Turnitin.com is an internet-based plagiarism detection service which uses a sophisticated search mechanism to compare your submissions with millions upon millions of web pages as well any other papers contained in its database (i.e., submissions from other students, in other courses, and at other universities). This is a very effective tool at detecting plagiarized work, and as such should serve as a good way to ensure the integrity of the grades earned by all students.

Please contact Ryan Allen in the Learning Teaching Center at (937) 229-2233 for more information on setting up a user account and class page on Turnitin.com.

Instructor

• Creating your Turnitin.com Instructor account
• Creating a Class Site on Turnitin.com
• Creating an Assignment on Turnitin.com
• Submitting Assignments on Turnitin.com
• Viewing the Originality Reports
• Changing your Turnitin.com Password
• More Information

Student

• Submitting Assignments on Turnitin.com
• Viewing the Originality Reports
• Changing your Turnitin.com Password
• How do Students Create Accounts?
• How do Students Join My Turnitin.com class?

1. Proceed to http://www.turnitin.com
2. On the top right-hand side, click the New Users link
   
   
3. Select Instructor as the user type
4. To join under the University of Dayton account you will need to know the Account ID and Password to complete the next step. Please contact Ryan Allen in the Learning Teaching Center for this information at (937) 229-2233 or ryan.allen@udayton.edu.
5. Type your University of Dayton e-mail address and create a Turnitin password
        Note : This password does not have to be the same as your University of Dayton novell password.
6. Login with your University of Dayton e-mail address and Turnitin password
7. You are now logged in with instructor access and can add class sites and individual assignments for your students.

1. Once you've logged into Turnitin.com with your email address and Turnitin.com password you will need to click on the "Add a class" link.
2. Enter the class name and an enrollment password. The password you set will need to be given to the students so they can add themselves to your class site and submit their assignments later.
3. Click the Submit button.
4. That's it! You've created your Turnitin.com class. Now, you will want to write down the enrollment password you choose and class ID, which can be found to the left of the newly created class, to give to your class. It is these two pieces of information that will allow your students to join your class. It is recommended that Instructors add this text to their syllabus.
   
   

1. Once logged into Turnitin.com click the link of the class site you wish to add an assignment in.
2. Click the create a new assignment link.
3. Add an assignment title and set start/due dates for the assignment.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Submit button.

     Inorder for student's to submit a paper for review, they must first have saved it to their hard drive, network drive, or USB device. Student papers must be saved in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Adobe PDF, postscript, HTML, rich text, or plain text formats.

1. Once the student logs into Turnitin.com they will click on your class site link to access the course assignments.
2. Next to the assignment they will click on the Submit icon.
   
   
3. The student must provide a submission title (usually the title of the assignment or specific paper topic) and upload their file.
4. Finally, the student must click the submit button and confirm on the next page to complete the submission process.

     Watch the Assignment Submission Process

1. On your class site, click the Inbox icon next to the assignment you are reviewing.
2. Click the colored icon under Report for a specific student.
   
   
3. The student's paper will load and matches will be displayed on the right-hand side of the page. The instructor will see all matches along with the original source and dates of previous submissions.

     See how the originality Report Works.

1. To change your Turnitin.com password, click the user info button at the top of the screen once you’ve logged in.
   
   
2. Type in your new password in the password field
3. Confirm your new password on the next line
4. Click the submit button
   If you’ve forgotten your password you can click on the ‘Forgot Your Password?’ link on the Turnitin.com homepage (http://www.turnitin.com). You will be prompted to answer the security question you previously set before you can choose a new password.
   
   

Students can use the following steps to create a Turnitin.com user profile and enroll into your class site themselves:

1. Proceed to http://www.turnitin.com
2. On the top right-hand side, click the New Users link
3. Select student as the user type
4. Enter the class ID and enrollment password that was given to you by your instructor
5. Type your University of Dayton e-mail address and create a Turnitin password
   Note : This password does not have to be the same as your University of Dayton novell password.
6. Login with your University of Dayton e-mail address and Turnitin password

Once student’s have a Turnitin.com account they can easily add themselves to your sites with the class ID and enrollment password.

1. Once logged in, click on the ‘Enroll in a class’ button in the upper-left corner.
2. Type in the class ID and enrollment password
   
   
3. Click the submit button

• Instructor Quick Start (pdf)
• Instructor User Guide (pdf)
• Student User Guide (pdf)