Turnitin Student Quickstart Introduction This quickstart will help you get started with Turnitin and will walk you through the steps for submitting your first paper To begin you need to first register with Turnitin and create a user profile If you have received an e mail from Turnitin with a temporary password a user profile has already been created for you To get started log in to Turnitin with your e mail address and password and proceed to Step 2 in this quickstart Step 1 To register and create a user profile go to www turnitin com and click on the New Users at the top of the homepage Click to register and create your user profile The new user wizard will open and walk you through the profile creation process To create a profile you must have a class ID and an enrollment password You can get this information from your instructor Once you finish creating your profile you will be logged in to Turnitin Step 2 Your class will show up on your homepage Click on the name of your class to open your class portfolio Click on the name of your class to open your portfolio 1 Turnitin Student Quickstart Step 3 Your class portfolio shows the assignments your instructor has created and your submissions to the class To submit a paper click the submit button next to the paper s assignment Click the submit icon to upload your paper Step 4 The paper submission page will open Enter a title for your paper To select a paper for submission click the browse button and locate the paper on your computer We accept submissions in these formats MS Word WordPerfect RTF PDF PostScript HTML and plain text txt After entering a title for your paper and selecting a file click submit to upload your paper Once you have located your paper and entered a title click submit If your paper is in a format that we do not accept you can submit it by cut and paste To submit a paper this way select cut paste using the pulldown at the top of the form Select cut paste with the pulldown to submit a paper in a file format we do not accept To submit a paper by cut and paste copy the text of your paper from a word processing program and then paste it into the text box in the submission form If you submit your paper using the cut and paste method 2 Turnitin Student Quickstart you can skip the next step Step 5 The paper you chose to submit will be shown on the next page Look over all the information and make sure that it is correct To confirm the submission click the yes submit button Make sure you selected the correct paper click yes submit to finalize your submission Step 6 After you confirm your submission a digital receipt will be shown This receipt will be e mailed to you To return to your portfolio and view your submission click the portfolio button Click the portfolio icon to return to your portfolio and view your submission By default students cannot see their own Originality Reports If you do not see an Originality Report icon in your portfolio and want to see your report contact your instructor If you need further assistance with Turnitin or would like to learn about the advanced features our system offers please download our student user manual which is available at http www turnitin com static pdf tii student guide pdf 3