Creating and Using Your Turnitin Account

Most of our word-processed assignments will be submitted to turnitin, a portfolio-building, grading, peer-editing, and plagiarism-checking resource available to our school. Turnitin also prevents problems with printing, computer malfunction, and confusion about deadlines.

Part One: Creating an Account

1. Go to the turnitin website. You may use the link on my homepage, the link on this blog's front page, this link right HERE, or simply type turnitin.com into your navigation bar.

2. Click "Create Account"

3. If you already have a turnitin account (from Ms Hummel's class, for example), enter your email address and password and log into your account. You will need to add this class using the information in step #5

4. If you do not have an account, look under the "Create a New Account" heading and click on the "Student" link.

5. Enter the required information into the text fields.
The class ID for AP Comp Period 2 is 10627874 and your password is wolfpack2
The class ID for AP Comp Period 6 is 10627891 and your password is wolfpack6


PLEASE make your turnitin password the same as the password for your skyward login or your email login. Later, you should send yourself an email with your login information.

Part Two: Submitting an Assignment

1. You should see the class title on your home page under the heading AG West Black Hills High School. Click on the name of the course to see assignments and other information for the course.

2. Find the appropriate assignment in the assignment inbox. If the assignment is open for submission of papers, the "SUBMIT" button will be blue. To submit your paper click "SUBMIT".

3. You will now see box that says "Submit Paper: by File Upload (Step 1 of 3)
a. You want to leave the first box set on "Single File Upload"
b. Leave your name alone.
c. Enter the title of your paper into the "Submission title" box
d. Click the "Choose File" button. Use the dialog box that shows up to find the file on your computer
e. Click on the file and then click the "Open" box. It also works to double click the file.
f. You should then be returned to the paper submission dialogue box. Click "Upload".

3. After a few seconds, you will see a preview of your paper -- check and make sure it's the right one, and that it's all there. If everything's OK, click "Submit".

4. After a few more seconds, you should see a confirmation of receipt of your paper. it will have an ID number for the document, title, name, and the first page of the paper. This digital receipt will be emailed to the address you provided when you signed up for the account.

We will be truing this out on the first day we use computers, so we will have an opportunity to check for any problems.

Good luck!