The essays submitted by students are stored in a database used to check for plagiarism. It scans its own databases and also has licensing agreements with large academic proprietary databases.
#Turnitin students login software
The Turnitin software checks for potentially unoriginal content by comparing submitted papers to several databases using a proprietary algorithm.
#Turnitin students login pdf
If a file format issue is occurring, please re-open the file in a word processor, and save the file again using the "save as" function and choosing a different format from the file type pull down menu (try RTF or TXT as they are the most "safe"). Turnitin will not accept ".doc" files created using OpenOffice since OpenOffice ".doc" files are not 100% Microsoft Word equivalent.
odt files created and downloaded from Google Docs online. PDF files containing only images of text will be rejected during the upload attempt.
The primary instructor will create a TA role for you on his/her Turnitin account. If you are a TA who is simply assisting the primary instructor, do not request a Turnitin account.
If you are the primary instructor for a course, or you are a TA managing the course for the primary instructor, you may request a Turnitin account.