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On an online exam, the teacher likes to receive the students' submissions (pdf document) anonymously without knowing their emails and names. In that case, I tried making a Google form that will receive only the exam roll and registration number from the students. But when I add a File Upload option, the form starts asking to sign up and consequently collecting the students' names associated with the Gmail accounts!

So, what are the most effective and easy-to-use online tools/platforms to receive the students' submissions anonymously? Note that self-hosting type things are not preferable, and I'm looking for free service. The platform may collect data, but the receiver should not find out the senders name and email.

(It was asked on Web Applications. But it's off-topic and closed there.)

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    Is self-hosting an option? Must it be free, or is there a budget? Btw: when it comes to "anonymously" and "not collecting data", corps like Google, MS etc (aka "GAFAM") are certainly out of the question.
    – Izzy
    Commented Jun 29, 2021 at 7:01
  • No, self-hosting type things are not preferable, and looking for free service. The platform may collect data, but the receiver should not find out the senders name and email.
    – raf
    Commented Jun 29, 2021 at 10:49
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    A 'teacher'? Like, a faculty member at a school? If so, does the school (or district) have any technology? Maybe an FTP server configured with a dedicated folder for this class?
    – bsmither
    Commented Jun 29, 2021 at 22:33
  • What about an FTP Server with a "/pub/incoming" directory that is writable but not listable to anonymous users? This is a very old concept.
    – knb
    Commented Jun 30, 2021 at 7:41
  • @bsmither FTP server seems good. But currently, the teacher doesn't have it. It would be better if you could suggest some other simpler easy-to-use tools.
    – raf
    Commented Jul 5, 2021 at 2:23

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Disclosure: I work for PollUnit

You can do this with a PollUnit Survey.

If you create a "Query information" step you can define various types of input fields including a file upload. A survey is by default anonymized. So if you do not add fields with personal information like a name you will not know who participated in the survey.

Our free plan allows up to 40 responses per survey. So it may work also with your class members for free.

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