Guidance for staff
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17th Sep 2015 - at the current time we do not recommend using PeerMark due to an unresolved bug where the PeerMark reviews summary page and the downloadable excel spreadsheet don't reflect actual numbers of reviews received/submitted. ELE are investigating a resolution. Meanwhile, apologies for this. |
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First set up your Turnitin assignment as normal. |
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In the Submission inbox for your assignment, click on the 'Launch Peermark Manager' icon |
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If this is your first PeerMark assignment you can click on the 'create a new Create PeerMark assignment' linkAssignment' (Plus - icon). |
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PeerMark Assignment settings
In the 'Peermark Assignment' tab of the PeerMark Manager you enter basic information about the activity. Title This will appear- displays for students and should be distinctive and descriptive. Point value (required) This- Turnitin PeerMark requires students to give feedback only i.e. no numeric mark from students, so Point Value refers to the number of marks available for the peerreview itself - i.e. not for the reviewed work. This reflects research findings that asking students to assign numeric marks to their peers exacerbates a sense of risk, causes anxiety and sometimes resentment, and brings undue complications and pressure to peer review without bringing any particular learning benefits.Instructions to students Brief guidance about what students should do and why. Start date, Due date, Post date . Instructions to students - brief guidance about what students should do and why. Start date, Due date, Feedback release date Then click Additional Settings.
Make sure you click the 'Save & Continue' button to proceed to the next tab. |
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On the 'Peermark Assignment' tab there is a link for additional settings. Here's some explanation for the less obvious ones. 'Award full points if review is written' If ticked this means tutors will not be able to mark the reviews and a student will need to meet set requirements for every part of the review in order to get the available marks, on an all-or-nothing basis. If unticked, tutors can assign and differentiate marks for each student's review. 'Allow students to view author and reviewer names' If left unticked, you probably need to remind students not to put any identifying information in the title, filename, or body of their work. 'Paper(s) automatically distributed by Peermark' This sets the number of randomly allocated papers each student has to review. 'Papers(s) selected by the student' This sets the number of papers a student can choose to review. Students can review a combination of allocated and selected papers. 'Require self-review' If checked, a student has to review their own paper. It isn't currently possible to select self review only - the number allocated by PeerMark has to be at least one. |
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