Randomize Submissions in Speedgrader

[jfraser]

It's been a minute since this has been suggested/discussed, so I thought I would just bring it up again.  It would be so valuable to be able to randomize submissions/students in the Speedgrader function, in order to limit bias.  I'm no IT wizard, but it seems to me a simple "randomize" function would be the best way. I am an instructor.

[Stef_retired]

@jfraser 

Thanks for sharing this idea. Fortunately, this is already possible. Instructors remove this bias while grading by hiding students' names in the SpeedGrader. As the documentation explains, "When a grader accesses a SpeedGrader link, the first student displayed in the student list is always randomly generated for every assignment." Applying other sort settings to the student list further ensures that the grader cannot readily match a particular student's submission with their identity.

Details for hiding student names are in How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader?