Turnitin.com

Turnitin.com is a program that checks for plagiarism and allows students/teachers to edit papers. Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Once you have a turnitin.com account, you can add as many classes as you'd like to that account. Please do not create new accounts for each class.

Getting started: creating a user profile

1. Log onto http://turnitin.com/en_us/home
2. Click on “create account” at the top of page
3. Under “Create a User Profile”, click on the “student” link to create a new account.
4. Type in your Turnitin class I.D. # and password (teacher will give you this information)
5. Enter your first name, last name, email address (preferably your DUSD email)
6. Create a password for your account containing 6-12 characters (must include at least 1 number and 1 letter)
7. Select a secret password question from the pull-down menu
8. Enter a secret answer to the question in the box
9. Click on “I agree – create profile” link

Using turnitin.com

1. To enter a class, click on class name
2. At your class home page, you can submit an assignment by clicking “submit” next to that assignment
3. Enter the title of your paper
4. Select the paper for submission by clicking the “Browse” button
5. A submission page will appear: to submit it, click “yes, submit”
6. You will see a digital receipt and you will be emailed a receipt that confirms your submission

Upload your essay/assignment directly from Google Drive!