PEER REVIEW WITH TURNITIN’S PEERMARK

The Rewards & Challenges KATIE HUGHES RWS

REWARDS

 Student Engagement  Efficient Use of Time  Instructor-Driven Quality Control  Hands-Off Scoring

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

MORE FOCUSED REVIEWS  Self-scheduled & self-paced  Less distractions  Tendency to be more honest & thorough

PROCESS IS MORE “FUN”  Clicking & typing vs. filling out teacher forms by hand  Setting other than classroom

MORE USEFUL FOR REVISING  Reviews are right there on the computer  Click & drag comments identify specific revision suggestions in context  Questions point to specific criteria

FOCUSED QUESTIONS

CLICK & DRAG COMMENTS

EFFICIENT USE OF TIME

FOR STUDENTS  Classroom-based peer review sessions often turn into social hours  Distractions dilute quality of feedback  Time lapse between receiving reviews and doing revision can mitigate effectiveness of feedback

FOR INSTRUCTORS  Peer Mark distributes & scores  Scores transfer automatically to BB Grade Center  It’s easy to monitor at one’s convenience  Classroom or conferencing time is freed up

DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS

EASY ACCESS FOR INSTRUCTORS

INSTRUCTOR-DRIVEN QUALITY CONTROL

FLEXIBLE REVIEW CRITERIA  Instructor can create customized questions & save to “library” for future use  Generic sample questions are available from PeerMark  Questions can be scale-based or free response (or both)  Instructor can require minimum amount of words, click & drag comments

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

HANDS-OFF SCORING

SET IT UP & YOU’RE DONE!

 Instructor sets up distribution parameters, due date, and point value.

 Points can be automatically awarded: no need to look at reviews or enter points.

 Points will be automatically entered into BB Grade Center.

CHALLENGES….

 Instructor Set-Up Issues  Student Issues  Turnitin Server Issues

INSTRUCTOR SET-UP ISSUES  Setting up multiple courses  Coordinating due dates & posting dates with late paper submissions  Setting up questions—if it times out, it all goes away!

 Providing clear instructions to students

LOTS TO KEEP TRACK OF…

DO YOU ALLOW LATE PAPERS?

REVIEW QUESTIONS MUST BE ENTERED

STUDENT ISSUES  Browsers—google chrome doesn’t work; Safari & Firefox are best  Confusion regarding due dates, eligibility to participate, how score is awarded based on completeness, how to access reviews

SCORE TRACKER

TURNITIN SERVER ISSUES 

Rarely

, it is down—but it happens  Communication problems with Blackboard—call TII helpline or send email  Not enough time between paper due date/time & Peer Mark start time—allow at least a couple of hours  Student “rush-hour” floods the system— advise them ahead of time

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED… PeerMark generates more valuable and efficient work for my students… …while freeing up class time and lessening paper work for me.