Turnitin – University of Zululand Library

Turnitin is web based software, which promotes academic integrity, streamlines grading and feedback, deters plagiarism, and improves students’ outcomes.

Access & Registration

Please, contact Mr Njabulo Zungu (zungun@unizulu.ac.za, 6081) for any queries related to Turnitin access/registration.

Training

Please, contact your Faculty information librarian or Research support librarians for the training on Turnitin.

How to reset your password

To reset your password (within 48 hours) after registration, simply follow the instructions in the email sent by Turnitin.

How to add class and assignment

Log on to Turnitin with the username and pin
Create a class by clicking on green cross
Select ‘Standard class’, password (something easy to remember) and expiry date and submit. You may add as many classes as you would need.
Double click on the ‘Class’ and click ‘Add assignment’, click on ‘optional settings’ and select the appropriate options, click ‘submit’
After creating the class and assignment click ‘students’ and add the students (e.g. individuals or group) e.g. Claribel, Ncele, claribelncele@gmail.com

How to add Quick submit

Log on to Turnitin with the username (your email) and password emailed to you by Turnitin
Update your profile on the ‘Welcome to Turnitin’ screen by clicking on “User Info”
In “Account Settings” click “Activate “Quick submit” by selecting ‘Yes” (“Quick submit “ button will be added to your menu options)

Submitting documents via Quick submit

log on to Turnitin
click on ‘Quick submit’
click on ‘Submit paper’
make selection in ‘Customize your search’
click ‘Submit’
fill in the requested information (e.g. name, title of the document)
click ‘Browse’ to find your file/document and click ‘Upload’ after finding the document
click ‘Go to Inbox’
click the paper’s Originality Report icon (under Similarity) in the report column. A ghosted

icon indicates that the Originality Report has not yet been generated (it takes 2-10 min.)