When you submit online you must ensure that your file is correctly prepared to avoid submission errors. If you encounter submission issues please make sure you have followed the below steps.
File naming
Your lecturer may have provided specific instructions on what you should name your file when you save it ready for submission. For example, it might be your student ID or something related to the coursework you are submitting – you must make sure you follow your lecturers instruction. To help avoid technical problems with your file, follow the good practice for file naming:
- Keep the file name as short
- Avoid using spaces in the name, use capital letters instead (eg. MySubmission)
- Do not special characters (eg *&^%$”)
Accepted file sizes and formats
If you are required to submit your work in a particular file format you must only submit in that format
Turnitin Assignments
- 100MB – maximum file size
- 1 file upload per submission
- Unless your lecturer has set up a special submission point, Turnitin ONLY accepts the following file types:
- Microsoft Word™ (DOC and DOCX)
- HTML
- Adobe PostScript®
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Plain text (TXT)
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Microsoft PowerPoint® (.pptx, .ppt, .ppsx, and .pps)
- Microsoft Excel® (.xls and .xlsx)
Apple Pages files will not open in Turnitin, you need to save the document as a PDF before submitting
View the full Turnitin information: File requirements
Weblearn Assignments
- 200MB – maximum file size
- Multiple file uploads per submission
- Most file types can be uploaded
- Common file types can be previewed on screen. Files that do not provide a preview can be downloaded and opened
Check the size of your file
- Locate the file on your computer and right click the file
- Select ‘Properties’ from the list of options
The file properties will now be displayed.
