Use anonymous marking to reduce unconscious bias in grading and feedback. Instructors can configure assignments to use anonymized learner names. When the feature is turned on, instructors only view an anonymized learner name on the assignment. Learners can be assured that their submissions are assessed fairly. The d2l.Tools.System.Features.AnonymousMarking configuration variable must be turned on by an administrator to enable anonymous marking. Anonymous marking is fully supported in the Assignment Evaluation Experience.
- Instructors can only publish anonymous marking using Publish All Feedback to prevent identifying learners through selective feedback publication. The Publish button is disabled on the submission page. After you publish feedback, assignments are no longer anonymous.
- The Assignments > Publish All Feedback on Assignments permission must be enabled by an administrator for the Publish All Feedback button to appear. The Publish All Feedback button is enabled when at least one feedback item is saved as a draft.
- Instructors can enable anonymous marking when creating an assignment. Instructors can also enable anonymous marking for assignment submission folders after they are created; however, they cannot disable the feature once submissions have been made. If you use Turnitin, you can only enable anonymous marking in an existing assignment submission folder if no submissions have been made.
- Depending on your course configuration, anonymous marking may be automatically applied to new assignments. This default setting may or may not be disabled by the instructor.
- Instructors can publish feedback without completing feedback for all submissions. Clicking Publish All Feedback displays a confirmation dialog box indicating that some submissions will be published without feedback.
- After you select Publish All Feedback, the user names associated with anonymous submissions are revealed.
- If you must identify a user, such as when a learner is flagged for academic infringement, a permission exists to identify anonymous users in an assignment submission folder with anonymous marking enabled. Contact your administrator for more information.
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Note: If the assignment was created with Hide student names during assessment enabled, Brightspace shares the assignment’s anonymity status with supported external learning tools through the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) Asset Processor. This allows tools that support anonymous workflows to hide personally identifiable learner information during evaluation. |
Anonymous marking with third-party tools
If your assignment uses supported third-party tools that integrate with Assignments through the LTI Asset Processor, Brightspace shares the assignment’s anonymous marking status with the tool. When you enable Hide student names during assessment, supported tools can hide personally identifiable learner information to help maintain an anonymous evaluation workflow.
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Note: Tool providers must support anonymous workflows. Contact your provider for details. |
Enable or disable anonymous marking
Anonymous marking can be enabled or disabled when creating a new assignment submission folder. You can enable anonymous marking on an assignment submission folder with submissions; however, you cannot disable it after submissions are made. If you use Turnitin, you can only enable anonymous marking before any submissions are made. The d2l.Tools.System.Features.AnonymousMarking configuration variable must be enabled by an administrator to use anonymous marking.
To enable or disable anonymous marking
- Navigate to Assignments.
- Click New Assignment.
- Complete all required fields.
- In the Evaluation & Feedback accordion, under Anonymous Marking, select or clear Hide student names during assessment.
- Click Save and Close.
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