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This article covers some basics of using the Canvas Peer Review Function in Canvas Discussions. When a student is peer reviewing work submitted as part of a discussion, the student can read, view, download, etcetera, the discussion post content. For discussions with rubrics, peer reviewers must complete the rubric for purposes of comment only (not for grading). The Peer Review Discussions feature may not be useful in all situations. Below are a few tips and some examples for applications of the function. |
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The Peer Review feature makes comments private to the Reviewer, Reviewed, and Instructor.
Examples
These examples represent examples from 2 different course situations; they are not the only or possibly the “best.” They are meant to show 2 functioning examples. The Discussion Settings examples below highlight two primary use cases
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The examples are not mutually exclusive nor are they all-inclusive given the possibilities Canvas provides. You may combine aspects of either example or introduce your own components to form a hybrid approach.
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Peer reviewers must use the rubric to provide feedback. Canvas will NOT mark reviews complete until reviewers mark up and/or comment using the rubric.
Students can still attach documents or record audio feedback and/or provide a free-form comment, but they must also use the rubric. Once a rubric is submitted by the reviewer, Canvas will mark the review as complete for the faculty and the reviewer.
The discussion point allocation must match the points value on the rubric.
If you want to award points for completing peer reviews or assess assessing peer reviews using a different rubric, we recommend publishing a No Submission assignment and assigning the points there.
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Peer reviewers must submit at least one comment. Students can attach documents or record audio feedback and/or provide a free-form comment. Once a comment is submitted by the reviewer, Canvas will mark the review as complete for faculty and the student.
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Orange text indicates areas that require customization so that the instructions, discussion settings, and assessment methods are clear to students.
05.05 Program Evaluation Project: Rough Draft Peer Review Discussion(Title)
Initial Post Directions (Header 2)
Your final evaluation paper, initially assigned in Module 3, should be in a rough draft form that you can post to this class-wide discussion board for peer review.
When you are ready to post your rough draft:
<<Provide any specifics here—students may attach or link documents or link, create, or embed video or audio.>>
Post a reply to this discussion that addresses the following:
Access to your rough draft
State your chosen topic
List any areas that you would like your assigned peer reviewers to focus on
After everyone has posted, I will assign you two of your peers’ rough drafts to review. You will be able to access your peer review assignments by returning to this discussion. See Canvas’ How do I know if I have a peer review discussion to complete? article for an overview of how to access peer review discussions.
<<Insert specifics for how the discussion and peer reviews will be graded here—align verbiage with discussion settings and point allocations for initial post and completed reviews.>>
Initial posts are due by Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time.
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Peer Review Directions (Header 2)
Before reviewing your peers’ rough drafts:
Skim through Guidelines for Students - Peer Review for tips on how to approach peer review and for guidance on how to provide constructive feedback.
Plan on spending about 1-hour per review.
When you are ready to perform a peer review, follow these steps:
Select Review Now to access the rough draft you would like to review.
Read your peer’s post and review their work.
<<Provide any specifics here—students may download Word documents, track changes, save and upload the document or make suggested edits in linked Google documents (as long as students also complete the rubric); or students can free form comments using only the rubric.>>
Provide feedback:
Follow the steps as outlined in Canvas’ How do I submit a peer review to a discussion? article to provide feedback. You must complete the rubric! You are not scoring your peers, you are simply providing feedback according to the same criteria that I will use to assess final drafts.
Note: Do NOT simply reply to the discussion thread. Access your peer via the Review Now link then add your feedback to the rubric. Following these steps triggers Canvas to notify both of us that your review is complete.
You may access peer feedback from Grades. See the Canvas article Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussions? for more details.
Initial posts are due by Friday at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time.
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Students will post rough drafts of their Final Evaluation Paper in the 05.05 Program Evaluation Project: Rough Draft Peer Review Discussion by Tuesday 11:59 p.m. MT.
This discussion is built in a way that allows you to use Canvas to assign a specific person to peer review the work of TWO other students.
To assign peer reviews,
Go to the 05.05 discussion
Select Peer Reviews from the more options menu (the three stacked dots).
Assign reviews:
You may automatically assign 2 reviews to each student who has posted a rough draft OR
You may manually assign reviews. Tip: If you want to assign reviews only to those who submitted work, consider opening the discussion in a new window so you have access to who posted.
See Assign Peer Reviews for visuals on how to assign reviews manually. This article will also walk you through how to know when peer reviews are complete and what students can expect to see on their end once reviews are assigned.
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You can get a quick view of who should earn credit for posting reviews by returning to the 05.05 discussion > Peer Reviews screen. See this Peer Review Screenshot. You will also see the reviewer’s comments in the context of the reviewed student’s discussion post through SpeedGrader.
The 05.05 discussion is worth 15 points. The rubric associated with the discussion is the same rubric students used to provide feedback to their peers—use this to assess the rough drafts shared.
<<If the faculty will be awarding points for completed peer reviews or assessing peer reviews, provide the Peer Review assignment name and additional instruction here.>>
Additional Resources
Using Peer Review to Help Students Improve Their Writing, from Washing University in St. Louis
Student Guidelines for Peer Review, from SERC, Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
How do I automatically assign peer reviews for a discussion?
How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?
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