Peerwork Activity

About

This is a peer work group assignment activity for Moodle. This plugin addresses the issue of all students receiving the same grade for group assignments regardless of individual contribution.

Using this module:

Tutors create an activity defining peer grading criteria, calculation method, and associated calculation settings such as weightings.

Tutors define number of files to be submitted allowing "0" for an offline activity.

Tutors control visibility / privacy for students in terms of peer scores, comments.

Students submit work (optional).

Students rate their peers for each criteria (required).

Students can leave feedback comments (optional).

Teachers grade the group assignment.

The activity then calculates the grade each individual student receives.

The final individual grade is based on the teacher grade, peer ratings and calculator settings. The calculator is a subplugin of the Peer Work activity. The plugin includes one default calculator which is based on WebPA

If PA weighting is included in the selected calculator, then teachers can adjust weightings on a per group basis.

Teachers can override any individual grades/peer grades they need to.

Teachers then release grades ensuring all students receive their grades at the same time.

Teachers can export grades for an individual group or the entire cohort as a csv file.

Teachers can lock the activity, giving students only one attempt to submit. They can also unlock a group submission or an individual student.

Settings

General

Description

In the Description, provide instructions for students. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.

Peer assessment settings

Allow submissions from

If enabled, students will not be able to submit before this date. If disabled, students will be able to start submitting right away.

Due date

This is when the peer assessment is due. Submissions will still be allowed after this date (if enabled).
Note: All student file submissions and peer grading will become uneditable to the students after grading.

Allow late submissions

If enabled, submissions will still be allowed after the due date.
Note: Once the group grade has been saved and the final grades calculated, the student's submissions will become uneditable or locked. This is the stop tampering of the final grade by students amending their peer grades.

Lock editing

When enabled, submission and peer grades cannot be changed once they have been submitted by a student. Teachers can unlock editing for individual students while submissions are otherwise allowed.

Maximum number of uploaded files

The maximum number of files the group will be able to upload for their submission.
Setting to zero will remove the file upload ability completely.

Allow students to self grade along with peers

If enabled, students will be able to give themselves a peer grade and feedback, along with the other members of their group. This will then be counted towards their and the overall groups peer grade averages.

Calculator settings

Calculator

If more than one calculator plugin is installed then a dropdown will allow a choice of calculators to use.

Peer assessment weighting (WebPA)

What percentage of the group's total mark should be peer assessed?

Penalty for non-submission of marks

If a student has not submitted any marks for the assessment (has not assessed their peers), how much should they be penalised?

Other

Any other calculator plugin settings will be included.

Assessment criteria settings

Peer grades visibility

This setting determines whether students can see the peer grades they received.

Hidden from students: Students will not see their peer scores at all.

Visible anonymous: Students will see their peer scores, but not the usernames of those that scored them.

Visible with usernames: Students will see their peer scores, and the names of those who scored them.

Require justification

This setting determines whether students can see the justification they received.

Disabled: Students will not be required to add any comments justifying the scores given for each of their peers.

Hidden from students: Any comments left by students will be visible only to teachers and hidden from their peers.

Visible anonymous: Any comments left by students will be visible to their peers but the identities of those leaving comments will be hidden.

Visible with usernames: Any comments left by students will be visible to their peers along with the identities of those leaving the feedback.

Justification type

This setting determines the context of the justification.

Peer justification: requires a comment for each peer.

Criteria justification: requires a comment for each criteria grade.

Justification character limit

The maximum number of characters allowed in justification fields. You may set this value to 0 to remove the limit.

Criteria (1-5) description

Optional default. Use this to concisely describe the purpose of this criteria.

Criteria (1-5) scoring type

Optional default. Choose the scale by which this criteria is to be graded.