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Peer Review Assignment - Different Scenarios

Peer Review Assignment - Different Scenarios

Peer Review

  • When can students view peer review comments?

    • After submitting their work and receiving a peer review, students can immediately see peer review comments.

  • Are peer review comments visible before grades are posted?

    • Yes, students can see peer review comments and peer review rubric scores even if grades are not posted. Instructor grades and comments are only visible after grades are posted.

  • Can I tell which submission a peer review comment refers to if a student resubmits?

    • No. Peer review comments are shown, but it is not indicated which attempt each comment is for.

  • What can students do for peer reviews?  Can they give grades?

    • Students can leave comments. If a rubric is assigned, they can also score using the rubric, but this does not affect the official grade provided by the instructor (for graded assignments).

  • Can I set a due date for peer reviews?

    • There's no deadline for peer reviews in Canvas - Canvas has not addressed this.

  • Do students get a grade for completing a peer review?

    • No, but you can manually assign points using a No Submission assignment in the Gradebook.

  • Can I use peer review with external tools (e.g. Turnitin)?

    • No, the external submission types generally do not support Canvas’s peer review assignments. Some external tools, such as Turnitin, have their own peer review feature.

Group Peer Review

  • What are the requirements for group peer reviews to work?

    • Group sets should have groups and students have been completely assigned to the groups (no further changes!).  This is also a pre-requirement before publishing a group assignment.

  • How do I setup whereby the peer reviewers will be someone from the same group as the student they are reviewing?

    • Choose Auto Assign Peer Review then click Auto intra-group peer review checkbox. This allows for the possibility of getting assigned to review someone from the same group. It does not guarantee that the reviewers will all be within the same group.

Rubric Scores

  • What is required to complete a peer review when the assignment includes a rubric?

    • Normally, students must review the assignment and leave a comment on the submission details page.  So if the assignment includes a rubric, students must only complete the rubric to complete the peer review.  However, you can choose to ask your students to also leave a comment in the comment sidebar.

  • When can student see peer review assignment rubric scores from other students?

    • Students will see each other’s Peer Review feedback (comments) immediately, including the Rubric scores from each Peer Reviewer even if grades are not posted.

Anonymous Peer Review

  • As instructor, can I still see the reviewers names?

    • Yes, you can still view the names of the student reviewers in the submission details page and Speedgrader.

  • Can I setup whereby the students do not see who are their peer reviewers but the peer reviewers know who they are reviewing?

    • No, it will be anonymous for both sides OR not anonymous for both.  There's no in between.