Randomly Assigning/Distributing "Starter" Files for an Assignment?

[RyanHayes]

We have multiple math, finance, etc. courses with "starter" spreadsheets, data sets, or other files. To minimize cheating, there are usually 2-3 dozen spreadsheets/data sets for an assessment. I am trying to figure out a way to have a group of files act like a quiz bank. I could have a download "button" to download starter file and like a quiz bak, it would randomly assign a different starter file for each student. Anybody have an idea how I might approach something like this?

[Gabriel33 · Accepted solution]

In Classic Quizzes, you can make a question group with multiple questions, each including a link to a different dataset. The question group can be set to pick one of the questions at random: How do I create a quiz with a question group to ra... - Instructure Community - 1032

A similar process can be done in New quizzes: How do I add all items or a random set from an ite... - Instructure Community - 583

Though neither is going to lead to exactly a different file for each student, since they randomize with replacement.

I have done exactly that in Classic Quizzes for a statistics class. To simplify my end, I used a Python script and the API to generate the files, upload them and then make the questions.

I have considered just giving them a seed number and have them write that seed on the spreadsheet, and have it automatically generate the random numbers, but that could be more prone to user error.