1. Susan Bloom, MLIS

2.  Learn how to turnitin

3.  Prevents plagiarism
 Allows for better reviewing and grading
 Tracks your progress

4.  Turnitin helps to ensure originality in student writing
by comparing papers with over 150 million assignments
and billions of web pages. It will begin by comparing your
paper with papers from other Molloy students.
 It tells the professor the percentage of the student’s
assignment that was found in these other papers and can
also show them the original work where the lifted section
was found. The professor always has final say over the
analysis of your paper.

5. If this is your first time using turnitin, click on
“Create an account”.
Note: Do not put the log in information you
receive into these fields! It will not work! These
fields are to be used after you create an account

6. First time users click here

7. Enter the log in
information you
received in your
email or from
your professor
here
Fill in these
boxes with
your
personal
information

8. Note: This is
Create your
further down
own, unique
on the same
password here.
page as the
Do not use the
previous slide
same password
Choose your as the one you
own question entered
and answer previously!
Click here
Now choose “I
agree – create
profile”

9. If you have registered successfully, you will
receive a confirmation email similar to this

10. Now you can log in to the system
using your email and the password
you created

11. Click on your instructor’s name to
send them an email
If you already have a turnitin account, click
this tab and enter the class id number to
Click on the class name to enroll in the class
go to the class homepage

12. If your professor allows you to resubmit Click “view” to see
your paper, check the “resubmit” notes from your
button. Note: This will depend on the teacher and the
individual professor originality report
If your professor has added a rubric,
click here to see it
If your instructor
has any additional
information for the
assignment, you
can find it here
If this is your first time handing in an Choose this icon to download
assignment, click on the “submit” button your original paper

13. Choose whether
you will upload
your paper or
cut and paste it.
Note: If you
choose to cut
and paste,
formatting may
be affected.

14. Preview your
paper to ensure
you chose the
right file
You must click on the
“submit” button a second
time or your paper will
not reach the professor!

15. You will also receive an
email confirming your
submission

17. Click on the arrow to see
specifics of a particular match
Click here
to see the
originality
report
The number on the left corresponds with The system
the original source number on the right lets you and
your
professor
see what is
a match and
where it
found the
match

18. When you click on the arrow, the matching
section is displayed in red
Choose “full source
view” to see the
matching section
in the original
document

19. This feature allows your professors to
grade your work and make comments
digitally. Depending on your professor, this
may mean you can get feedback on your
papers earlier.

20. Comments
in purple
are Your professor
generated may add longer
by the comments in this
system field
Comments in
blue are
from your
professor
Hover over GradeMark icons
to see what your professor
has to say or a definition of
the abbreviation

21. The system allows for easy writing workshops. Your
professor may assign you a paper from another student
(may be anonymous) to review and comment on. Sometimes
your professor will also post questions for you to answer.
Your review may have your name attached or it may be
nameless. The comments look the same and feature the
same options as GradeMark, they are just created by a peer
instead of a professor.

22.  Everyone in the class should now create an
account.
 Submit the paper you brought with you to the
class I created. You will not be graded on this
paper.
◦ The ID for the class is 4532105
◦ The password for the class is fst101

23. Please go to http://molloy.libguides.com/ and
fill out the survey (number 11 in the middle
column). My name is Susie Bloom.