How to: grade students anonymously

Grading students anonymously

There might be times when, as a teacher, you might like to mark students assessment without knowing who has submitted them. Simply, Canvas allows you to hide the students name in SpeedGrader.

How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader?

To hide student names from Speedgrader, follow the instructions below:

Click the Assignments link.
Select the task (assignment, discussion or quiz) you wish to mark. You will be taken to the assignment page.
Click the SpeedGrader link.
Once in SpeedGrader, click on the Settings icon (cog icon, top left corner).
In the SpeedGrader Options window, tick the box next to Hide student names in the SpeedGrader.
Click Save Settings to apply the changes.
The SpeedGrader window will refresh. Student names in the students dropdown list will have changed to a number.

How does this compare with Blackboard?

524 – SpeedGrader™ Overview from Canvas LMS on Vimeo.

You can learn more about the SpeedGrader by following the links below:

Tips & tricks for managing and grading Canvas Assignments.

How to use SpeedGrader [Canvas Community Document]

How to view student submission details in SpeedGrader [Canvas Community Document]

Bear in mind that hiding student names in Speedgrader for one assignment also hides them for all other assignments in your course.

This is something you can also set from the Feature options tab in Settings.

To learn more about Course Features, read the Canvas guide below.

How do I manage new features for a course?

FAQs

Why can’t my students see the rubric on their Turnitin assignment?

If you’ve added a Canvas rubric to a Turnitin assignment, it will appear in the Speedgrader for you to use in marking, and they can see it after they’ve been marked, but they will not be able to see it before they submit. To show students the rubric before they submit, you need to add a copy of the rubric to the assignment description filed either as a table pasted into the field, or as a link to a file.

Why do I get a “Flash required for recording video” error message when I try to use the Record Video function?

Often if you’re using Chrome the Record Media comment tool will show a spinning circle with a note saying “Flash required for recording video”.

This usually means that Flash is not enabled for this Canvas site by default.
To fix this:

To the left of the browser’s URL bar you’ll see a lock icon with Secure in green. Click this.
Select Site Settings
Next to the Flash icon, select Allow from the dropdown menu.
Now refresh your browser view by clicking the Reload button presented, or the arrow next to the URL bar.

Can I give students individual feedback on a group assignment?

When you set up your assignment you can select to Assign grades to each student individually, and thus give students individual grades and feedback. Or, if this is not selected, you can still provide individual feedback on a group submission by going to Grades, clicking the cell with the student’s score for the assignment, and then clicking the comment icon in the right corner of the cell.

Can I use Canvas rubrics with a TurnItIn assignment?

Yes. If you want to use a Canvas rubric for the assignment, you must add the rubric before setting the External Tool submission type.

Create the assignment with any other submission type, save the assignment, add the rubric, and then edit the assignment to select the External Tool > Turnitin. You can then use the Canvas rubric when grading in SpeedGrader.

Note: Why can’t my students see the rubric on their Turnitin Assignment?

This is very important if you wish to have Turnitin submissions but also wish to track learning outcomes/accreditation requirements/competency attainment using the Canvas Outcomes function.