Hide Names of Graders (aka Anonymous graders)

[lindalee]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

Canvas currently offers the ability to hide the names of students whose work is being graded, but it does not offer the ability to hide the name(s) of those grading an assignment. Faculty frequently ask how to hide the identity of the teaching team member who grades a particular assignment. This feature is especially important for courses that are co-taught and for large-enrollment courses with multiple TAs, who might be subject to backlash for grades received.

Currently, we advise them to use the Crocodoc annotations Text Tool in SpeedGrader to provide feedback, but this is not ideal. Sometimes student submissions have very little white space in which to place these annotations, and they can be difficult for students to find and read. And this significantly limits the means by which faculty and TAs can grade: bulk uploading graded files displays names, SpeedGrader comments display names, and comment annotations display names. Additionally, the SpeedGrader mobile apps do not currently include the text annotation tool, which means that graders who need to hide their identities cannot grade using mobile devices.

A much easier solution for instructors would be one that hides the grader's name (perhaps replacing the individual's name with a generic term like "grader").

This idea has come up previously (Anonymous Graders  and Ability to hide the identity of graders in the comments in Speedgrader ) but did not reach the 100-vote threshold. However, there was interest in (and confusion about) whether this feature was deployed as part of  Canvas Studio: Anonymous Grading.

Comments from Instructure

For more information, please read through the https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-15420 .

[lindalee]

Hi Renee Carney,

Thanks for the confirmation and for changing this!

Best,

Linda

[james_trueman]

Yes, yes, yes.  This is the sort of thinking we need.  Canvas is great - but needs to accommodate more complex student / marker allocation workflows.

We were developing something similar before we moved over to Canvas - below is an example:

 

[Renee_Carney]

The Radar idea stage has been removed from the Feature Idea Process.  You can read more about why in the blog post Adaptation: Feature Idea Process Changes.

This change will only impact the stage sort of this idea and will not change how it is voted on or how it is considered during prioritization activities.  This change will streamline the list of ideas 'open for voting', making it easier for you to see the true top voted ideas in one sort, here.

[Renee_Carney]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas 

For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2018-10-06) .

[Renee_Carney]

 @lindalee  Thank You for submitting this idea, as well as,  @kroeninm  Thank You ,  @alistair_kwan  Thank You ,  @jones_jennifer  Thank You , bzikmund Thank You , johnpj Thank You ,  @DanBurgess  Thank You , jmcgowa Thank You ,  @kenrouse  Thank You ,  @ianjohnston  Thank You , frtlss Thank You ,  @lchallen  Thank You ,  @curtain  Thank You , r.mellor Thank You , hfchen Thank You ,  @erinpac  Thank You , jasonskeffington Thank You , mbcarr Thank You , &  @james_trueman  Thank You  for your contributions. Your investment in this idea helped refine a feature which is now part of Canvas!