This section outlines how to set up and manage student groups for group based peer assessment and group member evaluation.
To set up groups in peerScholar:
- Click Create New Groups.
- You are presented with three ways students can be assigned to a group. Click the option you wish to use in your activity: Random, Allow students to join, and Manually distribute. Click Continue.
- You will need to select the number of groups you want in your activity from the dropdown menu. The corresponding number of groups will appear in the table.
- For the Random option – students who are in the class will be randomly divided into groups
- For the Allow students to join option – students will be put into the group that they chose, until then these groups will show 0 students in them.
- For the Manually distribute students option – select students one at a time from the Unassigned Student box on the left and drag them into the group of your choice.
