Turnitin Guide

For Teachers:

• During the summer, all new secondary school teachers are invited to create a turnitin account. If you were not invited but need an account, please send an email to veracross@nist.ac.th requesting the Turnitin welcome email.
• Follow the instructions in the email to create your account.
• Then use this Turnitin Quick Start Guide to make a Class AND an Assignment.
• Making a class (Instructions below in QuickStart Guide, but please consider these NIST-Specific points).
  * use Yr Level and Subject followed by any other info. (e.g. Y07 Science , Y10 English, Y12 Economics SL, Y12 Mandarin B)
  * Do not need to import student list. Have them join your class.
• Creating an assignment (Instructions below in QuickStart Guide, but please consider these NIST-Specific points).
  • under More Options, you can fine tune to include/exclude small matches, quoted material, and bibliographic information to refine the originality reports
  • the school advocates making the class show originality reports by default (teachers can block originality reporting on any individual assignment if needed)
  • the school advocates using immediately (can overwrite reports until due date)
  • exclude bibliographic material
  • exclude quoted materials
  • exclude small matches (3 words)
  • allow students to see originality reports
  • Ability to view Originality Reports
• Submitting Assignments
  • ordinarily, students will submit their own papers
  • if a teacher wants to submit, they can submit as instructor
  • Using quick submit
  • How to use draft and revision assignments and not end up with student’s prior submission counting as copied work.
• Originality Reports
  • see guide below
  • There are many more links at turnitin.com help center