Creating an Individual Peer Assessment Activity
Step 1: Select the Activity Type
Go into your course and select the 'Activities' icon from the left navigation menu.
Select 'Create Activity' at the top right-hand corner of the 'Activities' page.
You will now be taken through a 4-step activity creation process:
Activity Type
Activity Details
Rubric & Settings
Schedule Activity
Under Choose an Activity Type, select Individual.
Under Activity Formats, select Individual Peer Assessment.
Select Save and Continue.
Note: You may also see other available activity formats, such as Individual Live Presentation or Individual Authorship Tracking. Individual Authorship Tracking activities are dependant on the features enabled for your course.
Step 2: Fill out the Activity Details
In the 'Activity Details' section, complete the following fields:
Title (Required) - Enter a clear and recognizable title for the activity. This title will be visible to students.
Overall Learning Objective(s) - Add the learning objective(s) for the activity. These should clearly explain what students are expected to learn or demonstrate.
Instructions - Add the instructions students should follow when completing the activity. This section can include assignment requirements, formatting expectations, links, tables, videos, or any other guidance students need.
Resources - Select Attach a File to upload any additional resources associated with the activity.
Note: The maximum upload file size is 2 GB.
Select Save and continue.
Step 3: Set Up the Rubric & Settings
In the Rubric & Settings section, you will have the following options:
Regenerate a Rubric with AI
Select a Rubric Template which was previously used
To Import a Rubric, click on the three dots on the top right. You will be prompted to upload your rubric, and once uploaded, it will appear on the page as an editable rubric.
Note: The maximum file size is 20 MB.
You can Regenerate your Rubric with AI by clicking on the 'Regenerate Rubric with AI' button. This will prompt the AI to create a new rubric based on your activity's Title, Learning Objectives, and Instructions.
Note: it may take up to 1 minute for your rubric to be generated by AI.
To use a rubric from your templates or one you've previously used, click the "Templates & Previously Used" dropdown. You'll find all of your saved templates and past rubrics there.
***NOTE: Rubrics for active activities CANNOT be edited if they have entered/passed the Evaluate stage.***
Under Rubric Grading, select the grading type for the rubric:
Numeric
Pass/Fail
Select the option that best matches how you want students to evaluate peer submissions.
If you select the Pass/Fail option, you'll have to select a Pass/Fail condition. There are two conditions: Criteria Level and Minimum Percentage. For an in-depth breakdown into both conditions, go to our Rubrics help article.
Step 4: Set your Settings
On the Rubrics & Settings section, scroll to the bottom of the page, where you will see the Settings section. Select Expand to open the full activity settings.
The settings are organized into four tabs:
Scoring and Deadlines
Create Stage
Evaluate Stage
Feedback Stage
Scoring and Deadlines Settings
In the Scoring and Deadlines tab, you will set up the following:
Grading Weight - Enter the grading weight for the activity. The default value is 1 pt, but this can be changed if needed.
Starting Score - Enter the starting score percentage for the activity. The default value is 0%.
Late Submission Settings. You can choose if students will be able to submit work beyond the assigned due dates for the Create and Evaluate stages. To learn more about Late Submissions, check out our Late Submissions article here.
Note: To view the full Late Submissions settings, click 'Expand'
Create Stage Settings
In the Create Stage tab, you can:
Enable Multiple Topics if students will complete the same activity with different topic instructions that are randomly assigned.
Multiple Topics allows instructors to cover a wider range of content by having students do the same activity with varying instructions. Instructors may create as many as 26 topics in a single activity. Students will be distributed randomly, but proportionally across all topics.
Each student is randomly assigned one topic to make a creation for. Half the students are assigned Topic A and the other half are assigned Topic B.
Students will evaluate peer Creations on a topic different from their own.
Feedback works the same as regular activities.
Choose your file attachments option: All File Types, Specific Files, or No File Attachment.
Turn on Similarity Check to be notified when students submit similar work.
Enable Require Creation so students must submit their own creation before receiving evaluations or feedback.
Note: 'Multiple Topics', 'Turn on Similarity Check' and 'Require Creation' are all turned off by default, while 'All File Types' is selected by default.
Evaluate Stage Settings
In the Evaluate Stage tab, you can:
Set the Minimum Word Count for Evaluations. The default minimum is 20 words.
Choose the Number of Evaluations each student will complete.
Enable 'Add Evaluator Notes' to provide instructions or files that only evaluators can see once the Evaluate stage begins.
Tip: We recommend assigning 3 or 4 evaluations per student.
Feedback Stage Settings
At the moment, there are no configurable settings for this stage.
Once you are done with your settings, click 'Save and continue'.
Step 4: Schedule the Activity
In the Schedule Activity step, set the dates and deadlines for each stage:
Create Stage: Set when students can begin submitting their work and when submissions are due.
Evaluate Stage: Set when students must complete their peer evaluations.
Feedback Stage: Set when students must provide feedback to their evaluators.
Grading Stage: This is when instructors review scores and resolve any disputes or issues.
You can also enable a Submission grace period or Evaluation grace period if you want to give students extra time after the deadline. Submissions or evaluations completed during the grace period will be marked as late. This is optional.
If you'd like to schedule your activity later, click 'Cancel'. Everything from the previous steps (Activity Type, Activity Details, and Rubric & Settings) will be saved, but the activity won't be scheduled, instead, it will move into the 'Unscheduled Activities' list on your course homepage.
Note: Unscheduled activities will never be visible to students in your course.
Once all of your due dates and settings are set for all 3 stages, select Schedule Activity. You have now created an Individual Peer Assessment Activity!