Randomization

This setting helps prevent cheating by allowing you to search what randomized variable(s) and/or phrase(s) a student received on a problem in an assignment. Click the Yes radio button to enable or click the No radio button to disable.

To use the search function when randomization is enabled, click on Randomized Variables Phrases under Instructor in the blue bar at the top of the screen.

On the next screen, you will use the drop-down menus to select your Classes, Assignments, and Problems.

When you have made your selections from the drop-down boxes, the main problem statement will be visible with any random variables and/or phrases from the assignment.  Type the random variable(s) you are searching for in the field(s) and click Search to begin the search. 

Search results are displayed at the bottom. The more variables you can search at a time, the narrower your results will be.  As you can see in the example below, you can see the Instructor, Class, Assignment, Student, and all Variables in their assignment problem.  When your search is complete, click on Class Management in the upper left-hand corner to return to the Class Management screen.

While taking an assignment, students will see randomized variables in Red.

When a problem contains random variables, the View Assignment Solutions will pick a randomized variable to show the solution.  The variables used in the solutions are different from those used in the student's assignment.