class, the class can no
longer be removed.
This is your class portfolio,
which shows a record of all the
papers submitted for the current
class. Presently, your class
portfolio is empty because no
papers have been submitted.
To submit a paper to your class,
click on the "turn it in!" button
on the account navigation bar.
This is the student paper
submission page. As you can
see, the student in the example
to the right has entered a title for
his or her submission, and also
selected "assignment 1" from
the assignment menu.
Every submission must
correspond with a given
assignment. If your instructor
has not created an assignment,
you will be unable to submit a
paper to Turnitin.com.
The easiest way to submit a
paper is by file upload. To
submit a paper using this
method, click on the “browse”
button to select a file from your
computer. Files may be
submitted in MS Word,
WordPerfect, RTF, PDF,
PostScript, and plain text
formats.
After you click on the "submit"
button, the paper is sent to
Turnitin.com and processed.
You will receive a digital receipt
to confirm your submission.
This is a Turnitin.com digital
receipt. You can print this page
for your records. A second copy
of the receipt is also emailed to
you.
After submitting your paper,
you may confirm that the paper
has been received by viewing it
in your class portfolio.
This is the your revised class
portfolio, which now shows a
record of the paper just
submitted.
An optional feature of
Turnitin.com is the ability to
allow students to view the
results of their own
Originality Reports. This
feature is turned on or off by
instructors on an individual
class basis. Were this feature
activated, an "Originality
Report" icon would appear to
the left of each paper's title in
your class portfolio.
Thanks for taking the time to
learn the basics of
Turnitin.com. The goal of this
presentation was to help you
get up and running quickly;
there are many advanced
functions not touched upon
here that are explained in
greater depth online and in our
user manuals.
If you experience any
difficulties getting started and
can’t find the answers here or
at our website, our helpdesk
(helpdesk@turnitin.com) is
available 24 hours to help you
with any problems.
Again, thanks for supporting us
in the ongoing fight against
digital plagiarism. Good luck!