If you're wondering how to introduce Kritik360 in simple terms within your course outline, feel free to use the below text as a guideline or copy and paste it into your syllabus.
Kritik360
This term, we will be using Kritik360 (www.kritik.io/kritik360), a peer-to-peer learning and evaluation platform. Kritik360 puts you, the student, at the center of your learning. Kritik is focused on an important goal: to help you in developing critical thinking and communication skills, which in turn set you up for success both in and out of the classroom.
Each Kritik360 activity has 3 unique stages:
Stage 1: Create → Follow the instructions, read the provided rubric and create a submission
Stage 2: Evaluate → Anonymously score your peers based on the rubric, and provide written comments
Stage 3: Feedback → Provide your peer evaluators anonymous feedback in relation to how motivational and critical their written comments were
Grading
When you participate in Kritik360 activities, you will receive 3 scores: Creation score, Evaluation score, and Feedback score. The weighted average of these three scores will determine your Overall score for that activity. The Kritik360 Grading Scheme can be found in the course info section.
Registration/Support
For Non-LMS-Integrated Courses:
An email invitation will be sent to your school email account that contains information on how to register for a Kritik360 account and enroll in the course.
For LMS-Integrated Courses:
Email invitations are no longer sent for LMS-integrated courses. To register and access Kritik360, follow these steps:
Log in to your LMS (e.g., Canvas, Blackboard, etc.).
Navigate to the course where Kritik360 has been integrated.
Locate and click on the Kritik360 launch link provided in the course.
Follow the on-screen prompts to register for a Kritik360 account and enroll in the course.
Note for Professors:
For LMS-integrated courses, please include instructions in your syllabus or LMS announcements to inform students how to access Kritik360 via the launch link.
How to get help: If you have any questions about Kritik360, please use their live chat. A human agent will respond promptly within a few minutes from 9am-5pm eastern time Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours, you’ll receive a reply that they will be back the next business day - but don’t worry! They monitor around the clock and will still respond to urgent requests within a few hours. You can also visit https://help.kritik.io to view their help articles.