Geology 105 - Paleontology
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Registering with Turnitin

TurnItIn: You will open an account at the TurnItIn website.  You will submit both the first draft and graded draft of your paper at TurnItIn before submitting a paper copy in class.  Here is a statement of the University’s policy on TurnItIn:

Consistent with Sacramento State’s efforts to enhance student learning, foster honesty, and maintain integrity in our academic processes, instructors may use a tool called Turnitin to compare a student’s work with multiple sources. The tool compares each student’s work with an extensive database of prior publications and papers, providing links to possible matches and a ‘similarity score’. The tool does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred or not. Instead, the instructor must make a complete assessment and judge the originality of the student’s work. All submissions to this course may be checked using this tool.

 

You may choose to submit papers to TurnItIn assignments without identifying information included in the paper (e.g. name or student number). The system will automatically show this info to faculty in your course when viewing the submission.  For this course, no assignments will be permanently retained by TurnItIn.

To Register with Turnitin

• Go to the Turnitin Website: http://www.turnitin.com/
• If you already have a Turnitin account, log in.  When your home page comes up, click on the tab "Enroll in a Class".
• If you do not already have a Turnitin Account, click on the Create Account button.  The Window that comes up says Create a User Profile.  Find the link that says Student and click.  It will take you to the page where you create an account and enroll in this class.
• The Class ID is 11528474, and the password is geologyrocks.
  

        To Submit your First Draft

• Before starting, please rename the digital version of your paper.  The name should be FirstNameLastName.docx (or .doc if that's the version of Word you are using).  Obviously, that's YOUR name (please do not be cute).
  
• Go to the Turnitin website: http://www.turnitin.com/
• Log in with your user name and password.
• Choose Geology 105 from your course list.
• You should see two assignments: First Draft, and Revision 1:First Draft.  Choose Submit for First Draft.
• Enter your name and a title for the paper, and then choose the file to upload.
• Click Upload.  Wait for the document to upload, then click Confirm.
• Click Return to assignment list.  You may not be able to see your Similarity score immediately.  You should definitely be able to see it on the day after the assignment is due.
• On the day after the due date, you should be able to see your Grademark report.  Open the document, and click the Grademark button.  Small purple symbols should appear on the document indicating grammatical and other mechanical errors.
  
• The other assignment - Revision 1: First Draft - is there for you to use if you choose to resubmit your paper to Turnitin before the final draft due date.