Q. What is Turnitin and how do I use it? I am a student.

Turnitin is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention service that checks your writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying.    When you submit your paper, Turnitin compares it to text in its massive database of student work, websites, books, articles, etc.    

Turnitin is integrated into the Assignments tool in many AMU and APU classrooms.  This means that when you upload your paper to your classroom for grading, it will automatically be sent through Turnitin's repository, with no need to log in separately at Turnitin.com.  The Similarity Report that it generates will  help identify possible instances of plagiarism. 

Search the Success Center (linked at the top of your eCampus) for "Turnitin" to see a short video overview of how to access the Turnitin Similarity Report in MyClassroom.

If you would like to check your work prior to submitting it for grading, click here for suggestions.

See also:

• What does the percentage on my Turnitin originality report mean?