• Choose "Create a User Profile" (in the top right hand corner of the screen)
• Create a password
• Enter your first name, last name and country. Leave region blank; Ontario will not be listed
• Select the user type “student”
• Agree to the user agreement
• You should see a message that your profile has been created successfully. On this screen, choose “Start Class Enrollment Wizard”
• At the class enrollment screen, you will need to enter a class enrollment ID number. You need to get this from your teacher: __________________ (i.e. 1091347)
• Enter the class enrollment password (obtain this from your teacher) (i.e. eng4c1) Remember, passwords are case sensitive.
• You are now enrolled in the class
• Go to the login screen (should appear automatically, or type in www.turnitin.com)
• Log in, using the information you just created
• Choose your class
• To submit you assignment, choose the “submit” button next to the proper assignment (i.e. “ISU”)
• Enter your name and title, and use the browse button to find your saved assignment. See instructions on screen about what format is acceptable (generally, Word, WordPerfect and .rtf are acceptable)
• Click “submit”. The next screen will show you your file, giving you a chance to verify that it is the correct file. If correct, click "Yes, submit”
• Log out. You are finished.

How to Convert Word Processing files to Rich Text Format (RTF)

• If using Microsoft Word, choose “File,” “Save As,” and from the “Save As Type” pulldown menu at the bottom, choose “Rich Text Format”
• If using Word Perfect, choose “File,” “Save As,” and from the “File Type” pulldown menu at the bottom, choose “Rich Text Format (RTF)”
• If using a word processor other than the two listed above, you will have to experiment with some variation of the above instructions. If your word processor will not save as RTF, saving as ASCII text or DOS text can also be read by most word processors, though some of the formatting may be lost.

To use your Mac laptop with an LCD projector

• hook up projector
• click the apple in the top left corner, choose system preferences
• choose the 'Displays' tab (under hardware)
• choose the 'Detect Displays' button on the right hand side
• depending on your OS version, you may need to choose 'mirror displays'. These instructions were created for OSX 10.5.8

To make flash buttons/objects display properly on the web when you get an error message about 'security settings':

• unfortunatley this is a setting related to individual user profiles. Each user must complete the following steps for flash buttons etc. to display properly for them:
• When you get the error message about security settings, choose the tab that says 'settings'
• on the adobe page, a small box will appear on the right hand side of the screen that looks like a control panel. The Global Security Settings
• choose "Always Allow"
• apply changes. You will need to restart your web browser for the new settings to take effect.

This page last updated: January 15, 2010 2:49 PM by S. Robertson-Little