Generating Anonymous IDs

This process generates random IDs that are assigned to students per activity. You can specify the minimum and maximum number of digits for your anonymous ID. See Setting Up Student Administration Options.

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Generate Anonymous ID

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Records and Enrollment > Individual Activity Manager > Generate Anonymous ID

Generate anonymous IDs.

Generate AnonID Exam Only

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Records and Enrollment > Individual Activity Manager > Generate AnonID Exam Only

Generate anonymous IDs for exam-only courses.

Access the Generate Anonymous ID page (Records and Enrollment > Individual Activity Manager > Generate Anonymous ID).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Generate Anonymous ID page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Generate Anonymous ID page

Field or Control

Description

Process Monitor

Click to access the Process List page. This page lists the anonymous ID generation process you submitted. Click the Refresh button to update the Run Status and Distribution Status columns. When anonymous ID generation is successful, these columns will display Success and Posted respectively.

Institution

Select the institution for which you want to generate anonymous IDs.

Term

Select the term for which you want to generate anonymous IDs for the student’s activity.

Manual Selection

This region appears when the Population Selection check box is not selected.

In this grid, you can manually select the students for whom to generate anonymous IDs. The results appear in the Preview Selection region.

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Description

Empl ID (Employee ID)

Select the ID of the student for whom you want to generate anonymous IDs.

Population Selection

Field or Control

Description

Population Selection

Select this check box to generate multiple anonymous IDs for the population you select. By default, this check box is selected.

Selection Tool

Select PS Query.

Query Name

Select one of the following delivered queries:

  • SSR_IAM_ANONID_BY_INST_TERM to generate anonymous IDs for students by academic institution and term.

  • SSR_IAM_ANONID_BY_CAR_TERM to generate anonymous IDs for students by academic career and term.

  • SSR_IAM_ANONID_BY_ORG_TERM to generate anonymous IDs for students by academic organization and term.

For information on population selection, see Using the Population Selection Process.

Access the Generate AnonID Exam Only page (Records and Enrollment > Individual Activity Manager > Generate AnonID Exam Only).

The fields on this page are similar to the fields on the Generate Anonymous ID page except for the ones discussed in this section.

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Description

Academic Period ID

Select the academic period for which you want to generate anonymous IDs for the student’s activity. This is for exam-only courses.

Population Selection

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Population Selection

Select this check box to generate multiple anonymous IDs for the population you select. By default, this check box is selected.

Selection Tool

Select PS Query.

Query Name

Select one of the following delivered queries:

  • SSR_IAM_ANONID_EO_BY_INST_PRD to generate anonymous IDs for exam-only courses by academic institution and academic period.

  • SSR_IAM_ANONID_EO_BY_CAR_PRD to generate anonymous IDs for exam-only courses by academic career and academic period.

  • SSR_IAM_ANONID_EO_BY_ORG_PRD to generate anonymous IDs for exam-only courses by academic organization and academic period.

For information on population selection, see Using the Population Selection Process.