Instructor Training

Creating an Account

All users on the Turnitin system must create a user profile. If the user has previously registered on Turnitin, is an account administrator, or received an e-mail that indicates having been added to an account this section can be skipped. Users with existing profiles should skip to the Logging In section.

If the user is new to Turnitin and has not been added to an account by the account administrator, an instructor profile must be created. To create an instructor profile, the account ID number and account join password are required. This information is needed to authorize a user to join the Turnitin account.

Note: The account ID and account join password may only be distributed by the Turnitin account administrator for an institution. Instructors wishing to access Turnitin must contact the appropriate personnel at the institution to receive the account ID and join password. Account administrators may distribute this data or may automatically enroll instructors via e-mail. Turnitin staff cannot distribute this information to any user.

To create a user profile:

Go to www.turnitin.com and click on the "Create Account" link
Under the "New Instructors start here" section click on the "Create a user profile" link
Click on the "instructor" link
The Create a New Turnitin Instructor Account form must be completed
Enter the account ID number and account join password for the institutional account
Enter the user first name, last name, and a valid e-mail address to use as the login for Turnitin
Select a password for logging in. The password must be six to twelve characters including at least one letter and one number. The password is case sensitive.
Select a secret question from the pull down menu and enter the answer. This answer is not case sensitive. Click on "next" to continue
To continue using Turnitin, the user must click on "I agree - - create profile" to access Turnitin
To go directly to Turnitin, click on "Log in to Turnitin"

Logging In

To begin using Turnitin, you must first log in. During login a cookie will be set on your web browser to allow Turnitin to authorize your access during use of the site. Please ensure that the web browser program you are using will allow the cookie to be set by our site, www.turnitin.com. Please refer to the Help Center article on allowing cookies.

If the instructor is logging into a profile using a temporary password received via e-mail, the system will require a confirmation of the user information. New users must also set a personal password and secret question/answer information. The new password that is set by the user will replace the temporary password and will be required for all future login attempts.

To login to Turnitin:

Go to www.turnitin.com
At the top right enter the e-mail address and password associated with the instructor user profile
Click the "Sign In" button to log into the Instructor homepage

Resetting Your Password

If a Turnitin user password is forgotten or the initial user welcome e-mail is not received, the password can be reset via secret question or e-mail. To reset a password via e-mail, the user information must contain a valid e-mail address. Turnitin cannot send password reset information to any other e-mail.

E-mail password reset:

Go to www.turnitin.com
Click on the "Retrieve password" link
Enter the e-mail address associated with a Turnitin user profile and your last name. Click on the "next" button
Enter the answer for the Secret Question in the field provided and click "next"
Or if you do not know the secret question/answer set for the user profile, click the link below labeled "Forgot the answer?" to have a link to a password reset sent via e-mail
On the password reset page, you must enter a new password and log into Turnitin using the e-mail and new password for your profile
Use the e-mail and new password for this user profile to log into Turnitin