{"id":10665,"date":"2026-01-13T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/moodle\/using-the-blind-grading-feature\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:30:26","slug":"using-the-blind-grading-feature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/tdi\/academic-technology\/moodle\/using-the-blind-grading-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Blind Grading Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">One of the great features that Moodle allows for is blind grading, where the name of the student submitting the assignment is not known to the instructor. <!--more-->When you create a new assignment in Moodle,\u00a0 one grading option is \u201cAnonymous Submissions,\u201d which you can switch to \u201cYes\u201d as shown in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12275 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/tdi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2026\/06\/anonymous-submission-268x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/tdi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2026\/06\/anonymous-submission-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/tdi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2026\/06\/anonymous-submission.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Students are then each assigned a Participant ID number in place of their name. 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