Using Turnitin via Turnitin.com

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1 LIBRARY Using Turnitin via Turnitin.com Students Step by Step User Manual Nov2013 1

2 Contents Create a new account... 3 Submit a paper... 5 Access the Originality Report... 5 Print or save the report... 7 Enroll in different classes... 7 Forgot your account password... 8 Edit your personal information... 8 Important Notes:... 8 Contact your Turnitin administrator

3 Create a new account 1. Go to 2. Click on Create Account located above 3. Select your account type as a Student 4. Fill in this page to create your Turnitin profile Important Notes: You must get a Class ID& password from your instructor firstly to be able to create a new account Enter your ID number in the last name field Enter your BUE address in the address field (other s are not accepted & will be deleted) 5. Click on I Agree to complete this step 6. You will move directly to your class home page 3

4 The enrolled classes page 7. Click on the name of the class to access your assignment s page Class ID Class Name Class Instructor The assignment s inbox The name of your assignment 2. Move the mouse over this icon to see important instructions from your instructor 3. Click on this icon to see the assessment criteria used for this assignment 4. The identified dates for this assignment Start Date: The date & time when the students can begin their submission. Due Date: The date & time when the submission ends. Post Date: The date & time when marks will be available. 5. Click on submit to start your submission 6. View your instructor s feedback for your submitted paper 7. Download your submitted paper 4

5 Submit a paper 1. Click on the Submit option 2. Select your submission method (the default is by Single file upload) 3. Type the title of your submitted paper 4. Click on the file requirements section to be aware of the size limit & the allowed file types 5. Select the place where your file is located (on your pc, from Dropbox website or Google Drive) 6. Click on Upload 7. Click on Submit to confirm submitting on the next page 8. Press Go to portfolio to get back to your assignment s page to see your originality report Important Notes: After each submission, Turnitin sends a confirmation message or a digital receipt with the submission date, time & ID to students to ensure that their submission was made successfully Access the Originality Report 1. Go to your assignment s inbox 2. Click on the similarity percentage to open your originality report 5

6 Navigate to previous assignments submitted through that class Match Overview and All Sources View Student s Text matching Sources Paper info: e.g. paper ID, submission history Print a PDF version for either this current report or its digital receipt Zoom in & out Originality report style a. The Match Overview is the default viewing mode for Originality Reports, where you can find a list of sources that have the greatest matches with the student s paper on the right sidebar. b. Each matching text, that is highlighted & numbered on the left, is referred to on the Match Overview box on the right sidebar. c. Click on All Sources View to display a list of every source found for the paper on the right sidebar. a. Click on each percentage on the right sidebar of All Sources View or click on each number on the student s text to view a pop up with the original text in a black colour while the one written in red is the student s text. b. Click on the x button in the top right corner of the pop-up to close the window. c. Click on Full Source View in the top right corner of the pop-up to view the full source text in the right sidebar. 6

7 Close this window View the full text for this source Print or save the report You can download the Originality Report as PDF and print it out besides the digital receipt that confirms submitting the paper successfully by clicking on the printer icon on the bottom left corner of the report Enroll in different classes To join multiple classes related to different courses, you will only need to do the following: 1. Use Enroll in a Class option 2. Type the numeric class ID and enrollment password that your instructor has given you 3. Click Submit to go directly to the required class 4. Click on the class name and to see the assignments for that class 7

8 Forgot your account password 1. Click on Reset Password located above on Turnitin main page 2. Enter your BUE address 3. Enter your ID number in your last name 4. A link will be sent to you via to enter a new password Edit your personal information If you need to update your user profile (including address), please do the following: 5. Log into your account 6. Click the user info button at the top of the page 7. Modify necessary information 8. Click the submit button Important Notes: Same paper in different assignments/ student s accounts = Once a paper is submitted to Turnitin, it will become part of the Turnitin database. You will get a high similarity index when the same paper is uploaded to Turnitin again without any changes. Your Turnitin account is used across all of your courses it s only one account Contact your course instructor, if you face any problems with the Class ID and password - Class ID: This is a unique identification number for your class; you need this number to enroll in the class. - Class Password: Your enrollment password is provided by your instructor. If you have not received it or the one you got is incorrect, you must contact the class instructor. Contact your Turnitin administrator If you have any inquiries or questions, please Send your message at both: Miss. Wessam El Husseini & Miss Nisreen Ahmed Follow us on our Turnitin page 8