About Blackboard and Turnitin Support

Blackboard Queries 

To access Blackboard either from your device or computer follow the steps below:

1. Use Chrome or Safari as your browser
2. On the address bar type ithute.smu.ac.za
3. Enter your login credentials as provided to you by the E-learning Unit.

Academic Staff

If you do not have an account yet, please send an email to staff.elearningsupport@swave.smu.ac.za with the following details:

1. Name & Surname,
2. SP Number/ Persal Number
3. Course code
4. Email Address
5. Name of Department
6. Contact Number

Students

All registered students have access to Blackboard. To login follow the same steps as above.

To reset passwords, send email to students.elearningsupport@swave.smu.ac.za with your student number.

Turnitin Queries

To access Turnitin either from your device or computer follow the steps below:

1. Use Chrome or Safari as your browser
2. On the address bar type www.turnitin.com
3. Enter your login credentials as provided to you by the eLearning Unit.

Staff

Send an email to staff.elearningsupport@swave.smu.ac.za to request a new account with the following details:

1. Name & Surname,
2. SP Number/ Persal Number
3. Course
4. Email Address
5. Name of Department
6. Contact Number

Students

Send email to students.elearningsupport@swave.smu.ac.za with your paper for plagiarism check and you will receive an originality report detailing similarity index percentage.

Tel: 012 521 3982/3896
E-mail: students.elearningsupport@swave.smu.ac.za
Emergency: WhatsApp 065 883 9149/ 084 405 7075