7. Assignment submission
Before you use artificial intelligence (AI) for an assessment, check the AI Student Hub to:
- learn how to use AI responsibly and effectively
- explore resources, tools and tips to confidently integrate AI into your learning experience at UQ.
There are different ways an assignment can be submitted for marking at UQ. Remember to check the way that your assignment needs to be uploaded to ensure that it is submitted correctly and on time. 
Blackboard assignments
Blackboard assignments are a Learn.UQ assignment submission tool that allows you to attach multiple files, including Excel and media file types.
Read more about Blackboard assignments (Ultra student), including warnings on known issues with certain browsers and assignment uploads.
We recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers to upload your assignment files to avoid issues that may occur with other browsers.
Turnitin assignments
Turnitin is a software tool that has functions for online assignment submission, text matching, online marking and peer marking.
Turnitin provides:
- a record of the exact submission time of your assignment.
- a Similarity report indicating the percentage of your work that is an exact match of existing materials within the Turnitin database
- feedback on submission.
Your course instructor will inform you as to whether they are using Turnitin as the assignment submission software. Read more about Turnitin assignments (Ultra Student) and how it works for assignment submissions for your course.
Similarity report
A Similarity report will be produced after you submit your assignment. Content that has been matched with other documents, including other student’s work or other websites, will be highlighted.
Your lecturer may set it to allow you to be able to view the Similarity report on your assignment.
If you have submitted your assignment to Turnitin three (3) times previously, it can take over 24 hours to get the Similarity report for any subsequent submissions.Other questions you may have about Turnitin
File size, word and page limits
Your file must:
- be less than 100 MB
- have a minimum of 20 words
- be less than 800 pages.
Turnitin assignments (Ultra Student) includes links for how to reduce the file size of documents.
File types
Your course coordinator may set up your Turnitin assignment submission to allow:
- any file type OR
- only file types that Turnitin can check for similarity.
Turnitin assignments (Ultra Student) lists the file types that can be checked for similarity.
Using Turnitin to check my assignment for plagiarism
The only way to obtain a Similarity report is to submit your assignment. This allows TurnItIn to check if students have copied other students’ work.
For some assignments your instructor may allow assignment resubmissions. In this case, you will be able to view your Turnitin originality report and then revise and resubmit the assignment. If you do not submit a revised version of the assignment, your instructor will mark the version they have received.
The Write, Cite and Submit module has tips on how to avoid accidental plagiarism in your assignments.
What happens after I submit my assignment to Turnitin?
- All papers submitted to Turnitin will be automatically text matched with web-based documents and other submitted papers contained in Turnitin’s large databases.
- After this process has occurred, a digital copy of the assessment will be securely stored in the Turnitin database.
- Your assessment in its entirety cannot be viewed by anybody except the student, the educator and authorised ACAP staff.
- Turnitin applies state of the art technology to protect student privacy and copyright, and complies with Australian and international privacy and copyright laws.
For more information on privacy, visit their Services Privacy Policy.
The Learn.UQ Assessment Student Guides (Ultra) guide has more information about submitting assignments.
