Documentation for Turnitin.com Getting Started:

Getting Started:
Documentation for Turnitin.com
After you receive an email from your account administrator containing the Email address and
Password needed to login, go to the Turnitin main page, where in the upper right-hand corner
you will see this:
Type in your information here and click ‘Login’. You will then see this page:

Fill out the form and click the ‘next’ button.
Click the ‘I agree -- finish profile’ link.
Click ‘start class setup wizard’ to setup your first class and first assignment. Otherwise click
‘log in and start using Turnitin’ to go to your main page.
Type in the name of your class and click the ‘next’ button.

Record the class ID number for future use and choose a password for this class. Class IDs can
be viewed from your main page at a later time.
You will have to create an assignment at this point. Fill this in with any assignment that comes
to mind. The assignment can be edited at a later time.

Click ‘end wizard and log in’. This will bring you to your main page.
Adding a Class:
From the main menu you should see this header bar:
Click on the ‘add a class’ link. You will now see the following menu:

Master Class vs. Standard Class
Master Class: These types of classes are specifically meant to be broken into sections. The
class is controlled by the creator, but each section requires a secondary instructor to lead it.
Students are added to distinct sections and their assignments are uploaded to only those
sections. The master instructor has the ability to view all uploaded assignments at all times.
Both the master instructor and section leaders can create new assignments.
Standard Class: These types of classes are led by a single teacher and students are not split
into sections. All assignments are created by the primary instructor and uploaded papers are
pooled into a single location for each assignment.
Let students view their own Originality Reports for all paper assignments in this class?
Option (available for both class types): If yes is chosen, students will be able to view the
Originality Reports for their papers up to 24 hours before the paper due date. This decision
must be made when the class is created and will reflect upon all assignments turned in. This
choice cannot be decided on a per assignment basis.
After filling out the form, click ‘submit’. Your new class should be created and accessible
from the main page.
Adding Students:
From the main menu choose the class you
would like to add students to:
Next, click on the ‘students’ button on the menu bar like the one that appears below.
You will see another menu appear with the following choices.

add student: This choice will allow you to manually add a single student at a time. Fill-in
the student’s information and click the ‘submit’ button at the top-right.
Note: If you are adding students to a Master Class you will
need to choose a section to add them to.
upload student list: This option will allow you submit a list of all of your students at once.
This will save a lot of time compared to the ‘add student’ option if you have all of your
students’ information written in a document already.
Note: If you are adding students to a Master Class
you must choose a section. All of the students in the
uploaded file will go into this section.
For each user in your list, you must include the following three pieces of information: 1) first
name, 2) last name, and 3) e-mail address. Furthermore, these three pieces of information must
appear in this exact order with commas separating them. Turnitin accepts files in plain text,
Word, and Excel formats. Here is one example of a properly formatted list:
connie, williams, cwilliams@myschool.edu
Patricia, Wong, pwong@myschool.edu

Once you click the ‘submit’ button you will be prompted with the following page. It will
display each of the students from the uploaded file separated into their parts. Review the list
and click ‘yes, submit’ when done.
Adding an Assignment:
From the main menu choose the class you would
like to add an assignment to:
On the next menu you will see the ‘create a new
assignment’ choice. Click it. You will see the menu below.
paper assignment: This choice is used to create a new stand-alone assignment or the first in a
series of drafts.
revision assignment: This choice is used when one assignment already exists for the class and
students are to turn in a revised or final version of the same assignment. All of the students
from the original assignment will be carried over.

Choose the start and end dates for the assignment. If you are using a master class you will be
asked if you want to push the assignment into all of the sections or save it for later. If you
choose ‘yes’ for the last question (‘Show advanced assignment options?’), you will see this
menu:
Make any final changes here, then click the ‘submit’ button.
All of the students in your class will now see the assignment in their ‘assignment list’:
They can click the ‘submit’ button, locate their document, and upload it to Turnitin. Once an
assignment is turned in you can view it from your Inbox. For more information on this see the
section entitled Viewing Turned-In Assignments (below).
Submitting a Student’s Assignment:
There is a way to submit assignments from your end if you choose not to have your students
submit their papers themselves. Go into your class from the main page and you will see this
menu:
At this point you will need an assignment created to submit the paper to. In this menu the
assignment is named ‘Essay 1’. In the middle of the row there is a ‘submit’ button. Clicking
on it will bring up this menu:

Here are your choices under Submit a paper by:
File Upload: This choice allows you to upload a single file.
Cut and paste: This choice allows you to cut and paste the text directly from the student’s
paper into the browser and submit that way.
Bulk upload: This choice allows you to upload multiple files at one time.
Zip file: This choice accepts a single zip file that can contain multiple files within it. The zip
file must not exceed 100 mbs in size.
If you choose File Upload or Cut and paste you will be given the choice of author. Under
‘author’ you will see a list of all of the students in the class or the option of ‘non-enrolled
student’. After choosing the author of the file, click the ‘Browse…’ button to locate the file.
When finished click the ‘submit’ button.
Viewing Turned-In Assignments:
Once an assignment is created and students begin submitting papers you will be able to view
their Originality Reports. Go into your class from the main page and you will see this menu:
In this menu the assignment is named ‘Essay 1’. In the middle of the row there is an ‘inbox’
button. Clicking on it will bring up this menu:

In this menu you will see a list of the students who have submitted papers. From this menu
you can also submit a student’s paper. For more information on this please refer to the
Submitting a Student’s Assignment section (above).
Under the ‘title’ column you will see links with the names of the papers. These links allow you
to view the paper that was submitted. Under the ‘report’ column you will see the percentage
results from the Originality Report. Clicking this gauge will bring up the Report as seen below:
The Originality Report will show you the original document on the left and on the right a list of
the content that was found elsewhere. By clicking on the itemized items on the right the report
will cue up the corresponding portions on the left. Remember that even though a student’s
paper may not return a 0% from the Originality Report, that does not mean that any of the
material was plagiarized. By reviewing the data on this page you can get a better idea of how
the student did.
Itemized Matches: A list of matches will appear on the right side of the report. They will
look like the images below. Clicking their links will bring you to the referenced material. If
the material is from a student at your University or another one, you will need to send a request
through Turnitin.com to view that document.

Extending an Assignment’s Due Date:
From the main menu choose the class that has the
assignment you would like to extend the due date on:
Select your assignment to be extended.
Now there are two ways to extend an assigment’s due date. Either the original due date can be
changed or students can be allowed to submit after the due date.
Change The Due Date:
After clicking on the assignment name, this page will appear.
Change the date next ‘due date:’ and click the ‘submit’ button.
Allow Late Submissions:
After clicking on the assignment name, you will see a drop-down window that says ‘Show
advanced assignment options?’.

Choose ‘yes’ and you will see this menu:
Set the second option, ‘Allow submissions after the due date?’, to yes. Click the ‘submit’
button. Now students will be able to submit papers for this assignment at any time.