How do I use the Peer Review Grading Tool in Canvas

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The Peer Review Tool makes grading a peer review assignment much easier. After your students have reviewed and graded their peers, use this tool to easily view individual grades and comments, calculate average scores, identify outliers, export grades to Excel and import average scores to the Canvas grade book.This does not replace the current Canvas peer review tool, it only enhances the grading portion.

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Install Peer Review Grading Tool

  1. To install the Peer Review Grading tool, click the 'UT Canvas Apps' link found in the course navigation menu of your Canvas course [1]. The UT Canvas Apps Store will open in a new browser window. Under the Peer Review entry, click to 'Install in My Course' [2]. 
    Click UT Canvas Apps from course navigation to find UT Apps Store and click Install under Peer Review tool entry

  2. Authorize UT Austin Apps (Concrete) to access your Canvas account [1].
    Pop up window asking users to authorize UT Austin Apps/Concrete

  1. The page should default to the current course. You can select a different course from the drop-down menu [1]. Click 'Install' when finished [2].
    PeerReview_courses

  2. Verify the correct course appears on the 'This app has been installed' screen
    PeerReview_success

After installing this tool in your course, you will see the Peer Review option in the left course navigation in Canvas [1].
PeerReview_sidebar

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How do I create a Peer Review Assignment in Canvas?

Before using the Peer Review Grading Tool, you will need to create a Peer Review assignment in Canvas and attach a rubric where students will grade their peers using the rubric.

 

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Grading Options

Once students have submitted their assignments and graded one another using the rubric you provided in Canvas, you can view the status of submissions/reviews in the Peer Review Grading Tool.

  1. Select the Assignment from drop-down menu [1] and click 'Begin Review' [2].
    PeerReview_Begin Review

  2. On the Assignment details page, you can 'Select a Different Assignment' [1] or change the number of entries to display (10, 25, 50 or 100) for the current assignment [2]. In the upper right are buttons to 'Import Scores to the Gradebook' [3] and/or 'Export Scores to an Excel CSV' [4]. 
    Peer Review Grading Tool page displaying Import/Export buttons, Class Avg, and sort features
    Note: The 'Import' and 'Export' buttons may appear below 'Show Comments' and 'Identify Outliers' depending on the size of your browser window.

  3. You can sort any column by clicking the heading [1] or 'Search' for a particular student by entering their name in the text box [2]. You can click on a student's name to view their assignment submission in SpeedGrader [3]. Note: You will see student names from your roster, not Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, etc.
    PeerReview_Details

  4. Click 'Show Comments' to see comments left by peer reviewers [1].
    PeerReview_Show Comments button

  5. Comments will appear in the far right column [1]. Click 'View Comments' to view details [2]. You can hide comments by clicking the 'Hide Comments' button [3].
    PeerReview_ShowComments

  6. Click the 'Identify Outliers' button to find grades outside a given point range [1]. Click 'Find Outliers' to see the results [2].
    PeerReview_Outliers

  7. The table will display grades that meet the criteria selected. You can sort by Grade Assigned [1] or Grade Average [2]. You can also 'Reset Outliers' to try different point deviations [3].
    PeerReview_Show Outliers

 

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