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I cannot submit to Turnitin. I keep getting an error message. What is the problem?

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Students may encounter problems when submitting an assignment to Turnitin via Moodle. The most common reason for this is the length of the filename for the file they are submitting. Please rename your file to a shorter filename of approximately 30 characters and try uploading it again to the assignment area in your module in Moodle.

Turnitin currently accepts the following file types for upload into an assignment:

  • Microsoft Word™ (DOC and DOCX)
  • Corel WordPerfect®
  • HTML
  • Adobe PostScript®
  • Plain text (TXT)
  • Rich Text Format (RTF)
  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
  • OpenOffice (ODT)

If this does not work and the problem persists please contact the Moodle helpdesk at 051-834114 or moodle@wit.ie for assistance.