To facilitate freer discussion of controversial topics, and to ease the concerns of students that might be worried about how others perceive a question or comment of theirs, students have the option to post comments anonymously by clicking the "anonymous" icon (a silhouette ) in the comment toolbar.
How to post anonymously
- Highlight the text or section you want to comment on.
- In the comment box, click the anonymous icon to toggle anonymity on.
- Type your comment and press Post comment to post. The comment bubbles for anonymous comments are shaded in light red, so you can identify which comments were posted anonymously.
When students post anonymously, their classmates will not see their name attached to the comment. However, instructors will always be able to see who authored each comment.
Controlling anonymous commenting in assignments
When creating an assignment, under the Options tab select from the following Anonymous posting options:
- Let students decide whether to post anonymously allows students to post anonymously or not, at their discretion. By default, comments are not anonymous.
- Require all comments to be posted anonymously forces the anonymous button in the toolbar into the "on" position so that all comments in the assignment will be posted anonymously. (This setting only applies when the student accesses the reading through an assignment link; if they open the document from the Library, then they can choose to post anonymously or not, as usual.)
- Do not allow students to post anonymously will not provide students with the option to post anonymously.
Turn off anonymous posting
To completely remove anonymous comments from your course. You can apply this as as a course default, under Settings > Advanced > Commenting > Prevent students from posting comments anonymously.
Q: Does Anonymity Affect Scoring?
Noāanonymous comments are scored the same way as named comments. If automatic scoring is enabled, Perusall evaluates all comments based on quality and relevance, not visibility.
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