Please fill the application to apply for a new account. 

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Setting up your account from your welcome mail

You will be directed to a quick 4-step introduction to Turnitin, with useful guidance to familiarize you with class and assignment creation, as well as adding your students.At the bottom of Turnitin's Getting Started page, click the Create Password button to access Turnitin's account setup pages.

• Click the setup account button from your Turnitin welcome email

Turnitin will send you  an email to validate your account, with the subejct: Set up your Turnitin Account.

Follow the instructions in your email to finish setting up your Turnitin account.The create password URL contains a unique ID and will expire if you fail to click it within 24 hours. If your create password link is no longer working, click the link under Has your link expired? to request a new email.

Now that your username and password have been set up, you can now Log in to Turnitin
Enter your username and password into the relevant fields to log in.

Select a security question, then enter an answer in the fields provided. This will be used if you need to reset your password.

Then click Next button.

Select the I Agree -- Continue button to accept Turnitin's user agreement and enter the Turnitin service.

If an assignment is set to allow any file type, Turnitin will accept any file:

•less than 100MB;

•has a minimum of 20 words; and

•is less than 800 pages (.xls/.xlsx and .csv files must be less than 450 pages).

Turnitin will only accept files that can generate Similarity Reports. This includes:

Log in to Turnitin

Once you've logged in, you should see your homepage listing all classes you have  enrolled in.

A. Click class name

Click the name of the class for the relevant assignment.
This hyperlink will take you to your Class Homepage for that class.

B. On the Class Homepage, please click Open

C. Uploading a submission

    Only a single file may be submitted to a Turnitin assignment. Any second or subsequent submission will overwrite the original submission in this assignment.

Before you submit you will be able to check the assignment details by selecting the assignment title bar.

To submit, select Upload Submission.

The ‘Submit File’ screen allows you to submit your paper to the assignment in three different ways.

Upload Submission

The Upload Submission method allows you to upload a file directly to Turnitin.

Select the Browse button, or drag your file directly onto the modal.

Text Input

The Text Input method allows you to submit just the text of your assignment directly to Turnitin.

Enter or paste your submission title into the Submission Title field and then enter or paste your submission text into the Submission Text field.

Cloud Submission

The Cloud Submission method allows you to submit from a cloud drive.

Choose one way to submit and select Upload and Review.

D. Review and Submit

Before submitting, you will have the opportunity to check that the file you are about to submit is correct. Then, select Submit to Turnitin to submit your assignment.

You will see a submission complete notice if your submission was successful. Please don't leave the submission process until you have seen this notice.

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            4.4 Resubmitting a paper

If  you need to resubmit your paper, you can click the resubmission icon.

You can resubmit your paper to overwrite your previous submission until an assignment's due date.

You are allowed three resubmission attempts where the Similarity Report will generate within 1-2 hours. After three attempts, you'll have to wait 24 hours until the new Similarity Report will be generated.

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