Peer Review Assignments

Locate the Assignments tab in Course Navigation, then click the "+ Assignment" tab.

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After adding the Assignment information such as, title, description, and any other related settings. Set the submission type to "Online" and check the box that says "Requires Peer Reviews".

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Once checked, two options will appear, "Manually Assign Peer Reviews" or "Automatically Assign Peer Reviews". If you chose the second option the following menu will appear. Click the one that fits your assignment.

Next, click the tab and enter your due date information. Click apply and save.

Once you have set up your assignment details, click on the link under Assignment details. Here you will see the list of students with an option to manually or automatically assign one or more student submissions.

1. To assign a student manually:

   1. Click the +

   2. Select another student from the dropdown menu

   3. Click add

2. To automatically assign a student submission:

   1. Enter the amount of reviews per student and then click “Assign Peer Reviews”

If you want to assign points for completing a peer review activity, a separate no submission assignment must be created in order to manually assign points.

Students will see an item under their Dashboard To-do List and if clicked will be prompted to complete the peer review. Students will also see the required peer review under the assignments module.

To see if a student completed a peer review or not, click on the link under Assignment details. Here you will see the list of students with one of three icons by their names.

1. If you see this means this student has not been assigned another student to peer review.

2. A checkmark signals a student has completed the assigned peer review

3. An exclamation point signals a student has NOT completed the assigned peer review.
   
   

Students will be able to see if they’ve completed the peer review by viewing the assignment and clicking the “Required Peer Reviews” dropdown menu.