TurnItIn for Insturctors: User Guides, Manuals & Tutorials: Create a Master Class

The creation of a class is the first step to access & use Turnitin. A class is equal to course & the instructor should create a single class for each course & expire each one at the end of sem. according to the nature of the assignment.

To create a Master Class

• Click the "+ Add Class" button on the instructor homepage



 

 

 

• On the next screen, please do the following:

1. Choose "Master Class" from the "class type:" pull down menu.
2. Enter the name for the class (the name of the course).
3. Enter the TA join password.
4. Select the subject area that best fits the class.
5. Select the student level that best fits the class.
6. Select the end date for the class (it should be the end date of the semester).Once the end date has passed, the class will be expired & not accessible for submissions.
7. Click on submit.

 

 

 

 

 

8. Class information will be displayed in a pop-up window containing the ID and join password for confirmation (should be sent to TAs or co-instructors to join the class & create sections on your behalf).

9. Now you can view your class on your homepage.

Note:

Students will not be able to enroll in the Master Class directly, they must enroll in a section class which must be created separately, after creating the Master Class & then they can be informed with the section ID & enrollment password.

To assign a Teaching Assistant (TA) to manage section(s) under the master class, they must be added firstly to the University account as an instructor by the Turnitin administrators.

To add a TA to your section

1. Click on the +Section link to add a new section.

2. Enter the first name, last name & Email address of the TA/co-instructor, then Click Submit.

3. Enter a name for the section (TA's or co-instructor's name) and enrollment key, then click Submit.

A pop up window will appear with the Class/Section ID and enrollment key for each section. (This should be sent to the students).

The assigned TA/co-instructor will receive an email from Turnitin (either in inbox or Junk folders) welcoming them to the class, or with details on how they can create a Turnitin account.

After creating an assignment within a master class, it is possible to push it to multiple sections by the master class instructor.

1. Click on the master class name then "New Assignment" button to create your assignment within the master class.

2. Refer to the page "Create an Assignment" to set up your assignment.

Adding assignments to sections

The master class homepage displays all assignments created in the master class. The "assign to sections" column shows whether an assignment has been pushed to sections and whether it has been pushed to all or only selected sections.

• "Not Pushed" indicates that an assignment has not been pushed to any sections.
• "Fully Pushed" indicates that an assignment will appear in all existing sections.
• "Partially Pushed" indicates that an assignment has been pushed to one or more section(s), but not to all sections.

To "Push" an Assignment to a Section (Master Class Instructors only)

1. Click on "not pushed"

2. Select the section(s) that the assignment should be added to then click "Submit" to push the assignment to the selected section(s).

The master class does not allow students to enroll. Students can be enrolled into the sections of the master class in the same ways as students enrolling into standard classes and will see each section as a separate class. 

Students can enroll in the sections by many ways:

• Self-enrolling by using "Enroll in a class" option if they already have had accounts on Turnitin or "Reset pasword" option if they forgot their passsword; but if they were 1st time users, then they should create a user profile using the section ID and section enrollment password.

 

• Students can be added to the section class by the TA or by the master class instructor one by one or as a list. Step by step instructions can be found in Enroll Students page.

 

• The master class instructor may also add students to sections either individually or via uploading a list & then adding them to a specific section of a master class.

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  Adding Students from the Master Class homepage Individually by the Master Class Instructor:

• From the instructor homepage, click on the master class name.

  

 

• Click on the "students" tab to open the student list for this section.