Turnitin : User Guides, Manuals & Tutorials and FAQ's

Turnitin is a web-based tool for 'text-matching' - identifying documents having similar texts. 

Turnitin compares the full-text of a document with the texts of documents indexed in its database, web pages, papers published in journals, online books etc, and produces a detailed 'originality report.' which includes a 'similarity index'. 

Students can use this platform to submit their assignment and generate similarity report.

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• Turnitin Website FAQs

Please avoid sending requests with short deadlines; The Processing of the request will take a maximum of 48 hours.

1. Office of Doctoral Studies
   • For PhD scholars:
     • Ms. Vinu Sharma
     • Email: phd@jgu.edu.in
2. Centre for Postgraduate Legal Studies:
   • LLM scholars:
     • Prof. Kumar Paramjeet Singh
     • Email: kpsingh@jgu.edu.in 
3. For General Inquiry:
   • Mr. Arjun K Dinesh
   • Email: turnitin@jgu.edu.in

Instructor accounts are only provided to the faculties and their Teaching Assistants.

Step 1: Write an email to turnitin@jgu.edu.in to create an instructor account.

Step 2: You will receive a welcome mail from Turnitin to set up your account.

Follow the instructions mentioned in the mail. Watch the video guide given below to understand the procedure.

After setting up the Turnitin account, the instructor can create classes in which they can enroll the students and create assignments.

The instructor can create a Master class and Standard Class.

A master class enables instructors to share the classes with Teaching Assistants (TA) or co-instructors throughout sections. Standard Class can be opted if there aren't any Teaching assistants.

Most instructor and student activity on Turnitin occurs within the class or classes created by an instructor. (See)

If sections of a class are taught by other instructors or by teaching assistants, a class with sections can be created in Turnitin. A top-level master class is created to oversee the section classes. (See)

After creating the class, the next step is to create the Assignment.

Please watch the video guide to understand the process of creating an assignment in Turnitin.
 

If the instructor has selected the 'No Repository' option in the assignment setting, there is no need to delete the paper, as the same will not be deposited in the repository.

How to delete the paper if you have selected 'Standard Repository'?

Step 1: Before deleting a paper, make sure to note down the Author's name, Paper title, Paper ID, and the date the paper was submitted.


Step 2:  Select the paper,  go to the 'Delete' option, and then select 'Request Permanent Deletion'. 

 

The similarity score is percentage of a paper's content that matches to contents of papers in Turnitin's databases; it is not plagiarism assessment. (Source)

One may include or exclude the bibliography, quotations, and/or irrelevant matches while conducting similarity check. 

• From your Turnitin dashboard homepage, locate the class that you would like to download usage statistics for.
• Select the statistics icon alongside the relevant class.

 

When you open a Similarity Report, the AI writing indicator is in the side panel. After a short period of processing, the indicator will display one of three potential states:

1. Error ( ! ) Red color: This error means that Turnitin has failed to process the submission. This state means that the AI writing report cannot be opened. Please try again later. If the file meets all the file requirements stated above, and this error state still shows, please contact your Turnitin administrator.


2. Blue color with a percentage between 0 and 100: The submission has processed successfully. The displayed percentage that indicates the amount of text within the submission that Turnitin’s AI writing detection model determines (with 98% of precision based on data collected and verified in a controlled lab environment) was generated by AI.


This percentage is not necessarily the percentage of the entire submission.  
The AI writing report opens in a new tab of the window used to launch the Similarity Report. If you have a pop-up blocker installed, ensure it allows Turnitin pop-ups.

3. Gray color with no percentage displayed (- -): The AI writing detection indicator is unable to process this submission.



This can be due to one, or several, of the following reasons:

• The submission was made before the release of Turnitin’s AI writing detection. The only way to see the AI writing detection indicator/report on historical submissions is to resubmit them.
  • The submission does not meet the file requirements needed to successfully process it for AI writing detection. The submission needs to meet the following requirements:
  • File size must be less than 100 MB
  • File must have at least 150 words of prose text in a long-form writing format
  • File must not exceed 15,000 words
  • File must be written in English
  • Accepted file types: .docx, .pdf, .txt, .rtf

 

The library does not provide a seperate Turnitin account for the students. Either your faculty will collect your document/assignment by email or will provide a Turnitin class ID to submit the assignment.

If your account is active, then follow the below instructions:

Step 1: Go to www.turnitin.com and Click on 'Login'




Step 2: Enter your JGU mail ID and the Turnitin password.

If you were previously enrolled in a class by the faculty, you have had already a Turnitin account. If not, please contact your instructor to enroll in a class:

1. Go to www.turnitin.com and click on the "Log In" button located at the top right corner.


2. Enter your user name (JGU mail) & password; then click on 'Login'



3. If you could not remember your password, please use "Forgot your Password" page to get help

If you have forgotten your password or are unable to log into your account, you can set a new password; please follow the instructions given below to set a new password:

1. Go to www.turnitin.com and click on "Log In" button at the top right.


2. Click on the "Forgot your password? Click here" link.

Students can drop a Turnitin class if they no longer need them.

Follow the mentioned below steps:

1. Go to www.turnitin.com.
2. Click on the "Log In" button located at the top right corner & enter your user name & password.
3. Find the class you want to drop from your home page.
4. To the right of the class name, click on the icon of a “trash can” under the “Drop class” heading.
5. Click “OK” on the pop-up window.

Note: Please note that the class will remain in the Turnitin platform (dashboard) even after you have dropped it.

Delete your Paper from the Turnitin Database

All paper deletion requests must be submitted by the class Instructor/ Faculty member, so please contact your instructor/ faculty regarding paper deletion. 

NOTE: If you uploaded the wrong assignment/paper mistakenly and want to resubmit your assignment, your instructor only can allow it. There is no need to delete a paper from the database

If an account already exists in your account, then you can enroll in a class with the Class ID and Enrollment key shared by your instructor.

Step 1: Login into your account.

Step 2: Select Enroll in a class and enter the Class ID and Enrollment key shared by your instructor.


 

A. Upload your Assignment/Paper

 Please follow the mention below steps:

Step 1: Log in to your account and click on the appropriate class.

Click on the Class name



Step 2: To submit an assignment: 
Check the name of the assignment, the start and due dates, and The assignment settings, click on the ‘Submit’ button on the right side.




Step 3:  Upload the file: 

1. Single File Upload (the default is Single File Upload)
2. Enter the required fields. All fields are mandatory (First Name, Last Name, and Title of your submitted paper).
3. Click on "What can I submit" to be aware of accepted file types.



4. Select the place where your file is available (on your PC, Dropbox or Google Drive)

• Choose from this Computer: - Browse to a file saved on your computer. Select the file and then click "Open”.
• Choose from Dropbox: - Browse to a file saved to your Dropbox.com account and then click "Choose”.
• Choose from Google Drive: - Browse a file from your Google Drive account and then click "Select”.  

 5. Click on "Upload" to review the submitted file
 

6. Click on "Confirm" to confirm your submission


7. Click the "Return to assignment list" button to return to your assignment, now the assignment has been successfully submitted.

Note: Resubmission attempts are shared between you and your instructor.
Please write to your instructor/faculty; If they attempt to resubmit on your behalf one of your attempts will be used.


If the resubmitting feature is not enabled, your instructor needs to manually delete a previous submission and allow you to submit another file; follow the steps given below:
 

1. Go to www.turnitin.com.
2. Click on the "Log In" button located at the top right corner & enter your user name & password.
3. Click on the name of the class
4. Press the "resubmit" button if the instructor allows resubmissions

 5. A pop-up message will appear, then click OK to resubmit your paper 
 

5. Then Upload the paper.

Note: A class ID and enrollment key are required to enroll in a class on Turnitin & can be provided by the instructor. If you do not receive this information, please contact the class instructor/ faculty.

Once you have been added to the Turnitin class by your faculty, an automated email is sent by Turnitin to set up your account, which is sometimes filtered as spam; please check your spam/bulk mail folder if you cannot find it in your inbox.

Step 1: Click on ‘Set up Account’
 



Step 2: Enter your JGU mail ID and last name to set up the account. After this, you will receive an email to validate your account. The link will be active for only 24 hours only.




Step 3: After this, you will receive an email to validate your account (create a password). The link will be active for 24 hours only. 



Step 4: Enter a preferred password. Password should be at least 8 characters long.





Step 5: Account setup is completed. Click “Log in”




Step 6: After logging in, enter the necessary details.


 

Please see the details notification on "New Procedure for Requesting Similarity Index Reports/Plagiarism Checks"  email sent by the ODS department on dated: Sep11,2023.

Please send all your requests related to similarity index reports or plagiarism checks to the following email address:
email ID:  phd@jgu.edu.in

1. When sending your request, please ensure that you include the following details in your email:
   • Subject should clearly state that your email is a request for a similarity index report or plagiarism check.
   • Your Full Name
   • Your Student ID/Registration Number
   • The Title of Your Research Work
   • Your Supervisor's Name
   • Any specific deadlines or additional information that may be relevant
2. The helpdesk team will process your requests promptly and provide you with the necessary information and reports as per the university's guidelines.
3. Please be aware that requests sent to any other email address may not be processed.

• For how much period should I keep a Turnitin class active?
• How can I check a document on turnitin without creating a turnitin class? 
• How can I download all similarity reports in one go?
• How can I download the similarity percentage of all submissions in a class assignment at once?
• How to allow students to check their assignments online on turnitin?
• I want to add my teaching assistant in a course and give access to the turnitin class assignmnet to check student submissions, how to do it?
• Once a submission is saved in the turnitin repository and I delete it from my account, does that get deleted from the repository?
• What are the interpretation of a similarity report?

• How do I submit a paper for similarity checking?
• Can I use the service to test my paper before sending it to my faculty?
• What E-mail id should I use to submit my paper in an assignment?
• How many classes can I join with my Turnitin Account?
• How do I re-submit my paper?
• How can I view Originality Reports for my submissions?
• How do I get the digital receipt for my paper?
• I can't join my class. My ID number and enrollment key aren't working
• The system won't accept my paper; I got an error message that my submission does not contain enough characters or words. How do I submit my paper?
• Why Turnitin is showing plagiarism in footnotes in my submitted assignment?
• How do I submit my paper with the copy and paste method?