Turnitin is a plagiarism detection software that compares student papers against an extensive database to detect unoriginal content. It provides the percentage of the paper that matches other sources and highlights the exact text matches. Professors can use Turnitin to create classes, enroll students, generate assignments, and leave feedback on papers. Key features include the ability to grade papers digitally, view similarity reports, and track student progress through a grade book.

1. Susan Bloom, MLIS

2.  What is turnitin?
 Setting up an account
 Creating a class
 Enrolling students
 Generating assignments
 Using the software
 Bells and whistles

3.  Helps detect plagiarism
 Allows for better reviewing and
grading
 Tracks student progress

4. Turnitin helps to ensure originality in student
writing by comparing papers with over 150 million
assignments and billions of web pages. It tells the
professor the percentage of the student’s
assignment that was found in these other papers and
can also show the original work where the lifted
section was found. The professor always has final
say over the analysis of a paper.

5. Click on “Create
an account”

6. Choose “instructor”

7. Add the account
information you
received in the
confirmation
email here
Create a new
password here

9. Choose reset your password, even
if you are sure you did not set up a
password

12. Use the log in information you
created here

13. Everyone should now
set up an account

15. Choose “add a class”

16. There are two class types, the standard class and
the master class. Only choose master class if you
will be subdividing the class with TAs.
Once a class expires, instructors
cannot make changes within the
class unless it is reactivated!
The class name and password can be anything the
instructor chooses, try and create passwords your
students will remember, they will need to input it in
order to join the class on the program

17.  Students may self-enroll or instructors may
create accounts for them. It is advised that
students self-enroll.
 Students must have the unique class name
and case-sensitive password before they can
join a class.
 Students will receive an enrollment email
after they have completed the set-up
process.

18. Click on the class name

19. Choose “New Assignment”

20. If you are
unsure
what
something
means,
hover over
the
question
mark
Options

23. Tells the professor how
many students are in the
class and how many have
completed the assignment
Choose “view”

24. Student’s name
Assignment
Name
Student’s paper title
Basic similarity profile
Original submission file,
click to download the file
Submission date
Tells you if
student has
seen your
response
Click here to
begin grading
assignment

25. Choose one of
these options

26. Click on a source to get more
information about the match

27. Words in color are exact matches, the
color and number will correspond to
the source
Click here to see the full
text of the source

28. Student papers will display matched
words only, you cannot see the full text
of the work due to copyright issues
Enter grade
for paper here

30. GradeMark Grade Book PeerMark
Rubrics
Class
Calendars
Rubrics

31. This feature allows professors to grade
work and make comments digitally. These
comments can be made available for
students to see or not at your discretion.

32. Comments in purple
are auto-generated by
the system
Comments in
blue are
either
chosen from
this
repository or
generated by
the professor
Written
by
turnitin
Add custom
comments here

34. Assignments already added to the
system will automatically appear
Add other entries (such as
participation or homework) by
clicking here
Click here for grade
book preferences

36. Click here to grade an
individual assignmentClick here to see more
information about this
page
Export grade book to an
Excel spreadsheet

37. Enter grades

39. Enter grades by
assignment
Click here to see graphs of
an individual student’s
performance

42. The system allows for easy writing workshops.
Instructors may assign one student a paper from
another student (may be anonymous) to review and
comment on. Professors can also post questions to
answer and choose whether or not students see
each others comments.

48. Assign each
criterion a
percentage of
the total
grade
Assign each
criterion a
specific point
value Remove numerical
grades and use a
rubric for
commentary only
Don’t forget
to save!

50. Previously
created
assignment
due dates will
automatically
appear
Click on a
date to
add to the
calendar

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