Set up peerScholar in Your Brightspace Course

A link to peerScholar can be created directly in the Content area of your Brightspace course site. Instructors, teaching assistants, and students will then use this link to access the peerScholar activity.

Method 1

You can add a link to a peerScholar activity to a content module.

1. In the Content area of your course, select the module where you want to create a peerScholar activity.
2. Click the Existing Activities dropdown menu and select External Learning Tools.
3. Select peerScholar from the menu.

Method 2

You can also create a link on a content page – this is useful if you have more than one peer review assignment in the course, or if you have a different page for each phase of the peer review.

1. In your Brightspace course site, go to Content.
2. Select a module.
3. Open the HTML page where you want to create a peerScholar activity.
4. On the page, highlight the text you want for the link.
5. Click the Insert Quicklink icon in the tools menu.

6. Click External Learning Tools from the Insert Quicklink dropdown menu.
7. Click peerScholar.

NOTE: The first time you click the peerScholar link, you will associate the new activity that you are creating with the link. You do not have to complete the activity setup at this time. When you click the link after the initial association, you can edit and finish the setup, or manage the activity.