Peer Evaluation Tools

Through peer evaluation, students can learn by reviewing the work of other students, by receiving peer comments on their own work, and by writing a self-reflection on a completed assignment. For instructors, group member evaluation can provide insights into a team’s internal performance and production. These tools can be administered anonymously or showing student names.

Feedback Fruits
Canvas
Feature Feedback
Fruits		 Canvas
Primary Considerations
Separate deadline for the project submission and a separate deadline for the peer review ✔️
Able to assign reviews using Canvas groups ✔️
Multiple options to release peer reviews:
–Manually / Automatically
–Immediately / Never / After a specific date		 ✔️
Allow students to write a self-reflection on the received peer reviews ✔️
Allow students to write a self-assessment on their own submission, which is the same rubric that is used for the assignment ✔️
Secondary Considerations
Automatic peer selection can be contained by sections ✔️ ✔️
Allow students who didn’t hand in an assignment to review other students ✔️ ✔️*
Ability for instructor and reviewer to annotate directly on student submission ✔️
Allow for different types of student feedback, such as rubrics and comments ✔️ ✔️
Option to give grades based on instructor-determined criteria, such as:
–Student participation and completeness
–Average scores from peer ratings		 ✔️
Teacher can assign a grade to the original submission ** ✔️
Options for double-blind student anonymity and no student anonymity ✔️ ✔️
Option for anonymous reviewer who knows the identity of the submitter or anonymous submitter who knows the identity of the reviewer ✔️
Clear, multi-step process for Teacher (set-up) and students (giving feedback) ✔️
“Copy from existing” ✔️ ✔️
Automatic release of peer reviews as soon as review is complete ✔️ ✔️
*Must be assigned manually.
** Grading can be done within Canvas as an additional assignment.