When in the Speedgrader, you can use the gear icon to find those settings. Here is a guide on how to enable anonymous grading, but the process to disable is fairly similar. How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader?
In "options" you must uncheck the box for " Hide student names in the SpeedGrader."---Another option is to uncheck that box when editing the Assignment Settings.
@MarkWallace Depending on your institution’s configuration you can also disable this in Course Settings - Features. This will enable/disable the anonymous functionality for all tasks.
I use Turnitin in comments on papers because my old commenting system is there, and I found a hidden little setting in the Turnitin optional settings that turns anonymous grading on or off from there, and that seems like it may be what I was needing. Thanks for the replies!
With the new SpeedGrader UI, we are seeing student names appear in the page title even when the “Hide student names” setting is enabled. When using Classic Quizzes, there is no option within the quiz settings to enable anonymous grading, so we rely on instructors using the hide student names setting in SpeedGrader to…
Has anyone had a chance to try this with a Canvas quiz? Seems it may have a similar effect as ChatGPT Atlas able to provide all the answers to an open Quiz. https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/microsoft_adds_a_sidepane_for/
When you are creating a quiz and/or also reviewing a quiz in Canvas after the class has taken it, the questions aren't numbered so after you get past the first few questions, there is no way to even tell what number you are on. Can someone change that?
Speedgrader chaning file name when being downloaded. Speedgrader: When downloading a submitted assignment, the file name is being changed to an unrecognizable name — (Student's actual name was part of the file name — changed for privacy.) Ideas???
We are all familiar with the standard Course Calendar, where assignment due dates are automatically added. However, at my institution, we structure our assignments as Challenges that develop over a period of time, rather than just a single deadline. Currently, the calendar only highlights the "end point." It would be a…
