In an effort to create a more engaging teaching and learning experience, educators have looked for ways to offer students more structured self assessment opportunities directly within Canvas LMS.
Once available, educators using both Enhanced Rubrics and Assignment Enhancements can allow Self Assessment rubrics for Canvas Assignments. Self Assessments encourage students to take ownership of their learning by actively reviewing and evaluating their own work based on the same criteria used by their instructors. This can lead to an increased understanding of assignment expectations and deeper engagement with course material and learning objectives.
How Does Self Assessment Work?
Once enabled for the assignment, students have access to a Self Assessment Rubric, allowing them to review and score their work, if enabled by their instructor.
Please note, that Self Assessment cannot be enabled for an assignment if a submission has already been made or if the due date has already passed. To minimize potential confusion, we’ve added the following tool tip, directly in the user interface.
Once enabled, students will see a “Self-Assess” button. Once they complete their submission, they can review, score, and comment on their work using the attached rubric’s criteria.
Self Assessment does not influence or affect a student’s grade or mark, however, instructors can view Self Assessment scores within SpeedGrader in an effort to better understand their students' interpretations and performance.
Self Assessment is currently available only in the web version of Canvas and is available in the beta environments and will be available in production with the March 15th Release. Mobile access will be coming later this year.
As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to test Self Assessment in your beta environments, it’s available there now. Feel free to share your experiences with the Enhanced Rubrics or Assignment Enhancement User Groups.
Thanks, and keep learning!
Arohi
