Setting Randomization and Display Options for Assignments

You can specify how question values are randomized, whether to show only one question at a time or the entire assignment, and whether questions are shown in the same order as in the Assignment Editor or in random order.

Randomization and display options are managed by editing the Assignment Editor settings.

The purpose of randomizing question data is to provide substantially the same question to all of your students while attempting to reduce the incidence of cheating. Depending on the questions you use on your assignment, setting the randomization options might change such things as the numeric values used in questions, the choices that are listed for multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, or nothing at all.

Use different values for each student discourages cheating by giving each student an individually randomized assignment.
Use the same values for all students encourages collaboration among your students by giving them all the same version of the assignment.
When you use assignment randomization, different questions with the same randomization parameters are provided the same randomized values. For example, if both questions 2 and 3 included a random number between 1 and 10, the randomized number that is used would be the same for both questions.
Require new question or assignment randomization after every N submissions lets you set the number of chances a student has to answer a question with a particular randomization. After submitting the number of answers you set for N, students are given the option to generate a new randomization if they have additional submissions for an assignment or question. The maximum number of attempts per randomization you can set is 10, and the number of submissions per new randomization should be set to a number that is at least 1 less than the number of submissions allowed.
Require new question or assignment randomization after every N submissions can only be set when the assignment's Submitting Answers setting is set to Questions or Assignment.

By default, randomized values in questions are displayed in red. This lets your students know about values that might change for each submission, or might be different for their classmates, depending on your randomization settings for the assignment. You can turn off this highlighting for a class using the assignment editor.

To help your students gauge their progress on the assignment, you can display all questions at once; or, you can display questions one at a time to help your students focus on each question individually. If you require submission of the entire assignment, you must display all questions at once.

For instructional assignments and homework that builds conceptually through an ordered series of questions, you can show questions in the order specified in the Assignment Editor questions list. Or, to help prevent cheating on timed in-class assignments, you can show questions in a different random order for each student.

To change randomization and display options:

Edit the assignment or assignment template settings.

To do this	Do this
Change the assignment template	In the Assignment Templates Manager, click Edit for the template.
Change the current assignment only	In the Assignment Editor, click Edit Settings. If the assignment used a template, the settings from the selected template become editable in the Assignment Editor and the template is no longer used.

To do this

Do this

Change the assignment template

In the Assignment Templates Manager, click Edit for the template.

Change the current assignment only

In the Assignment Editor, click Edit Settings.

If the assignment used a template, the settings from the selected template become editable in the Assignment Editor and the template is no longer used.

If needed, expand the Question Randomization settings.
Select:
- Use different values for each student to have each student receive different randomized values for all questions on the assignment.
- Use the same values for all students to have all students receive the same randomized values for all questions on the assignment.
- Require new question or assignment randomization after every N submissions to allow students the a different randomization for a question after they have used the set number of responses.
If you set randomization to Require new question or assignment randomization after every N submissions then set the answer key and worked solution options:
- Select Show students answer key after they reach the set number for the randomization if you want students to see the answer key for a randomization after they have reached the set number of responses. If you do not want students to be able to see the answer key do not select the box.
- Select Show students the solution after they reach the set number for the randomization if you want students to see the worked solution for a question after they have reached the set number of responses. The worked solution supplements the answer key by explaining the process for obtaining the correct answer. If you do not want students to be able to see the worked solution do not select the box.
If needed, expand the Assignment Display settings.
For Question Display, select either Display all questions at once or Display one at a time.
For Question Order, select either As shown in Questions list or Random.
Click Save to apply your changes.