Turnitin.com

Turnitin.com is a service for faculty and students to assist in the detection and/or avoidance of plagiarism in papers and assignments. Papers can be electronically submitted to the service, which checks the internet and a supplemental database for patterns that indicate plagiarism. More on how it works.

To use Turnitin, you must first create a user profile. To create a profile click here. After creating a profile, you will receive an email confirmation.

***Note for students*** Your instructor must first register and activate your class before you can access this service. Your instructor will issue you a class specific id and password to access turnitin.com. Quickstart service overview/tutorial for students.

To fully activate your account with Turnitin.com, you will need an account ID and 'user join password'. This is used to establish your profile as being associated with the University's subscription to this service.

To obtain the account ID and join password, contact the Kent Library reference desk at kentreference@semo.edu, phone 651-2230.

At various points in the account activation profile, there will be links to instructional/getting started information. A quick overview/introduction to the process described above is available online here.

Getting started

To submit a paper, instructors must first create a class and an assignment. Instructors at schools with institutional or department accounts will first need to create a user profile before they can login. Once logged in, the instructor will join his or her school's account using the account ID and account join password.

If instructors choose to have their students submit papers, students must first create a user profile. Then, students will login and enroll in the instructor's class with the class ID and class enrollment password.

**Important -- download usage instructions**

Turnitin.com usage manuals: Detailed instructions on how to use our service can be found at: http://www.turnitin.com/static/training.html .The usage manuals provide detailed instructions for each Turnitin.com user type: Instructor or Student.

If you have further usage questions, you can reach the Turnitin.com technical support staff via email at helpdesk@turnitin.com.

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