What is Turnitin in?

Turnitin.com is an electronic plagiarism detection and report marking service that is used by dozens of universities world-wide. When a student’s assignment is turned in to the system, it is matched against millions of internet pages, databases and a constantly increasing database of all previously and concurrently submitted assignments. Teaching staff receive a report from Turnitin that can be used as a resource to assist staff in making a judgement as to whether a student’s work is plagiarised.

Turnitin.com is an on-line resource so you will need an internet connection to use it. It can be used from any location, on- or off-campus. There are many computer labs around the University from which you can access the Internet. To access University computers you will need your Net ID (UPI) and Net password. You can obtain your Net password by going to the IC Helpdesk at the Information Commons on the City Campus. It should take you less than five minutes to submit an assignment to Turnitin.

• go to turnitin.com

• Click on ‘New Users' in the top right corner

• Select ‘student' as your ‘user type' and click ‘next'

• Enter your class ID and enrolment password that you have been given by your lecturer/tutor(you will be given to you in the first laborator)

• Enter your e-mail address and click ‘next'

• Enter your password and click ‘next'

• Select a secret question and answer combination that you will be asked if you forget your password and click ‘next'

• Enter your name. Click ‘next'  

• Read the user agreement. If you disagree with the agreement this will cancel your user profile. If you agree, click ‘I agree - create profile'.....You have now created your personal user profile

Logging in

•  Go to turnitin.com

• Enter your email address and password

• Click ‘login'

• Submitting an assignment

Note: for each assignment you are asked to submit, you are only able to submit your work once

Once you have logged in you will be taken to your homepage.

• In the menu bar click ‘enroll in a class'

• Enter the class ID and enrolment password that you have been given by your lecturer/tutor

• Click ‘submit'. Now you can submit your assignment to Turnitin. Assignments can be submitted in MS Word, WordPerfect, rich text format, PDF, Postscript, HTML or plain text format

• Click the ‘submit' icon alongside the assignment name for which you wish to make a submission  

There are two methods you can use to submit your assignment: file upload or cut and paste. Select your submission method from the drop down menu alongside the text ‘Submit a paper by:'
The file upload method:

• Enter a title and student ID for your submission

• Click the ‘browse' icon

• Navigate to your assignment file in the same way you would when opening a file in Word  

• Double click on your assignment file

• Click ‘submit' and the text from the document you selected will appear. Check it is the correct document, if so, click ‘yes submit' to confirm your submission

• You will receive an electronic receipt (via e-mail) of your submission-Make sure you keep it somewhere SAFE for future reference.

You have successfully turned in your assignment

The cut and paste method:

• Enter a title and student ID for your submission

• Copy and paste your assignment into the text box

• Click ‘submit'

• You will receive an electronic receipt (via e-mail) of your submission

You have successfully turned in your assignment

• If you are working in a University computer lab, talk to the IT assistant
• Go to turnitin.com, and click on ‘Training'. Here you can take the ‘Student quickstart' or the ‘Student tutorial'.
• The Student Learning Centre provides individual consultations for students experiencing difficulties submitting their assignments (students must first be registered with the SLC at a cost of $10 for the calendar year)
• If you are still having problems with Turnitin, talk to your Course tutor