Turnitin - Student User

For students without a user profile:

Go to www.turnitin.com

In upper right corner, click New Users.

Select user type student.

Class ID and Password come from your teacher:

Class ID ____________________________

Password ___________________________

Type your full email address. (If you do not have an email account, create one at

www.hotmail.com, www.yahoo.com..etc. You will need to check this email for messages from your teacher or Turnitin!)

Your personal password – different from your class password – should be your St.

Pat login name (what you use to sign onto the computers).

Select a secret question (you will need this if you forget your password).

Enter your first and last name.

Agree to all terms and conditions.

End wizard and login using your full email address and personal password. Make sure it worked!

If you’ve created a Turnitin account already, follow these steps:

Go to www.turnitin.com. Login using your full email address and password.

[If you don’t remember your password, click Password Help at the top of the screen and then follow directions. You will need to go to your email, open the email from Turnitin, click the provided link, and change your password.]

Once you have logged in, click Enroll in New Class.

Class ID and Password provided by your teacher. (See above)

Instructions for Submitting a Paper and Discussion Forum on the reverse side of this sheet!!

Submitting a Paper

Make sure your paper is saved on the File Server (H: drive), a flash drive plugged into the computer, or wherever else you may have stored your paper on the computer.

Go to www.turnitin.com and login.

Click on the name of the class.

Click on the Submit Paper icon.

Type the necessary information (i.e. the title of your paper).

Click the Browse button. Find where your paper is saved. Open.

Click Submit.

Check your paper. If it looks correct, click Yes, submit. If this is not the correct copy, click No, go back and re-submit.