Turnitin directions

Submitting Your Assignment to Turnitin

SOCI 1301Dr. Fasullo

Understanding Turnitin• What is Turnitin?

• Why do we use Turnitin?

• How does Turnitin work?

– Compares your paper to millions of sources in its repository

– Results in an Originality Report with an originality percentage

– You must hand in a printed copy of the Originality Report with your assignment

– Submit your assignment early so Turnitin has time to compile the report (can take anywhere from 15 minutes – 2 days)

At this point, you may see a progress window

pop up:

Once your paper is successfully submitted, you will receive an email notification.

To see if your Originality Report is ready, go back to the Turnitin folder in the Course Documents section

and click on View/Complete.

After you click on the print/download icon ( )

a dialog box will open:

If you are using a browser with pop-up blockers installed, you will have to temporarily disable the pop-up blocker and click on

the print/download icon again for this box to appear.

After a few seconds, the dialog box will change to tell you the download is ready:

Click on the link, and an Adobe dialog box will open. Leave the bubble set to “Open with,”

and click OK to open the Originality Report.

When you download the Originality Report as a PDF to print, it will look like this:

Use the Print icon on the PDF to print out the Originality Report, and turn it in to Dr. Fasullo with your paper.

Remember!

• Submit your paper early!

• Click this icon to view the Report:

• Click this icon at the bottom of the Report to download it as a PDF for printing: