{"id":5796,"date":"2026-02-10T18:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:25:56","slug":"enabling-anonymous-marking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/2026\/02\/10\/enabling-anonymous-marking\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling Anonymous Marking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To use anonymous marking, you must enable it <em>before<\/em> any student submits. Once a single paper is submitted, this setting is locked and cannot be turned on for that assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a <strong>Turnitin<\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>activity in Moodle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Save and Display<\/strong> to launch the Turnitin window.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings (gear icon)<\/strong> > <strong>Optional Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:353px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"451\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-5798\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2026\/02\/image-8-1024x451.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2026\/02\/image-8-1024x451.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2026\/02\/image-8-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2026\/02\/image-8-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2026\/02\/image-8.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-large-font-size\"><sub>Check Enable anonymous marking<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check the <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><strong>&#8220;Enable Anonymous Marking&#8221; <\/strong>box<\/span>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grading Anonymously<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In your <strong>Assignment Inbox<\/strong>, student names will be replaced by a placeholder like <strong>&#8220;Anonymous User&#8221;<\/strong> or <strong>&#8220;Student 1.&#8221;<\/strong> * <strong>Feedback Studio View:<\/strong> When you open a paper to grade, the name at the top left will also show as &#8220;Anonymous.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Similarity Report:<\/strong> The report will function normally, but the author&#8217;s identity will remain hidden within the match details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Video<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Zk25KZnYBs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anonymous marking in Turnitin<\/a><\/strong> <br>This video provides a walkthrough of managing submissions and identifying matches in the Feedback Studio interface, the environment where you will be grading during an anonymous session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grade Syncing and the Feedback Release Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important administrative rule for anonymous marking is how it handles the <strong>Moodle Gradebook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Hidden&#8221; Grade:<\/strong> In an anonymous assignment, grades <strong>will not sync<\/strong> to the Moodle Gradebook while anonymity is active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All student names and their corresponding grades are revealed and pushed to the Moodle Gradebook the moment the <strong>Feedback Release Date<\/strong> passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manual Reveal:<\/strong> If you need the grades in Moodle <em>before<\/em> the scheduled release date, you must change the Feedback Release Date to a time in the past or use the &#8220;Reveal all identities&#8221; toggle in the settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missing Names After Release Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Feedback Release Date has passed but names are still showing as &#8220;Anonymous&#8221; in Moodle, click the <strong>Refresh Roster <\/strong>icon in the Turnitin Inbox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To use anonymous marking, you must enable it before any student submits. 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Grading Anonymously In your Assignment Inbox, student names will be replaced by a placeholder like &#8220;Anonymous User&#8221; or &#8220;Student 1.&#8221; * Feedback Studio View: When [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,3,20,12],"tags":[224,45,38],"class_list":["post-5796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assignments","category-grading","category-_instructor-tutorials","category-turnitin","tag-anonymous-marking","tag-grading","tag-turnitin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5799,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5796\/revisions\/5799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}