{"id":6449,"date":"2019-10-24T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/?page_id=6449"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:11:25","slug":"facilitating-in-peerscholar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/facilitating-in-peerscholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating in 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\">Facilitating in peerScholar<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>With your peer review assignment in progress, student actions will drive the activity and the instructor will facilitate and manage the activity. peerScholar provides ample tools to enable instructors to do this effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From the left side of the <strong>Overview <\/strong>page, instructors can review the following information about their course as it relates to peerScholar:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/73\/files\/2019\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6471\" style=\"width:215px;height:318px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/image.png 218w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/image-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Activities<\/strong>: a clickable list of all peerScholar activities for the course<br><strong>Students<\/strong>: a list of all students currently enrolled in the course including when they last accessed the activity and their status<br><strong>Teaching team<\/strong>: a list of all instructors and teaching assistants in the course including when they last accessed the activity and their status<br><strong>Gradebook<\/strong>: a list of all students and their grade for each of the peer review activities<br><strong>History<\/strong>: a list of all actions, organized by date and by name, for all course activities in peerScholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The activity &#8220;at a glance&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The instructor can see the following information &#8220;at a glance&#8221; from the <strong>Overview <\/strong>page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"HideReveal\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <summary>Show\/Hide the activity overview page<\/summary>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <article>\n<\/p>Click on each question mark for additional information.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/article>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                <\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Progress &amp; Grading Page<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/73\/files\/2019\/10\/peerScholar-viewDistribution.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6465\" style=\"width:306px;height:434px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerScholar-viewDistribution.png 375w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2019\/10\/peerScholar-viewDistribution-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Instructors can see if students have started a phase of an activity or if they have completed a particular phase. They can also click <strong>View Distribution<\/strong> to see a list of each student in the class, the peers that they were assigned to review, the number of reviews completed, and the number of peer reviews that they received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking the vertical ellipse reveals a menu of files that the instructor can download. These files may be used for facilitating the activity, providing feedback, and grading. Descriptions for the most useful resources are provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All phase downloads\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Peer Ratings<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a compilation, in spreadsheet format, of all of the peer feedback that each student provided and to whom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usefulness Ratings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self Ratings<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a compilation, in spreadsheet format, of all of the self assessment feedback from each student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inline Comments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grading Details<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a spreadsheet of the student grades for the assignment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional Assessment Details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create Phase downloads\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compositions (docx)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Attachments<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a zip file of all of the student assignments from the <em>Create <\/em>phase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assess Phase Downloads\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attachments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflect phase\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compositions (docx)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Attachments<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 a zip file of all of the student assignments from the <em>Reflect <\/em>phase (this is the revised version of the assignment)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Misc\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refresh word counts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analytics Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Current analytics include total completion rate and grade distribution. A list of recent actions for each student is available here as well.<\/p>\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>The peerScholar team is currently working on additional analytics reports.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facilitating in peerScholar With your peer review assignment in progress, student actions will drive the activity and the instructor will facilitate and manage the activity. peerScholar provides ample tools to enable instructors to do this effectively. 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