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Help Center: Adding Instructors to an Account

Turnitin account administrators can add instructors to accounts through the account instructor list.

How to add an individual instructor to an account

The instructor icon to the right of the account name

1. Click the instructor icon to the right of the account name.

The add instructor button on the Instructors page

2. Click the add instructor button at the top of the instructor list.

Fill in the instructor first name, last name and email-username into the appropriate field

3. Enter the instructor's name and e-mail address in the appropriate fields.

the submit button on the instructor information page

4. Click submit to finalize the addition

Lists of instructors can be uploaded as well.

How to upload a list of instructors to an account

The instructor icon to the right of the account name

1. Click the instructor icon to the right of the account name.

The upload list button next to the add instructor button

2. Click the upload list button at the top of the instructor list.

The browse buttton to allow the user to find the instructor list on their computer

3. Click browse to find the instructor list file on your computer.

The open button

4. Find the file on your computer and click open.

The submit button to add the instructors selected

5. Click submit to upload the list.

The blue text yes, submit button

6. Review the list of instructors and click yes, submit to finalize the list submission.

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  • When an administrator adds an instructor (or instructors) to the account instructor list, Turnitin will automatically e-mail the instructor (or instructors) a notification of the addition. If the instructor has not previously used the system a temporary user password will be automatically generated for the instructor and sent in the notification e-mail. If the instructor has previously used the system, he or she will need to use his or her previous password to sign in to Turnitin.
  • For each user in your list, you must include the user's e-mail address, last name, and first name in this order: first name, last name, e-mail address.
  • Instructor list files can be saved in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, or Plain Text format. Please note Word and text files must contain commas between the instructors' e-mail addresses, last names and first names.
  • Instructors can join accounts themselves using the account id and join password. For more information regarding this please view our quickstart videos.