This quick start tutorial consists of 4 parts which will help WOU students to get started in Turnitin. The 4 parts will guide students on how to do the followings : create a user profile and account, enroll and access to subject class, submit a paper and read originality report

1. A plagiarism prevention tool used for
assignment originality checking
Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu Library
Quick Start (For Students)
Part 1 - 4

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This quick-start will help you (student user) get started with
Turnitin.
You must have ready access to a PC with internet connection to
complete the task.
There are 4 parts that you have to execute in order to be able to
use the originality checking feature of Turnitin effectively. The 4
parts are as listed below:

Create a user profile and account (Part 1)

Enroll and access your subject class (Part 2)

Submit a paper to a class (Part 3)

Read your originality report (Part 4)
Part 1 needs to be done once only at the beginning of the
semester.
Parts 2, 3 and 4 may be repeated by you in the same semester,
once for each of the courses that you have registered in that
semester.

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4.  Go to the Turnitin homepage at
http://www.turnitin.com using your favourite web
browser (e.g. Internet Explore, Firefox Mozilla,
Safari, Chrome or others).
 Turnitin can also be accessed directly from its link
posted in the Student Portal (WawasanLearn and
MYLIBRARY) and WOU’s library’s website.
 Another quick way to locate it is to start up
Google, enter the word “turnitin” in the Google
search box. From the search results displayed,
click on the Turnitin homepage link and you will be
taken to its homepage as shown on the next slide.
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Turnitin.com – http://www.turnitin.com

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 Look for the Login box at the top right.
 Click on the blue “Create account” link on the
left as shown below.
 A new Create a User Profile page will open.
Click to select student account.

7. At this point, you must know the following information:
 Class ID (must be a unique numeric number) (to be
provided by your Tutor)
 Class enrollment password (case-sensitive) (to be
provided by your Tutor)
 Type in your class ID and enrollment password in
the boxes.
 Follow the remaining instructions to add your
personal details, create your own password, etc.
 Finally, click the “I agree – create profile” button to
create your new student account. That’s it, you’re
done.
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8. Remember:
Now you have created your account with Turnitin, you would
be able to access Turnitin repeatedly using the same e-
mail address and your own password throughout all the
semesters.
This concludes the Part 1 of the exercise. Part 2 will show
you how to enroll and access your registered courses.
For further information and support:
Check out the “Support” webpage of Turnitin. There are video
tutorials, user guides and manuals for you to refer to or
download.
The URL address is:
http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/support/support-services
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9. Should you experience technical problems with Turnitin, do
submit (via e-mail) your problems with relevant details (e.g.
Tutor & Course Coordinator’s names, subject, etc) to the
Turnitin Administrator at WOU at :
blchew@wou.edu.my or library@wou.edu.my
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Upon completion of Part 2 of this tutorial session, you
should be able to :
 use your assigned class ID* and class enrollment
password to sign in to Turnitin to access your own
student user page in Turnitin;
 enroll in your subject class to view your class portfolio
which contains assignment information posted by
your Tutor for the course or courses that you have
enrolled in for the current semester.
Expected Learning Outcome
* Remember, every class has its own class ID and enrollment
password which will be provided to you by your Tutor.
* Remember, every class has its own class ID and enrollment
password which will be provided to you by your Tutor.

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Your student homepage will open out displaying among
other info, the following four links on the top of the page:
 all classes
 enroll in a class
 what is plagiarism?
 citation help
This is an
exemplar.

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 Do browse and familiarize yourself with the contents
of this page.
 Where is the class ID displayed? What is in the “user
info”? etc.
 If you are viewing this page for the very first time,
then you will only see the class ID and name of one
course (i.e. the one that you entered earlier just
before you created your user profile (in Part 1).
 Click on that course name link to open and view your
class portfolio for that course. In the example, the
course is EED 214/05: 3MLE1 (Status: active).

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 In your class portfolio, you will see your assignment
list which looks like the example shown below:

Take a good look at the kinds of information displayed. In this
exemplar, TMA1, TMA2 and TMA3 assignment portfolios have
been
posted by the Tutor. The START and DUE dates are shown.
Note: Do not confuse the DUE dates set here (i.e. duration for
checking) with the submission assignment due dates which you must
This is
an
exempla
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Question : I have enrolled for 3 courses in this semester.
How do I add the other 2 classes to my student
homepage?
Answer : You have to enroll in these 2 classes one by one.
 Click on the “enroll in a class” link on the top header.
 A pop-up box will appear. Fill in the relevant class ID
and enrollment password. Click the “submit” button.

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 To view all your enrolled classes (Status: active), click
on “all classes” tab. You should see all your three
courses listed as shown in the exemplar below.
This is an
exemplar

17. Remember: As you have already created your
account with Turnitin, you are now able to access
Turnitin anytime using the same e-mail address and
your own password throughout the semester.
This concludes Part 2 of the tutorial. Part 3 will show
you how to submit your written TMA paper or report
on Turnitin.
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Upon completion of this Part 3 tutorial,
you should be able to sign in to Turnitin to
submit your course assignment paper for
originality checking.
Expected Learning Outcome

20.  Sign in to Turnitin using your registered e-mail address
and own password (if you’re not already signed in).
 You should see your list of enrolled courses for the
current semester (Status: active). Click on your course
name link to view your assignment portfolio.
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In the assignment Inbox, you will see the TMA assignment(s)
created by your Tutor. It looks like the example below:
This is an
exempla
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21.  To submit your assignment, click the “Submit” button. By
now, you should know the title of your assignment and
where that document file is kept in your PC.
 A new page appears for you to fill in the required
information.
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This is an
exemplar

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Leave this as it is – “single file
upload”.
Please remember this – file size
< 20MB
Even though
Turnitin accepts
several file types,
please bear in mind
that WOU requires
you to submit your
text document in
the Microsoft
WORD format.
Input your document filename here
Click “upload” button to submit your file

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As a precaution,
before you finally
click the submit
button, Turnitin will let
you preview your
submission in a
separate page as
shown on the right.
Once you’re sure that
the content is
correct,then click the
“submit” button to
submit your paper to
Turnitin for originality
checking

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You may now return
to your class portfolio
page by clicking this
link
Take note of your
paper ID number
Success at last! Turnitin sends you a digital receipt as shown
below:

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Once back in your class portfolio page, wait for a while
and refresh your page (press F5 key from your keyboard)
and you will see your Similarity Index result (%).

The “Submit” button has turned into a “Resubmit”
button. This indicates that you can resubmit your paper
for checking as many times as you wish.

However, for Resubmission or subsequence
submissions there will be a 24 hours delay to generate
the Similarity Index result. The reason of the delay is to
ensure that student researches and think about how to
rewrite their assignment paper in their own words
rather than just using Turnitin to get a lower Similarity
Index score by resubmitting over and over again.

26. Remember: Once you have created your account
with Turnitin, you are able to access Turnitin anytime
using the same e-mail address and your own
password throughout the current semester.
This concludes Part 3 of the tutorial. Part 4 will show
you how to retrieve the much anticipated Originality
Reports from Turnitin.
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Upon completion of this Part 4 tutorial,
you should be able to sign in to Turnitin to
read the Originality Report compiled by
Turnitin based on what you have written in
your TMA paper submitted earlier by you to
Turnitin.
Expected Learning Outcome

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 In practice, a paper submitted to Turnitin will be compared against
millions of internet documents, published journals, periodicals, and
even previously submitted papers stored in Turnitin’s own databank.
 The comparison document is called an Originality Report.
 Briefly, the Originality Report provides a summary of matching text
found in a submitted paper. The Report also reveals the matching
sources.
 The amount of matching content is indicated by an index of similarity
expressed in percentage (%). The higher the % value, the greater the
amount of matching content.
 As a student of WOU, you are permitted to view the Originality Report
on your submitted paper. Follow the instructions provided in the next
slide.
About the Originality Report of
Turnitin

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Here’s how you do it.
 Sign in to Turnitin using your e-mail address and password
(i.e. if you’re not already signed in).
 Click on your subject to go into the Class Homepage.
 On the Assignment Inbox section, look under the Similarity
column. Double click on the index box to display the full
Originality Report on your submitted paper.
Part 4 : How can I view the Originality Report
now that I have submitted my TMA paper?

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Sample of Originality Report page (it consists of 3
parts) - PDF Document View
(1) Info about your
paper (e.g. title, your
registered name,
filename, similarity
index)
(2) Right side displays
the text of your
subm
itted paper m
arked
in m
atching colours
(3) Left side displays the
matching sources marked
in different colours
Scroll
down
to see
more
Index = 13%
Print or
download
report

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Sample of Originality Report page (index = 26%)
[2] = Matching
text found from
this source

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Advice:
Turnitin has many more features that cannot be
covered here. Do explore them.
Proper interpretation of an Originality Report
requires careful thought and discussion with your
Tutor. Ask your Tutor about conditions under which
a certain % of matching text may be allowed and
how such text should be cited or reported in your
paper.
Visit the Turnitin homepage to find out more about
the subject. Watch the videos.

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That’s it. This concludes Part 4 which is also the last
part of the quick-start tutorial on Turnitin. We hope
you have really benefited from it.
Remember:
Now you have created your account with Turnitin, you
are able to access Turnitin anytime to submit your
draft assignment papers for originality checking
before you finally submit the papers for grading by
your Tutor. This is considered a good practice.
Thank you for your participation.

35. For further information and support:
Check out the “Support” webpage of Turnitin. There are video
tutorials, user guides and manuals for you to refer to or
download.
The URL address is:
http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/support/support-services
Should you experience technical problems with Turnitin, do
submit (via e-mail) your problems with relevant details (e.g.
Tutor & Course Coordinator’s names, subject, etc) to
the Turnitin Administrator at WOU at :
blchew@wou.edu.my or library@wou.edu.my
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