Instructions for using Turnitin.com

The instructions on this page are for students who are new to RCHS or who did not use Turnitin.com in their English or History classes last year. If you used Turnitin.com at RCHS last year, go to the page for returning users.

Turnitin.com is a Web site for turning in student papers. Your English teacher will let you know which assignments you need to submit to Turnitin.com. Here's how you sign up.

If you've never used the site before, you need to create a user profile.

Go to Turnitin.com. In the upper-right corner, click create user profile. (Or click here and go directly to the New User module.)

Follow the onscreen instructions. Here is an overview:

1. Identify your user type as student. Click Next.

2. Identify the class you are in by filling in the Class ID and password (you got this information from your English teacher). The Class ID is a number and the password is probably a text string. Enter that information in the appropriate boxes. Click Next.

3. Enter your e-mail address in the appropriate box. (Your e-mail address will be your User ID.) Click Next.



4. Enter your password, which must  
• be case sensitive (for example, paSS123 would be different than pass123)
• be 6-12 characters long, and
• contain at least one letter and one number (for added security). 

Click Next.

5. Choose a "secret question" that Turnitin.com will ask you if you ever forget your password. Avoid the social security option (unwise) or the question about your favorite author or book (tastes change, you know). Click Next.



6. Enter your first name and last name in the appropriate boxes. Click Next.
7. Accept Turnitin.com's license agreement by clicking I agree.
8. After that, you can end the wizard and either log in to submit your paper or log out and come back later.