- Refer to LTI Student User Manual - File types and sizes for the most accurate information.
Size
Files should:
- be less than 100 MB,
- contain at least 20 words, and
- be less than 800 pages.
If your paper exceeds the file size or page count, try to reduce the file size by compressing the file, removing non-text content or submitting the paper in plain text.
Format
Turnitin currently accepts the following file types for upload into an assignment:
- Microsoft Word™ (.doc and .docx)
- Corel WordPerfect® (.wpd)
- HTML
- Adobe PostScript® (.ps)
- Plain text (.txt)
- Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- Portable Document Format (.pdf) - must contain text to be submitted, see note below.
- Hangul Word Processor file (.hwp)
Adobe® PDF
Turnitin will not accept PDF image files, forms, or portfolios, files that do not contain highlightable text (e.g. a scanned file - usually an image), documents containing multiple files or files created with software other than Adobe Acrobat®.