Customising grading in peerScholar – DCAD Digital Help Guides

This next step in the set up process outlines how to customise grading for an assessed peer review or group member evaluation activity in peerScholar. In general, there are three elements that can be included in the activity grade:

instructor and/or teaching team evaluations;
peer ratings;
student participation.

You can also assign teaching assistants to a set of students for grading in this step.

Option 1: Instructor and/or teaching team evaluations

Select Instructor and/or teaching team evaluations.
To add an assessment, select ⊕ Add Assessment button. Add the assessment types that you wish to include in this section.
You also have the option to import an assessment that you have used previously in peerScholar. Select Import. You will be presented with a table with two tabs (at the top right): Activity Assessments and All Assessments. Select the green plus + icon to select the assessment you want, you can select multiple assessment if you wish. Selected assessments will be added to the bottom of the page. Select Import. Your selections will now be added to this section.
Once you have an assessment in the instructor and/or teaching team evaluation section, you can assign points to it. Enter the points you wish the assessment to be worth.
(Optional). You can enable anonymous instructor grading, if desired.
Your assessments added in this section will appear in the Summary section on the grading page.

Screen shot of the Grading options with break down of assessment questions and points for instructor / teaching team evaluations. — Grading options with break down of assessment questions and points for instructor / teaching team evaluations and the Summary of overall point allocations.

Option 2: Peer ratings

This section allows students generated grades to be included in the assessment process.
Select Peer Ratings.
Choose which phase e.g. Assess, Reflect or both assessment questions you would like to add to your activity’s final grade.
You then have several options to configure. First select how you wish the peer ratings to be calculated using the dropdown menu – Mean, Median, Mode or Drop.
Then add points you wish these ratings to be worth.
Your selections from this section will appear in the Summary section on the grading page.

Screen shot of the Peer Rating section in the Grading Options page with break down of assessment questions and points for Assess and Reflect phases . — Peer Rating section showing the break down of assessment questions and points for Assess phase.

Option 3: Student participation

Select Student Participation.
Select which phase you would like to use towards points for participation, including any subsections. Enter the points you wish each selection to be worth.
Your selections from this section will appear in the Summary section on the grading page.

Screen shot of the Student Participation in the Grading Options page with options to select the relevant phases. — Student Participation in the Grading Options page with options to select the relevant phases.

Assign grading

Select Assign Grading button.
List of instructors or teaching assistants (TAs) will be listed in the table. If you do not see any the instructors /teaching assistants listed, select Teaching Team on the left hand menu and sync your Learn Ultra module roster by selecting LMS Sync. Any new instructors or teaching team will be added to the listing.
There are three ways to add/distribute students to each instructor or teaching assistant for grading purposes: Randomize, Bulk Assign or Assign Students.

Randomize – students in the course will be randomly divided among the number of instructors/TAs in your class.
Bulk Assign – if you have a large cohort of students, you can use the .CSV template to create a list to match the students to instructors/TAs and upload via the Bulk Assign option.
Assign Students – You can manually assign student(s) to each instructor/TA. To assign a student select View/Edit button next to Students Assigned on the top left. Select the + icon next to each students name and to select a different instructor or TA from the dropdown menu, click Change at the top. Select Save.

Select Save Settings once you have distributed the students.

Screen shot of Grading Assignment with option to Bulk Assign, randomise and manually assign students to instructors. — Grading Assignment with option to Bulk Assign, randomise and manually assign students to instructors.