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Help Center: Joining an Account
Instructors must join an account before they can create classes and begin to use Turnitin. In order to join an account the instructor must have the account id and join password which can only be distributed by the institution's Turnitin account administrator. Instructors can join to multiple accounts from the same user profile.
How to create a new user profile and join an account
1. Click on the "New User" link in the upper right corner of the Turnitin homepage
2. Click the "Sign up for Turnitin" link in the New Users column on the right of the web page
3. Click on the "instructor link" from the Create a New Turnitin Account screen
4. Enter your account id and join password in the appropriate fields
5. Enter your first name, your last name, and the e-mail address you would like associated with your Turnitin account (this will be your user name)
6. Enter (and re-enter) the password you would like to use as your Turnitin login password
7. Select a secret question using the secret question pull down menu, enter an answer
8. Review the Turnitin user agreement and click I agree and finalize user profile creation
9. Your profile has now been created, click on the link to log in to Turnitin
Instructors with pre-existing user profiles can use the join account tab to join additional accounts
How to join an account from an existing user profile
1. Click the join account tab on your instructor homepage
2. Enter the account id and join password
3. Click submit to join the account
Additional Information
- All passwords in Turnitin are case sensitive
- Turnitin user login passwords must be between 6-12 character in length and contain both letters and numbers
- You will need to remember your secret question and answer if you forget your login password in the future. Please select the question with this in mind and answer the question with the correct response.
- If you choose to join multiple accounts, each account will appear on your instructor homepage. Please create classes in the appropriately labeled account.