Turnitin Instructor Guide- Apply and setup your account
Introduction to Turnitin          
Turnitin is a web-based text-matching software system designed to check electronically submitted documents for similarity against other documents in their database.
     
Turnitin has three primary databases. Each one can be used to help identify different types of plagiarism.
 
Global student papers database:
This database discourages student collusion, the most common form of plagiarism, by comparing submitted documents against 15 years’ worth of student papers.
 
Internet archive:
This database compares matches against individual internet sources to detect potential copy and paste plagiarism.
 
Premium scholarly publications:
This database allows researchers and students to easily compare original work against published works from around the world.

 

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                    Source: https://www.turnitin.com/products/features/database-content
 

Please refer to the Turnitin Account Application Guideline  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
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  • To create your password, enter your email address and Last Name

Remember, you must use the same email address and last name as the one that received the welcome email when creating your account. After filling in the relevant fields, click the "Next" button to proceed.

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  •  Validate your account               

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

Please enter your email address and last name that matche the one in the welcome email.

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  • Return to your email inbox

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.

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  • Create Your Password
                Your password must be between 6 and 12 characters, containing at least one letter and one number
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  • Log in to Turnitin

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.

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  • Set secret question

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.

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  • User Agreement

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

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