Using Canvas Peer Review forGroup Peer Evaluations

A step-by-step guide

• Go to your Course -> Assignments -> + Assignment

• Give your assignment a title and description/instructions, then scroll down

• Select “No Submission”

• DO NOT select “This is a Group Assignment”

• Scroll down

• Click “Require Peer Reviews” and “Manually Assign Peer Reviews”

• Note: Automatically assigningreviews is random and can’t be used if you have students matched up

• For the “due date,” enter the start date for the assignment. You will want to explain to your class that this assignment will appear overdue, and emphasize the actual due date

Click “Save”

• If you want your students to use a rubric in evaluating one another, click “+ RUBRIC” and add your rubric

On the right hand side of the screen, click “Peer Reviews”

• This will bring up a list of all your students.

• Click “Give [name] another submission to assess” and choose the student to be assessed from the drop down menu, then click “ADD”

• Repeat for all the peer evaluations youwant to assign

• Remember: the name in bigger font isthe student doing the peer review

• When a student has completed a review, a check mark appears to the left of the reviewee’s name. If it is incomplete, a “!” appears instead

• Note the bell and trash can that appear if you hover over one name.

• Clicking the bell will remind David that he needsto assess Allison.

• Clicking the trash can will delete David’s peerreview of Allison.

If you click on a student’s name, you will be taken to their submission page. This is where the peer reviews will appear.

• Click “Show Rubric”

• As the instructor, you can fill inthis rubric to give the student a grade for the assignment. You can also toggle between submitted peer reviews (see next slide)

• Choose the reviewer from the drop-down menu to see how that student filled out the rubric.

• Click on the green speech bubbles to see if students left comments in any of the rubric sections

When you’re done, click the X to exit the rubric view.

• Students may leave comments in the rubric or on the submission page. Check here for student comments, and leave your own comment if you choose

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