peerScholar
peerScholar is a customizable peer assessment tool. The tool allows instructors to set up individual, group or case study assignment submissions for students to peer review. This is done through three phases: creating, assessing, and reflecting.
- Integrated with D2L Brightspace
- Customizable activities
- Peer to peer grading
- Develops critical and creative thinking
- Self assessment and reflection
Features
peerScholar allows students to submit any form of multimedia or written assignment and then presents them with a customizable grading system created by the instructor. Students are then able to grade a predefined amount of their peer’s assignments. After the assessing phase is complete, they are able to review the feedback provided by their peers and can be given the option to revise their original submission. Once the process is complete, the instructor or teaching assistant can rate the assignments submitted and the quality of the feedback they provided to others.
Support
- Access the peerScholar knowledge base and report issues directly in the peerScholar app by clicking the question mark icon in the lower right corner.
- Student Guide
- Instructor Guide
- Faculty can email: support@peerScholar.com
Details
Integrated with D2L Brightspace?: Yes
Contract Start: 2019
Availability: Through 2024/2025 academic year
Instructions
Getting Started
Don't have a course shell for a course you are instructing? Request a D2L Brightspace course shell.
Then, learn how to setup peerScholar for use in your course by visiting our guide for instructors.
Update your course outline
Several key considerations must be addressed when using educational technology tools in your course. It is your responsibility to ensure that students are fully informed about the tool, its costs, and other details to align with University policy and Provincial acts.
We strongly encourage you to include all of this essential information in your course outline, to ensure students are aware of how it impacts them.
Refer to the TMU course outline template for some ways to incorporate this information into your course outline and to the Senate Course Outline Policies for guidance on what needs to be included in your course outlines.
Sample course outline content
This course utilizes peerScholar, an external educational technology tool in addition to D2L Brightspace. This tool is used to enhance your course learning experience by allowing you to evaluate your peers’ work, offer constructive feedback, and reflect critically on your own work.
Costs: The tool does not result in additional costs to you.
Other requirements: There are no additional technical requirements for its usage.
Account creation: An account is automatically created through your use of this tool in your D2L Brightspace course.
Data privacy and usage: This tool will have access to your name, TMU email address, and academic work, and it is visible to All course instructors, Academic Assistants, and Graders. This information will be retained within peerScholar for two years, in case of potential appeals or FIPPA requests.
Opt-out options: This tool does not have an opt-out policy
For technical support regarding peerScholar, please visit the peerScholar Student Guide.
Students
Please visit our peerScholar Student Guide.
