Using Peer Review in Ultra Course View

This article is intended for instructors looking to setup and use Peer Review in the Ultra Course. Peer Review is a Assessment option that allows student submissions to be assessed by their peers.

Creating an Assignment with Peer Review

1. Navigate to your course in HuskyCT

2. Under Course Content, click the small plus sign in the middle of the page

   

3. A drop-down menu will appear, click Create

   

4. A new window will appear on the right side of the screen, titled Create Item, click Assignment

   

5. A new window will open where you can create the assignment

   

   1. Give the assignment a name

   2. Click the plus sign in the center of the page. A menu will appear, click Add Text, and add the prompt for students to respond to

      

   3. Set the visibility of the item

6. Click the Gear icon next to Assignment Settings

   

7. Set any desired assignment settings, and under Grading & Submissions check Peer Review

   

8. A click the link Select Peer Settings

   

9. A new window will appear to set the peer review settings

   

   1. Reviews Per Student: The number of submissions each student is assigned to review. By default, these reviews will be shown to students when grades are posted. It is possible for a submission to receive more than this number of reviews, and by default those additional reviews are hidden from students. Submissions are assigned for review randomly and automatically, further a student may be assigned to review their own submission.

   2. Assessment Due Date: The date after which new submissions are marked as Late. Late submissions are still accepted, and placed into a pool at the time of submission. Students who begin their reviews after this submission are eligible to review the late submission.

   3. Peer Review Due Date: The final date by which Peer Reviews must be submitted

10. Click Save to save and exit the Peer Review settings window

11. Click Save to save and exit the Assignment settings window

Using Peer Review

Instructor View

Grading in Peer Review

1. Navigate to the Assignment in HuskyCT

2. Click on the Assignment’s name

   

3. A new window will open, click the Submissions tab in the upper right hand corner

   

4. You will see all your students' submissions

   

5. Click on the student you want to grade

6. A new window will open showing their submissions, the reviews they did of other students, the peer feedback they received

7. On the gray bar across the top of the window, just below the student’s name, you will see the grading pill, and can enter a grade for the student

   

8. Optionally, under the Feedback For Student, instructors can provide their own additional feedback. Enter the desired feedback and click Save. Both this and any peer feedback will be visible to students.

   

9. As with regular Assessments, grades are not visible until they are posted. Navigate back to the Submissions tab, and click either Post on a single student, to just post their grade, or Post all grades to post grades for all students.

Hiding Peer Reviews from students

1. Navigate to the Assignment in HuskyCT

2. Click on the Assignment’s name

   

3. A new window will open, click the Submissions tab in the upper right hand corner

   

4. You will see all your students' submissions

   

5. Click on the student you want to hide feedback for

6. A new window will open showing their submissions, the reviews they did of other students, the peer feedback they received

7. Under Feedback, look for the peer review you want to hide

   

8. Next to the name of the student who gave the review, their is a small eye

   

9. Click the eye to hide the feedback, you will see a line thought the eye indicating the feedback is hidden from the student