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 six 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.

Assessment Type	Function	Options	Example
Students Assess Their Group Members (Groups must be created prior to setup)	Students apply rubric to each member of their group.	Includes self-grading Add additional comment row	Group 1 assesses work of members in Group 1
Group Assesses Other Group (Groups must be created prior to setup)	Each student in one group applies rubric to all members of another group. The system automatically randomizes which groups are assigned to each other.	Add additional comment row	Group 1 assesses work of members in Group 2
Everyone Evaluates One Group (Groups must be created prior to setup)	Every student will apply a rubric to the work of the selected group	Add additional comment row	All students assess work of Group 1
Randomly Assigned	Randomly assign every student in course to apply a rubric to the work of the selected number of students in the course	Randomly assigned Select number of assessments to assign to each student Add Drop Box Add additional comment row	All students assess work of randomly selected group
Manually Assigned (Assignments are created after students have submitted their work)	TA/Faculty manually assign students to apply a rubric to each other's work	Add Drop Box Add additional comment row	Each student assesses work of student(s) they are manually assigned to.
Individual	Each student individually applies a rubric to a paper, presentation, article, or their own work	Add additional comment row	Each student assesses own work, self reflection