FRST 100: How to Submit Your Written Work Using Turnitin.com

NOTE: All assignments must be submitted electronically on the web using www.turnitin.com. There are no paper copies of assignments handed in or handed back in this course (it’s about conservation after all!).

Here are the steps you will need to follow:

1. You will need an email address.

If you do not have an email address already, you can obtain a UBC address from your home faculty.

1. You will need access to a computer to write your essays and other assignments and to submit them to us. If you need access to the Faculty of Forestry’s student computer labs, please let us know.
2. Prior to submitting your first assignment, you need to register with www.turnitin.com and join the FRST 100 class. It’s pretty straight forward[1]:

To submit your paper on www.turnitin.com, you will need to create a unique “user profile”, consisting of a username (e-mail address) and password.

Please note: Information submitted to Turnitin is stored in the United States. In order to protect your privacy, please follow these instructions:

• Create an anonymous email address using one of the available free services.
• Go to www.turnitin.com. Select Create Account on the top right.
• Under Create Account select Student.
• Enter the Class ID and Enrolment Passwordgiven to you by your instructor.
  • The class id is: 4306908
  • The enrollment password is: fsc1003
  • Create an alias or pseudonym. Please remember to let your instructor know your alias.

Now you will be able to submit assignments for your course to the service.

Please ensure that there is no identifying information (this includes your name and student number) included in the text of any assignment that your submit to Turnitin.

You can submit a paper in two ways:

• By file upload (used to submit a paper as a computer file; Turnitin currently accepts submissions in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, plain text, and HTML formats)
  • Please remember to delete any identifying information from the original document prior to uploading it. This includes your name and student number in the document, as well as any metadata or hidden data that might be stored in the document itself. To remove the metadata from Microsoft Word:
    • In Microsoft Word (Windows), you can remove the hidden data by using Microsoft Word’s Document Inspector
    • In Microsoft Word (Mac), you can remove the hidden data by clicking on Word > Preferences > Security, then selecting Remove personal information from this file on save
    • By cut and paste (used to submit a paper by cutting and pasting the text into a text box).

Submitting Assignments

To submit each assignment, follow these steps:

• Go to the Internet and locate www.turnitin.com.
• Login by using your email address and your personal password.
• A page showing “your classes” will be displayed. Click on FRST 100.
• A new page will show up with a button labeled submit. Click on it.
• Select the assignment by using the select an assignment button.
• Enter your assignment by either:

(a) Uploading your essay using the browse button; or

(b) Using the “cut and paste” box. Turnitin.com will also ask you for the title of your assignment.

• Click on submit and we will receive your assignment.