How to Use Turnitin.com - [Course Name, Term]

In addition to submitting a hard copy of your paper to your TA in lecture on [due date], you are also required to submit an electronic copy to the Turnitin.com web site by [due date and time], using your Turnitin account.

How to create a student account on Turnitin.com

  1. Go to www.turnitin.com
  2. Click on the link “Create a user profile” at the top right of the page. (Note: some students may already have created a profile for another UCLA class. If that's the case, those students should just login using their email address and password.)
  3. Select “Student” from the drop-down menu that asks if you are a student or instructor.
  4. Enter the Turnitin.com class ID number and password for the section in which you are enrolled.

    Section TA Class ID Enrollment Password
    1A      
    1B      
    1C      
    1D      
    1E      
    1F      
    1G      
    1H      
    1I      
    1J      
    1K      
    1L      
    1M      

  5. Enter your email address. This will become your Turnitin user name.
  6. You should see your assigned [Course Name] section listed on the "My Classes" page. If not, inform your TA.

 

How to submit your paper on Turnitin.com

  1. After having created your account (see above), log in using your email address and password.
  2. On the "My Classes" page, click on the link for your [Course Name] discussion section.
  3. Click on the "Submit" icon for the appropriate paper (in this case, Paper).
  4. Fill in the information for author's email/user name, first and last name, and submission title.
  5. Locate the electronic version of paper on you hard drive (or removable media) using the "Browse" button. Turnitin currently accepts MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, and plain text files.
  6. Click on "Submit", and you're done. Turnitin will automatically compare your paper to its database and to existing pages on the World Wide Web and will generate an originality report once the analysis is complete.