Turnitin

About Turnitin.com

Turnitin.com allows faculty to submit digital copies of student papers and assignments to be checked for originality against Internet sources and a database of previously submitted student work. Within 24 hours, the Turnitin.com website will return an Originality Report ™, which consists of copies of the student papers highlighting any text that has been copied from the Internet. Turnitin can also be customized to enable students to review their originality reports as a teaching and revision tool prior to submitting a final draft.

Apply for a Turnitin account

Faculty may use Turnitin through WorldClassRoom to check for plagiarism and for peer-review activities. For those faculty who do not have access to WorldClassRoom, you may apply for a Turnitin.com account by filling out an account request form.. Once your request has been processed, you will be e-mailed an account login and password as well as instructions for using your account directly from Turnitin.com. You can then log in to the Turnitin site.

Getting started

Turnitin has a number of instructional materials that guide you through the initial process. All can be accessed under Training on the Turnitin.com website. A good place to start is Plagiarism Prevention Quick Start Instructor Video.

Instructions for enabling student access

You may prefer to have your students submit their own papers to Turnitin. If so, faculty should complete the following steps:

1. Make sure you have created a class (including class ID and password).
2. Create assignment(s) for each series of papers to be submitted.
3. Give your students the class ID and password (that you created previously) to have them submit their own papers.

Instructions for student access to Turnitin

Your instructor will give a course id and password. Step-by-step instructions on how to use this information and upload your file are found in the Plagiarism Prevention Quick Start Student Video, Quick Start Student User Guide or Student User Guide.

Webster University Plagiarism Policy Statement

Webster University strives to be a center of academic excellence. As part of our Statement of Ethics, the University strives to preserve academic honor and integrity by repudiating all forms of academic and intellectual dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism and all other forms of academic dishonesty. Academic Dishonesty is unacceptable and is subject to a disciplinary response. The University reserves the right to utilize electronic databases, such as Turnitin.com, to assist faculty and students with their academic work.