This article provides guidance on the following which should be reviewed and considered when submitting a Turnitin Assignment:
  • Submission File Format, Sizes and Considerations
  • File Submission Considerations
  • Device Recommendations
Submission File Format, Sizes and Considerations

Your Assignment Brief or your lecturer will advise on the document format to use for your assignment and any additional specifications.

In general, Turnitin at MIC will accept files that:
  • Contain a minimum of 20 words;
  • Are less than 100MB in size;
  • Have fewer than 800 pages;
  • Are in:
    • Microsoft Word(.doc, .docx)
    • Rich Text Format (.rft)
    • Plain Text (.txt) or
    • Readable PDF (.pdf) files
    • Powerpoint (only .pptx and not .ppt) files may be submitted but only presentation text will be processed for similarity and for lecturers to grade.
Files where Turnitin cannot read text, such as scanned text images, pdf image files, password protected or encrypted files.

For further information visit Turnitin's page on File requirements for your submissions.

File Submission Considerations
Exercise care when submitting your assignment to Turnitin and ensure that you are submitting your final work to the correct submission.

Inadvertently submitting the same work to two different assignments will result in a similarity score for one assignment against the other suggesting self-plagiarism.

If you discover that an incorrect file was uploaded, speak with your lecturer as soon as possible.

Device Recommendations

For the most reliable experience, it is recommended to use Moodle and Turnitin from a desktop or laptop device using an up to date version of the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers.


For further information Turnitin Assignment Submission - please see the How to Submit a Turnitin Assignment knowledge base article or contact your lecturer with specific assignment queries.