False flag of HiddenText Turnitin on my last two submissions. What is causing this?

Hi as the title says my last two papers, submission of cw1 and cw2, on turnitin for the same module have been flagged as hidden text. I cannot understand why this is and my lecturer is saying the first time they could excuse it but this time the university will come down hard on me. I don't understand what could be causing this issue. I thought the first time it was because I put my paper in table format and my references where in different sections of the paper, but this time this was a straight report so references where in the same spot. I'm thinking it might be my Mendeley referencing tool because it updated this semester and that's when this issue started or my student cover page that i paste as a picture in word (but that background is white and my letters are black and i only did that for cw1 not cw2). I need to sort this out asap, this is my last semester and I cannot repeat this module or get suspended/expelled from school. What is causing this?

(edited 12 months ago)

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username5972212

Hidden Text usually refers to the suspicion that text has been hidden by making its colour the same as the background (e.g. white text on white background) in an attempt to manipulate word count or prevent similarity from being detected. I believe there is a way of checking for hiddn text in MS Word, so check that out on your document. Failing that, seek advice from your IT support.