PUC Preparatory School

Directions for Submitting Your First Essay to Turnitin.com (updated 5/30/07)

1. Go to www.turnitin.com .
2. Click "New Users" (in the top right corner).
3. Follow directions. Select "student." Click "next" button.
4. Fill in the class ID and password. (Class ID: _________and enrollment password: _________.) Click "next" button.
5. Type in your e-mail address. Click "next" button.
6. Enter a password that you will remember (and NOT share with anyone else!). Confirm your password. Click "next" button.
7. Type in your first name, last name, select "US" and "California." Then click the "next" button.
8. Read the user agreement and click "I agree – create profile" link.
9. You will see a window headed "Create a user profile (completed)." Read the information and then click the "end wizard and go to login page" link.
10. You will be taken to the Turnitin.com front page again.
11. In the upper right corner, login with the e-mail address and password that you entered in steps 5 & 6 above. Click the "Log In" button.
12. In the next window, in the upper left corner, there should be a message that says "Welcome, [Your Name].
13. Click on the name of your class.
14. Click on the little submit icon.
15. Follow directions: Type a paper title. You can submit your paper in one of two ways:
• File upload. Select "file upload" in the box at the top of the dialog box then browse to find your paper. Click "submit" button.
• Cut and paste. Select "cut & paste" in the box at the top of the dialog box. Copy and paste your paper into the text box. Click "submit" button.
16. You'll get a digital receipt--a number that indicates that Turnitin.com received your paper. Write this down or print out this page! (This is your hard copy evidence that you actually submitted your paper to Turnitin.com. If you don't get to the digital receipt page, you have NOT submitted your paper.)
17. Log out (top of screen).

Directions for Submitting All Subsequent Essays to Turnitin.com

1. Go to www.turnitin.com .
2. Sign in with the e-mail address and password you used in Steps 5 and 6 above.
3. Follow the directions above from step #10 onwards.

Lost Password

1. If you don’t remember your password, click “forgot your password” (upper right corner). Input the email address that they have for you on file. Click “Next.
2. Skip the “secret question” stuff, and instead click the “click here” blue link below the empty boxes. An email reset will be sent to your email address.
3. BE SURE to check your “junk mail” folder for the email from turnitin.com if it doesn’t arrive in your main mail folder. This email is time sensitive, but the process can be repeated if necessary.

What to Do if You Are Experiencing Difficulties Submitting a Paper

If you ever experience difficulties submitting a paper to Turnitin.com, and you are getting close to missing a paper deadline, be SURE to e-mail (or otherwise contact) your teacher. Explain the steps you have attempted, explain the difficulties, AND--if possible--attach (or copy and paste) the completed paper to the e-mail message. By doing these things BEFORE the deadline, you will be demonstrating that you are being responsible about meeting your obligations. (This is always a good thing to demonstrate to a teacher!)