How do I grade papers submitted through the Blackboard Assignment system anonymously?
If you’re interested in truly anonymous grading for your midterms or papers (v. simply folding back the first page), you can ask students to write only their Princeton ID numbers (the ones from the front of their PU ID card) on whatever they submit. It’s easy to set this up, with a little help from Blackboard. NOTE: One strategy you may not try is to ask students to put their Social Security Number (or any part of it) on their course materials. That’s a violation of both Federal law and University policy. There are only two tricks to doing this, but you have to deal with both of them.
