Instructional Web Development Center

Creating a TurnItIn Class with Sections

Most classes at UCSD are run by separate TAs, and in many cases, it makes sense to have these TAs review papers submitted by students. After you have contacted IWDC to create your TurnItIn.com account and familiarized yourself with the service, you may want to try using Master Classes and Sections to allow TAs to manage their sections' submissions on TurnItIn.com.

  1. Create the Master Class
  2. Add Sections
  3. Add Assignments

Create the Master Class

Create a master class for each group of sections that will have the same assignments and due dates. This will usually mean one master class per lecture, but if multiple lectures will run on the same schedule and offer the same assignments, you can simplify matters by creating just one master class.

  1. Click "add a class"

  2. Change the type of class to "Master Class", and enter the name of the class and end date. You do not need to enter a 'TA join password', unless you want TAs to create their own sections themselves. Click Submit at the top when finished. Only click once - TurnItIn may be slow.

  3. TurnItIn will pop up a window confirming that the class has been created. If you want TAs to create their own sections, give them this Class ID and the Join Password.

Add Sections

Do this once for each section in the class. You may add as many sections as you like to a class. A TA may be added separately for multiple sections, if desired.

If you are a TA who has received a Master Class ID and Join Password, after you have logged in, click "Join Account (TA)", and skip to step 3 below.

  1. Next to the class you want to add a section to, click the "Section" button.

  2. Enter the TA's contact information, and click "Submit". You should only use an @ucsd.edu email address. In the past, TAs have been added with various off campus email addresses, or department specific email addresses (like jsmith@weber.ucsd.edu). Each time they are added with a different address, they must create a new account at TurnItIn.com. By using only their @ucsd.edu email address, you can help prevent confusion in future quarters.

  3. Enter the password you would like to give out to students, and something to identify your section.

  4. Turn It In will open a pop-up, displaying the class ID and enrollment password to give out to the students. Save this information and close the window.

Add Assignments

When you add an assignment to the master class, it can be added to every section in the class at once.

  1. Click on the name of the class you are adding

  2. Click 'create a new assignment'.

    In the future, or if separate master classes share assignments but not due dates, you can use the Assignment Library to re-issue a previous assignment.

  3. Add a title, set the start and due dates, and enter any more information about the assignment you want students to set.

    The next two questions should be automatically set to Yes, but you should double-check that this is correct. Click Submit when done.

  4. Make sure that you check 'push assignment dates', or your TAs will need to set the assignment dates themselves. By default, this will try to add the assignment to all sections in this class. Click Submit, and the assignment will be added to all checked sections.

  5. You are done! Double-check that the "push to sections" column next to the assignment you added says 'full'. If you add sections later, click the arrow button to push these assignments to the new sections.