TL;DR
Peer review can be tricky, but there are great tools to help!!
Session Notes
More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys! Peer Review Options in Canvas
@victoria-maloy | Sr. Instructional Technology Consultant | University of Iowa
What are the advantages of Peer Review?
- Learns from classmates
- Comfort around giving/receiving from peer
- Audience beyond teacher
- Saves grading time
What do they need to complete a peer review?
- Idea of requirements
- Knowledge of the type of feedback to provide
- Clear timeline
- Rubric
Building a Peer Review Assignment
Stage 1: Turn in the Assignment (Think through due dates)
Stage 2: Distribute to Reviewers
Stage 3: Peer Reviewer grade
Stage 4: Returning the Reviews to Author.
Stage 5: Finish the Assignment
Canvas Peer Review
Advantages
- Already in Canvas
- Can manually or automatically assign reviewers
- Assign # of reviewers
- Assign when the reviewers are assigned the review
- Can make anonymous
Disadvantages
- Due date for initial submission, not reviews
- No self-assessment option
Peerceptiv Peer Review
Advantages
- Works well for high enrollment courses to create writing assignments with plenty of feedback
- Grading algorithms give students a reason to review mindfully
- Quick view of student completion
- Data and analytics dashboard
- Allows author to give feedback to reviewer
Disadvantages
- Highly structured review format
- No annotation on the document
Other tools
At the end of the session a Google Sheet was shared that offered comparisons of different platforms for doing Peer Review. Hopefully someone can share the link in the comments below.
*All of the content here is from my live session notes or straight from my memory. This means that I may miss something or be mistaken in my content. Please feel free to add to, put in context, or correct any mistakes by using the comments below.
