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Saving Your Work to Turnitin.com... 1. Open your web browsing program (Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape, etc.) and type www.turnitin.com into the address line to go to the website. 2. Log in to the site. Enter your user ID, which is your e-mail address, and your password. Note: If you have never created a Turnitin.com account or if you have not yet "enrolled" in the class for which you want to turn in work, you will need some information from your teacher to get started. You need a Class ID number and a Class Password. New users will need to click on "New User" and follow the online instructions to get started. Users who need to add a class will need to log in as usual, and then click on the "Enroll in a Class" tab. Note: If you have forgotten your password, you will need to click on "Forgot My Password" at the top of the main page and follow the online instructions to reset it. Your teacher and lab administrator will not be able to give you your forgotten password. Do not create a new login or your teacher will have two different versions of you in the class. This causes problems and may affect your grades. Reset your password using the correct procedure. 3. You will see a list of the classes in which you are enrolled. Click on the link of the class for which you will be submitting work. 4. Your class portfolio will appear, showing the assignments your instructor has created and your submissions to the class. To submit a paper, click the submit button next to the paper’s assignment (see below).  5. The paper submission page will open. Enter a title for your paper. To select a paper for submission, click the browse button (see below) and locate the paper on your computer. Turnitin.com accepts submissions in these formats: MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, HTML, and plain text (.txt). After entering a title for your paper and selecting a file, click submit to upload your paper.  NOTE: If you do not use Word or WordPerfect, go to the File/Save As menu of your word processing program and save your file as an RTF file. Most word processors have this option, and it should preserve your formatting so that your paper will look like it did on your home computer. 6. A preview screen will appear to show you the paper you are about to submit. Some of the formatting may appear different, but it will appear correctly when you view the paper online later. Check to make sure it is the file you want, but don't worry about it looking different from the way it looks in your Word processing software. Click “yes, submit” to finalize your submission. NOTE: If you do not click submit this second time, your paper will NOT be submitted.  7. After you confirm your submission, a digital receipt will be shown. This receipt will also be e-mailed to you. IMPORTANT: To ensure that your paper has been submitted correctly, click the portfolio icon (see below) to return to your portfolio and view your submission.  When you get back to the portfolio page, look at the assignment for which you are submitting the file. You should now see a file icon and a ".doc" underneath the "Submitted" column. Downloading Your Submitted File for Revising... 1. Log in using your ID and password. 2. Click to enter the correct class. 3. You will see your portfolio, and it will list all the files you have submitted for that class. 4. Place your cursor over the file icon underneath the "Submitted" heading. A small pop-up will appear with the message "download paper." Click on the file icon to begin the download. NOTE: If you get an error message and it will not allow you to download the file, you will need to disable the security feature of your web browser that is causing this problem. You can do this by pressing and holding down the "CTRL" key on your keyboard while you click on the file icon... 5. A box will appear asking you if you want to save or open the file on your computer. Choose "Open," and the file will open up in your Word processing program. You may now begin working on the file and making changes. Be sure to save it on your home computer or the lab server while you work... Where to save when you're at school:
6. When you have finished making your changes to the file, see Step 4 above of "Submitting and Saving Your Work..." to submit your latest version of the file, replacing the previous one. NOTE: You must re-submit your file before you leave the school lab to ensure that it will be saved. Do not rely on keeping the file saved on the U: drive; it is not protected from other users there and may be lost during server maintenance. ---------------------- If you need further assistance with Turnitin or would like to learn about the advanced features the system offers, please download the student user manual, which is available at: http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_student_guide.pdf |