[ARCHIVED] Editing names off of assignments

[julieqmorgan]

How do I edit (remove) the name of a student off of assignment so I may share with others without violating.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello  @julieqmorgan ...

I'm not sure what you are asking.  Are you wanting to remove/delete a student's submission from an assignment in your course?  If so, that is not possible.

Also, can you tell me more about "share with others"?  Where are you wanting to share this assignment?  How are you wanting to share this assignment?  If, for example, you want to share this assignment to Canvas Commons, you don't have to worry about student submissions being shared to Commons.  The only thing that is shared is the assignment itself (including any images, associated file attachments, etc.) that were included with the assignment.  No student submissions or student names are shared in Commons.

I hope this information will be of help to you, Julie.  Please let Community members know if you have any questions about this information.

[julieqmorgan]

I am asking how to edit the file to remove/block out a students name so it can't be seen when I share it with other instructors.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi  @julieqmorgan ...

Since I cannot see your school's Canvas environment or the Canvas course you are working in, I'm making some assumptions here.  When you say, "edit the file", is this a file that was submitted as part of an assignment by one of your students?  If so, you would need to first download the file to your computer.  Canvas really don't have tools to block out student names to protect their identity.  If this was a Word document, for example, once you download the file you can certainly use the drawing tools available in Microsoft Word to hide the student's name before sharing it with your fellow instructors.

I may still be completely off in my assumptions here, so if I have not addressed your question, please provide additional details for Community members.  Thank you, Julie.