Using Turnitin: Faculty: Library and Media Services: Student Support Services: Arapahoe Community College

Using Turnitin: Faculty

Getting a Turnitin Account

Request a turnitin account for faculty and/or training.
Once your account is created you will receive an e-mail from Turnitin with your password and instructions on logging in.

Adding a Class

STEP 1: Go to www.turnitin.com and login using your ACC e-mail address and password.
STEP 2: Click on the add a class link on your instructor homepage.
STEP 3: Fill in class name, class number, and enrollment password, then click the submit button.

A confirmation screen will pop up to notify you the class has been added. Turnitin will assign a class ID number for this class. Students will need the class ID and password to join your class and submit a paper.
Your class should appear in the list on your instructor homepage.

Adding an Assignment

STEP 1: Click on your class name.
STEP 2: Click on create a new assignment.
STEP 3: Fill in the assignment title, start and due dates, any special instructions and click submit.

Submitting a Paper on Behalf of a Student

STEP 1: Click on a class, then click on the submit icon next to the appropriate assignment.
STEP 2: Fill in the student’s name, title of the paper and ACC ID.
STEP 3: Click on Browse and choose a file. Click the submit button.
STEP 4: You will be asked to review the paper. Click submit again to upload the paper.
STEP 5: Make a note of the digital receipt ID that confirms your submission.

Viewing Originality Reports

STEP 1: Click on a class, then click on the inbox icon next to the appropriate
STEP 2: Click on the report icon to view the originality report.
STEP 3: Links to pages with matching text are at the top of the page.
STEP 4: Matching text in the paper is highlighted in the same color as the link.
STEP 5: Click on side-by-side version to see the paper and the web page with matching text.
STEP 6: Click on reanalyze and exclude to analyze paper and ignore selected passages.

Interpreting Originality Reports

SECTION 1: The top section of the Originality Report contains student identification information on the left and the color similarity index on the right. The color similarity index will help you understand how similar the paper's text is to other sources found by turnitin.com.
SECTION 2: The second section of the report include links to sources found by turnitin.com that are similar to the submitted paper.
SECTION 3: The bottom section shows the text of the paper with direct links to the matched text.

(Adapted from the University of Alabama in Huntsville)