Peer Assessments: Types of Assessments

Peer Assessments allow students to assess one another's work using a rubric created by the course instructional team.

There are five types of Peer Assessments to choose from, each offering different options depending on your teaching needs. Below are the Peer Assessment types, the function of that type of assessment, options within each type, as well as examples of each type of assessment.

Note: For assessment types that involve groups, the groups must be created prior to setup. Group membership can be edited up to an hour before an assessment is set to open to have those changes reflected in the assessment.

Note: Manual assignment is only an option for the Manually Assigned assessment type, meaning other types do not allow you to manually change assignments before or after the assessment opens.

Assessment Type	Function	Options	Example
Randomly Assigned	Randomly assign every student in course to apply a rubric to the work of the selected number of students in the course	Number of assessments to assign to each student	Student A is randomly assigned to Student G and Student V
Students Assess Their Group Members	Students apply rubric to each member of their group.	Group selection	Group 1 assesses work of fellow members in Group 1
Everyone Evaluates a Group	Every student applies a rubric to the work of the selected group(s)	Group selection	All students assess work of Group 1
Group Assesses Other Group	Each student in a group applies rubric to all members of another group.	Group selection	Group 1 assesses work of members in Group 2
Manually Assigned	Faculty/TAs manually assign students to apply a rubric to each other's work	Manual assignment (done in Manual Assignments tab)	Each student assesses work of student(s) they are manually assigned to.