Overview of Self and Peer Assessment Tool

This tool allows students to submit assignments for self and peer assessment by either uploading files or typing in their answers. Students are randomly allocated a set number of other students’ work to assess using set criteria. Students can enter a mark and feedback for each criteria.

There is a Submission period when students upload or submit their assignments that will be assessed by their peers, and then an Evaluation period when students actually do the peer and/or self assessment.

Creating a Self and Peer assessment in your course is a two step process:

• Adding the Assessment Question(s)
• Adding the Review Criteria

The tool has the following limitations:

• You cannot specify which students peer review which other students’ work. Learn.UQ(Blackboard) randomly assigns the reviewers for each submission.
• You cannot setup group submissions and reviews.
• You cannot modify the Submission dates or Evaluation dates once the deadlines have passed.
• There is no way for late assignments to be peer assessed.
• Self assessment cannot be completed until after the closed date for assessment submission.

Note: There is also a peer assessment tool available in TurnItIn.