{"id":6017,"date":"2019-10-04T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/?page_id=6017"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:10:37","slug":"peerscholar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/","title":{"rendered":"peerScholar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><button class=\"bellows-menu-toggle bellows-menu-toggle-skin-vanilla\" aria-controls=\"bellows-main-269\"><i class=\"fa fa-bars\"><\/i> <span class=\"bellows-menu-toggle-text\">Section Menu<\/span><\/button><div id=\"bellows-main-269\" class=\"bellows bellows-nojs bellows-main bellows-source-menu bellows-align-left bellows-skin-vanilla bellows-type- bellows-expand-current bellows-mobile-collapse\"><ul id=\"menu-assessment\" class=\"bellows-nav\" data-bellows-config=\"main\"><li id=\"menu-item-42331\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-42331 bellows-item-level-0\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Assessment<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42361\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42361 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/choosing-the-proper-tool-for-assessment\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Choosing the Right Assessment Tool<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42365\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42365 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/assignments\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Assignments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42335\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42335 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/quizzes-tool-creating-a-quiz\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating Quizzes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42349\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42349 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/randomizing-quizzes\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Randomizing Quizzes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42343\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42343 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/manually-grading-quizzes\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grading Quizzes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42347\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42347 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/create-a-quiz-report\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Quiz Reports<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42357\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42357 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/quizzes-synchronous-quizzes\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Synchronous Quizzes (New)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-43371\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-43371 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/brightspace-checklists\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Brightspace Checklists<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42339\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42339 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/eportfolio\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">ePortfolio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42353\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42353 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/brightspace-grade-book\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grade Book<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42345\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42345 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/quick-eval-overview\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Quick Eval<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42351\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42351 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/respondus\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Respondus Quiz Builder<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42355\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42355 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/special-access-versus-accommodation\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Special Access &amp; Accommodation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42359\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42359 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/creating-a-video-assignment\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Video Assignments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42363\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42363 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/grades2banner-interface\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Transferring Grades to Banner<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42367\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42367 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/self-assessments\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Self-Assessments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42369\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42369 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/using-rubrics\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Rubrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42371\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-42371 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">peerScholar<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42373\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42373 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/creating-a-classic-activity\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating a Classic Activity<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42375\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42375 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/creating-a-case-study-activity\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating a Case Study Activity<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42377\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42377 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/facilitating-in-peerscholar\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Facilitating in peerScholar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42379\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42379 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/grading-in-peerscholar\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grading in peerScholar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42333\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42333 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/awards-tool\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Awards<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pagecontent is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">peerScholar<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;peerScholar is an evidence-based peer assessment platform that supports the development of core transferable skills like critical thought, creative thought, and effective communication.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><em>Steve Joordens \u2013 peerScholar<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer review and peer assessment platforms, such as peerScholar, provide an avenue for students to think critically and communicate with others. They also provide instructors with an opportunity to help students to learn effectively from the feedback process. As a bonus, peerScholar makes peer review activities easy to set up, implement, and grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peer Review Phases in peerScholar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase One<\/strong>: Students&nbsp;<strong>create<\/strong>&nbsp;and submit a digital composition (text, audio, video, images etc.) for their peers to review and provide feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase Two<\/strong>: Students&nbsp;<strong>assess<\/strong>&nbsp;their peers\u2019 work via a thorough review. Reviewers use their critical thinking skills during the review and provide constructive feedback to help their peers improve their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phase Three<\/strong>: Students&nbsp;<strong>reflect<\/strong>&nbsp;critically on the feedback that they receive from their peers and determine how they will use it to improve their work. Resubmitting a revised assignment for the instructor to review is an optional part of this phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/73\/files\/2019\/10\/peerreview-1024x374.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerreview-1024x374.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerreview-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerreview-768x281.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerreview-1536x561.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerreview-2048x748.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Phases of peer review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group note-container has-base-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create<\/strong>, <strong>Assess<\/strong>, and <strong>Reflect<\/strong> are the names for each phase of the peer review process in peerScholar. The names for each step or phase may vary from platform to platform.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a peerScholar Assignment in Brightspace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>peerScholar is fully integrated with your Brightspace course site. You can set up a link in the course content that will launch peerScholar and open the associated activity. When students log in to their Brightspace course, they will click the link, peerScholar will launch, and they will be brought directly into the active phase of the activity. Integration also syncs the Brightspace and peerScholar classlist and the grade book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of creating a peerScholar activity involves the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Integrating with your Brightspace course.<\/strong> A link to the peerScholar activity is set up directly in the course content. Clicking the link launches peerScholar and opens the associated activity. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Configuring the peerScholar Activity<\/strong>. The first time you click the peerScholar link from the course (see above), you will launch peerScholar and open the associated activity. At minimum, you can choose the type of activity that you want to use and you can name the activity. You can also configure the phases of the activity, set due dates and times, and customize grading. Make changes to the initial configuration by editing the activity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Facilitating a peerScholar Activity<\/strong>. With your peer review assignment in progress, student participation in the various phases will drive the activity, but the instructor will need to facilitate and manage the activity. peerScholar provides ample tools to enable instructors to do this effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Customizing Grading<\/strong>. Instructors can customize the grading for each peer review activity in peerScholar. Much of the grading, once it is setup in peerScholar, can be automated, making it easy to grade an assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grading Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>peerScholar provides many tools for grading including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A suite of assessment types for peer assessors, instructors, and TA&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A grading area for instructors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A gradebook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avenues to include peer ratings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avenues to assign participation marks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information for Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to setting up the link to peerScholar in your Brightspace course shell, instructors can provide information about peer review and peerScholar in the course content. See <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/creating-a-peer-review-assignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating a Peer Review Assignment<\/a> on the Instructional Resources website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>peerScholar &#8220;peerScholar is an evidence-based peer assessment platform that supports the development of core transferable skills like critical thought, creative thought, and effective communication.&#8221; Steve Joordens \u2013 peerScholar Peer review and peer assessment platforms, such as peerScholar, provide an avenue for students to think critically and communicate with others. They also provide instructors with an &#8230; <a title=\"peerScholar\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about peerScholar\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"parent":41377,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[337],"class_list":{"0":"post-6017","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"category-assessment","6":"tag-peerscholar"},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43227,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6017\/revisions\/43227"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}