Setting up a new account

Instructor and TA

Creating an account is the same for both instructors and teaching assistants. If your administrator has added you to the account, you will receive a welcome email to set up your new account.

1. Log in to your email account and locate your welcome email from Turnitin. 
2. Select Set up account to get started.
3. Enter your email address and last name.
4. Select Next. We will send you another email to validate your account and allow you to create a password. The link within this email will remain active for 24 hours for security purposes. 
5. Access the second email and select Create password
6. Enter and confirm a password. Your password must:
   1. have a minimum for 12 characters
   2. include at least one number
   3. include upper and lower case letters
   4. include at least one special character 
7. Select Create Password.
8. Now you can log in to your new account. 

Student

There are two ways for students to create and account:

• Enrolled by an instructor and receive a welcome email.
• Self-enroll using an enrollment key. 

Using a welcome email

If your instructor has enrolled you to a class, you will receive a welcome email to set up your new account. 

1. Log in to your email account and locate your welcome email from Turnitin. 
2. Select Set up account to get started. 

   

3. Enter your email address and last name.
4. Select Next. We will send you another email to validate your account and allow you to create a password. The link within this email will remain active for 24 hours for security purposes. 
5. Access the second email and select Create password.

   

6. Enter and confirm a password. Your password must:
   1. have a minimum for 12 characters
   2. include at least one number
   3. include upper and lower case letters
   4. include at least one special character 
7. Select Create Password.
8. Now you can log in to your new account. 

Using an enrollment key

An enrollment key is a password that is provided to you by your instructor to allow you to self-enroll into a class. You will require both the enrollment key and the Class ID. 

Once you have been provided the enrollment key and Class ID:

1. Go to www.turnitin.com and select Log In.
2. Select the New User? link at the bottom of the log in box. 
3. Select the Student option to access the Create a New Student Profile form. 
4. Enter the Class ID and the enrollment key. Like a password, the enrollment key is case sensitive. 
5. Enter your first and last name. You can choose the format that your name will be displayed in your account. This will not affect how instructors see your name.
6. Enter and confirm your email address. 
7. Enter and confirm a password. Your password must:
   1. have a minimum for 12 characters
   2. include at least one number
   3. include upper and lower case letters
   4. include at least one special character 
8. Choose a secret question from the drop-down list and enter an answer. This will be used to assist if you need to reset your password in the future.
9. Read the user agreement.
10. Select I Agree -- Create Profile to agree to the user agreement and create your profile.