Perusall: Peer Review

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Perusall offers a Peer Review assignment that allows instructors to create an assignment with 4 timed phases in order for students to discuss each others' work.

The set up involves 3 main sections:

Assignment setup
Scoring setup
Reviewing scores

In addition to "The stages of peer review" workflow that students will go through to complete the assignment.

Assignment Setup

1. Create a Peer review assignment on the Assignments page.

Image of the Assignments Perusall page. The Add assignment section is shown opened on the top left with the Peer review assignment choice highlighted red on the right with an arrow indicating to select it.

2. Insert an Assignment name and the 4 deadlines corresponding to the peer review stages, then select Next step.

Select "Next step" to progress forward onto the next assignment section. If you select OK it'll take you out of the assignment setup.

Image of the Perusall Peer review assignment Basics section. The Assignment name and 4 Deadlines are highlighted red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating to fill in the information. On the bottom right, Next step is highlighted red labeled 2 with an arrow indicating to select after finishing the Basic section.

3. Add Criterion for the student peer review assignment rubric, then select Next step.

Image of the Perusall Peer review assignment Rubric section. Criterion 1 is highlighted red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating to create criterion with its corresponding rating. On the bottom right, Next step is highlighted red labeled 2 with an arrow indicating to select after finishing the Rubric section.

4. Navigate and adjust the assignment Options page. Insert the instructions, visibility, etc. When finished, select Next step.

Image of the Perusall Peer review assignment Options section. The Options section on the top left, after Rubric, is highlighted red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating to fill out all the additional details in this section for the assignment. On the bottom right, Next step if highlighted red labeled 2 with an arrow indicating to select after finishing the Options section.

5. Select a Scoring option of your choice. In this example, Use course scoring settings is chosen. Then select OK to finish the assignment setup.

Image of the Perusall Peer review assignment Scoring section. The 2 assignment scoring options are highlighted red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating to select your preference. On the bottom right, OK is highlighted red labeled 2 with an arrow indicating to select it once finished.

5.1. The specify custom scoring settings for this assignment offers 2 general options and automatic scoring criteria to customize the scoring to your preference.

Image of the Perusall Peer review assignment Scoring section. The “specify custom scoring setting” option is selected to demonstrate the options available. The General Options scoring section is highlighted in red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating to make adjustments to the 2 settings under this area. Below General Options, Automatic scoring criteria is highlighted red labeled 2 with an arrow indicating to customize the criteria rubric to your preference.

6. The Peer review assignment is now shown under the Perusall Assignments.

To link your assignment to D2L, follow the instructions in Perusall: Adding an Assignment to D2L.

Image of Perusall’s assignment page. The assignment example “Perusall Introduction” is highlighted in red under the Assignments tab. This is where the assignment will be for the students.

Scoring Setup

1. A uniform scoring for all peer review assignments can be found in Settings > Scoring > Automatic Scoring > Peer review assignment.

Image of the Perusall Automatic scoring page with the Peer review assignment opened. The Peer review assignment is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to customize the criteria for uniform scoring of Peer review assignments.

Reviewing Scores

1. The scores for the students can be accessed in the Gradebook or Grade Assignment section, as per any assignment.

Image of the Perusall Course home page. On the top left panel, under setting, Gradebook is highlighted red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating a method to review student scores. On the right of the page, a Peer review assignment is opened on the Assignment's page with the option “Grade assignment” highlighted red labeled 2 with an arrow indicating a 2nd method of reviewing scores.

The Stages of Peer Review

Submission
Student Review of Peer Submissions
Instructor Review
Author Review and Feedback

For additional information regarding the stages of peer review, visit Perusall: Completing a Peer Review Assignment to get a student perspective.

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