This article will explain how to participate in a Peer Review Assignment on Blackboard.
How the Peer Review Assignment works?
The Peer Assignment tool in Blackboard is an assessment where students can assess the work of other students. There are two phases to the assignment for students: Submission and Evaluation.
During the submission phase, students will submit work that will be reviewed by their peers. In the evaluation phase, students will review the assignment submissions of their peers.
At the end of the assignment, the tutor will grade the student on their submission and the feedback they provided for their peers.
Follow these steps to complete a peer review assignment on Blackboard:
Submitting an Assignment
- Navigate to the peer review submission point on the relevant Blackboard course. This is likely to be in the Assessment area.
- Open the submission point to view the due date, the number of peer reviews you need to complete and the peer review due date.
Please Note: You will only have one submission attempt. This is to guarantee originality in your response.
- Click the Start Attempt button. This will take you to the assignment submission page.
- Read the Assignment Content carefully and prepare your submission.
You maybe required to download a file that contains further instructions regarding the assessment. For example, a research paper or abstract.
- Enter your response to the assignment in the submission area. Copy your work (answers) directly into the submission box.
We recommend that you write your answers to the assignment in a document before submitting them via the submission box (below). When you’re ready copy and paste your answers into the submission box. Do not write your answers to the question directly in the box below – this could result in you losing data.
In order to maintain the integrity of the peer review process, please do not add your name to the submission.
- When you are happy with your submission. Select to Submit (from the bottom right-hand corner of the screen).
- You will then be prompted to confirm your submission. Select Submit again to complete the submission process.
After submitting, you can select View submission to revisit your work. Once the submission deadline has passed you can start the review phase of the assignment.
Reviewing submissions by your peers
Once the submission deadline has passed you can start the review phase of the assignment.
- Navigate to the peer review submission point on the relevant Blackboard course. This is likely to be in the Assessment area.
- To get started, click the Start peer reviews button. This will open an assignment submitted by of your peers. This assignment is selected at random, it is not preconfigured.
- In the Feedback for Student box (on the right-hand-side of the screen) provide feedback on the submission you have been allocated to review.
The tutor/instructor facilitating the peer review assignment will provide specific guidance on the format of the feedback you should provide.
- Click Submit to save the feedback.
Please Note: feedback cannot be amended once it has been submitted. Your instructors and peers see the feedback you provided, but only your instructor sees your name. After your grades have been released, you will be able to see the name of your peer that you provided feedback for.
Accessing Grades and Feedback
Please note that grades and feedback will not be available immediately after the assessment. The HYMS assessment team will release grades and feedback once they have been finalised by your tutor. An announcement will be posted on Blackboard to notify you that feedback is available.
On completion of the Peer Review Assignment, you can access the grades and feedback you received from your tutor and the feedback from your peers.
You can do this by clicking on the original submission point. If you click on the assignment (in the Assessment folder), and then select Your Mark, it will open the submission page where you can see your grade and feedback. This sits alongside your submission and the reviews you provided for your peers.
