IF YOU HAVE NEVER OPENED A TURNITIN.COM ACCOUNT, follow these steps to open a free account, or watch the tutorial below.
To create a user profile:
To create a user profile:
- Go to www.turnitin.com and click on the "Create Account" link next to the "Log In" button
- Click on the "Student" link in the "Create a New Account" section
- The "Create a New Turnitin Student Account" form must be completed to create a new student user account
- Enter the class ID number and the case sensitive Turnitin class enrollment password
- Enter the user first name, last name, and a valid e-mail address to use as the login for Turnitin
- Create a user password. The user password must be between six and twelve characters long and contain at least one letter and one number.
- Re-enter the password to confirm it
- Select a secret question from the drop-down menu. Enter the answer for the question. Remember and keep this information.
- Review the user agreement. To continue using Turnitin, click on "I agree -- create profile"
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A TURNITIN ACCOUNT, follow these steps to enroll in my course, or watch the tutorial below.
To enroll in a class as an existing user:
To enroll in a class as an existing user:
- Log into Turnitin with a student user profile
- Click on the "enroll in a class" tab on the student homepage
- Enter the class ID and enrollment password for the new class
- Click "submit" to enroll in the class and add it to the student user homepage
Submitting Papers on Turnitin.com (from Turnitin.com's student tutorial page):
Student users of Turnitin submit papers to a class from the class portfolio page. The class portfolio page is viewed by clicking on the name of the class from the student homepage. The class portfolio page lists assignments created by the instructor for students to submit to.
Note: If there are no assignments listed, students will not be able to submit any papers to the course until the assignments are created. Ensure that the correct course is being accessed and contact the instructor if no assignments are available to submit to. Only the instructor controlling the class will be able to create assignments for students in the class.
How to Submit a Paper
To submit a paper to an assignment on Turnitin, the user must log in and upload a file to an existing assignment. Assignments on Turnitin cannot accept student submissions until the assignment start date and time has passed. Assignments may also reject submissions after the due date and time set by the instructor.
To check the start date and due date information, either click on the name of the assignment in the class portfolio page or view the start and due dates located under the assignment name. This action opens a pop-up window showing assignment preference information, including start and due dates/times as well as other assignment information or special instructions.
Note: After the submission has been completed on step 7 below, a digital receipt is displayed in your browser window. A copy is also sent via e-mail to the address for the user login. It is important to use a valid e-mail address to receive this copy of the digital receipt. Save the receipt and the paper ID it contains, as this is proof of a completed submission.
Single File Upload
The single file upload allows students to submit to an assignment by directly loading the file from their computer.
Warning: Make sure that the file type you are submitting can be accepted by Turnitin.
Note: Users whose files are saved in a file type that is not accepted by Turnitin will need to use a word processing program to save the file as one of the accepted types. Rich Text Format and Plain Text file types are nearly universally available in word processing software. Neither file type will support images or non-text data within the file. Plain text format does not support any formatting, and rich text format supports only limited formatting options.
Submitting a paper by single file upload:
The digital receipt contains a unique paper ID number, the name of the user profile submitting, the paper title given by the submitting party, the assignment title, and the e-mail address for the user submitting, as well as the body text of the file submitted.
Please do NOT use the Cut and Paste Submissions option.
Note: Only a single file may be submitted by a student user to any Turnitin assignment. Any second or subsequent submission will overwrite the original file submission in this assignment. Multiple files cannot be uploaded to the same assignment by a student.
How to Resubmit to an Assignment
If resubmission by overwrite has been enabled or an instructor has deleted the student user’s first submission, resubmitting a paper is handled in an identical manner as a first time submission to an assignment. Follow the steps for a first time submission as listed above.
Viewing Submitted Files
After a submission has been completed it will be immediately available to view from the class portfolio page for the student or the assignment inbox of the instructor. Submissions made previously can be viewed in any active or expired class that the student is still enrolled in on Turnitin. Instructors may delete classes or unenroll students which prevents the student from viewing submissions that were made in the class.
Every paper that has been submitted can be viewed by clicking on the "View" button next to the assignment name. This will open a new window in a separate screen that displays the paper information in the heading at the top and the full text of the paper beneath.
Downloading Submitted Papers
Previously submitted papers can be downloaded by the student user. This allows a student user to download and save a copy of any submission in the class made by this user. The downloadable version of the file is in the original format of the submission, indicated by the file type name to the right of the file download icon. Some accounts allow the student to select either the PDF version or the original format version to download.
To download a file navigate to the portfolio page for the class the file was submitted to.
Copies of submitted papers are downloaded by clicking on the download icon to the right of the assignment name. Some users may be prompted by pop-up windows or toolbar icons on their web browser to continue and approve the download or open the file.
Note: If there are no assignments listed, students will not be able to submit any papers to the course until the assignments are created. Ensure that the correct course is being accessed and contact the instructor if no assignments are available to submit to. Only the instructor controlling the class will be able to create assignments for students in the class.
How to Submit a Paper
To submit a paper to an assignment on Turnitin, the user must log in and upload a file to an existing assignment. Assignments on Turnitin cannot accept student submissions until the assignment start date and time has passed. Assignments may also reject submissions after the due date and time set by the instructor.
To check the start date and due date information, either click on the name of the assignment in the class portfolio page or view the start and due dates located under the assignment name. This action opens a pop-up window showing assignment preference information, including start and due dates/times as well as other assignment information or special instructions.
Note: After the submission has been completed on step 7 below, a digital receipt is displayed in your browser window. A copy is also sent via e-mail to the address for the user login. It is important to use a valid e-mail address to receive this copy of the digital receipt. Save the receipt and the paper ID it contains, as this is proof of a completed submission.
Single File Upload
The single file upload allows students to submit to an assignment by directly loading the file from their computer.
Warning: Make sure that the file type you are submitting can be accepted by Turnitin.
Note: Users whose files are saved in a file type that is not accepted by Turnitin will need to use a word processing program to save the file as one of the accepted types. Rich Text Format and Plain Text file types are nearly universally available in word processing software. Neither file type will support images or non-text data within the file. Plain text format does not support any formatting, and rich text format supports only limited formatting options.
Submitting a paper by single file upload:
- Start by clicking on the class name you would like to submit to after logging in to Turnitin
- Click on the Submit button to the right of the assignment name
- Select single file upload from the choose a paper submission method: pull down menu
- Once the requirements for single file upload have been reviewed, students have a choice to upload a file from:
- the computer
- Dropbox
- or Google Drive
- Fill in the submission title field with the title
- Click upload to upload the file. A status bar will appear displaying the upload progress
- Review the preview panel. This is a text only version of the paper being uploaded. Confirm it is the correct version of the file to send
- Click the "submit" button
Warning: This step must be completed, or the submission is not finished. The paper will not be available to the student or the instructor
The digital receipt contains a unique paper ID number, the name of the user profile submitting, the paper title given by the submitting party, the assignment title, and the e-mail address for the user submitting, as well as the body text of the file submitted.
Please do NOT use the Cut and Paste Submissions option.
Note: Only a single file may be submitted by a student user to any Turnitin assignment. Any second or subsequent submission will overwrite the original file submission in this assignment. Multiple files cannot be uploaded to the same assignment by a student.
How to Resubmit to an Assignment
If resubmission by overwrite has been enabled or an instructor has deleted the student user’s first submission, resubmitting a paper is handled in an identical manner as a first time submission to an assignment. Follow the steps for a first time submission as listed above.
Viewing Submitted Files
After a submission has been completed it will be immediately available to view from the class portfolio page for the student or the assignment inbox of the instructor. Submissions made previously can be viewed in any active or expired class that the student is still enrolled in on Turnitin. Instructors may delete classes or unenroll students which prevents the student from viewing submissions that were made in the class.
Every paper that has been submitted can be viewed by clicking on the "View" button next to the assignment name. This will open a new window in a separate screen that displays the paper information in the heading at the top and the full text of the paper beneath.
Downloading Submitted Papers
Previously submitted papers can be downloaded by the student user. This allows a student user to download and save a copy of any submission in the class made by this user. The downloadable version of the file is in the original format of the submission, indicated by the file type name to the right of the file download icon. Some accounts allow the student to select either the PDF version or the original format version to download.
To download a file navigate to the portfolio page for the class the file was submitted to.
Copies of submitted papers are downloaded by clicking on the download icon to the right of the assignment name. Some users may be prompted by pop-up windows or toolbar icons on their web browser to continue and approve the download or open the file.