1. Navigate to the Assignment tab in the course navigation pane.
2. Click + Assignment in the top right corner.
3. Ensure that the due date is the date for submitting the portion of the assignment that will be reviewed. This will help ensure grades are received appropriately.
4. Under Submission Type, select External Tool.
5. In the box that appears, click Find on the right.
6. In the pop-up window, locate and select Peerceptiv, then click Select.
7. From the Submission Type box, check the Load This Tool in a New Tab option.
8. Click Save at the bottom right of the assignment.

For a video walkthrough see Creating a Peerceptiv Course (1:51).

 

Instructors will need to create a course in Peerceptiv to create assignments. A separate course in Peerceptiv will need to be created for each Canvas course. Peerceptiv courses should only be accessed through the Canvas course it is linked to in order to minimize issues. To set up a course in Peerceptiv,

1. Navigate to the assignment in Canvas and select Load [Name of Assignment] in a new window.
2. If prompted, authorize Group Sync.
3. A screen to create the linked Peerceptiv course will appear.
4. Fill out the name of the course, discipline, institution, semester or term, and any other settings preferred for the course.
5. Click Create.

After setting up the assignment, the next step is to create the rubric. Rubrics in Peerceptiv are most effective when each rubric criterion has a comment prompt and a rating prompt. This allows students to rate the quality of the work quantitatively and provide constructive feedback through the comments.

1. If not on the Rubric tab, click Rubric on the assignment navigation pane on the left side of the screen.
2. Click the + button.
3. Click Comment Prompt.
4. A pop up will appear asking if a prompted will be created scratch or if the prompt will be copied.
   • If doing a prompt from scratch, enter thee name, prompt, and number of comment required in the pop-up window and click Save.
   • If copying a prompt, click the Select button in the top right of the prompt. Make any necessary changes and click Save.
5. After the category is created click Add a Rating Prompt within the category.
6. Choose whether to add a rating from a library or create a new rate from scratch.
   • If doing a prompt from scratch, enter thee name, prompt, and number of comment required in the pop-up window and click Save.
   • If copying a prompt, click the Select button in the top right of the prompt. Make any necessary changes and click Save.
7. Repeat steps 1 – 5 until the rubric has been finalized.

Peerceptiv also allows you to import rubrics from a Library. By click this options, instructors will see rubric templates they’ve created, had shared with them, as well as a few rubrics Peerceptiv has created. Instructors can manage their rubric Library by clicking on their initial in the top right corner and selecting Manage Rubric Library.
All comments are anonymous, and ratings are anonymous. Students will not know who gave what comments or feedback. After creating the assignment, be sure to Publish the Assignment in Peerceptiv and on Canvas.

For a video walkthrough see Creating a Peerceptiv Rubric Assignment (2:14).
 

Grades in Peerceptiv are split up into three parts: a submission grade, a review grade and a task grade. Instructors have additional options to adjust how submission and review grades are calculated. By default, the grade is weighted as followed but can be adjusted when setting up the assignment.

• Submission: 40%
• Review: 40%
• Task 20%

Additional information on each portion of the grade is listed below:

Submission Grade: This is the grade given to the actual submission each student submitted. The more accurate the reviewer is, the higher their rating counts towards the grade of the submission being reviewed. Accuracy is determined by how the rating compares to the average rating of all documents the rater rated.
Instructors can review documents and are considered to have the highest accuracy. An instructor’s rating can be set to Override Student Reviews or be included as a Regular Review when setting up an assignment.

Review Grade: The review grade has two components: accuracy and helpfulness.
Accuracy: Based on how closely ratings are similar to other ratings of the same document. Also considers how close the rating is from the mean of the ratings. If a student gives the same score for all prompts for all documents, the accuracy is given a 0.
Helpfulness Grade: After the reviews are completed, students can rate the reviews in the feedback phase based on how helpful the feedback is. Reviews are rated on a scale from 1-5.

Task Grade: This grade simplymeasures how well a student completes the required tasks.

Once the entire assignment is completed in Peerceptiv, the grade will be passed back to Canvas with the date the student submitted the assignment during the Submission Phase. If there is a Late Policy enabled in the gradebook, this is the date Canvas will use to decide if the assignment was late.

Additional Grading Options

When creating an assignment, instructors are given the option to have Curved Grading or Benchmark grading.This option affects the submission and review portions of the grade.

Curved Grading: Curved grading is determined by the mean and standard deviation  an instructor sets in the assignment set up. It does not refer to a bell curve. Instead, Peerceptiv will ensure that more student submissions and review grades fall within the mean and within one standard deviation of the mean. However, a student’s grade is determined by how their received ratings compare to the rest of the class.

Benchmark Grading: With benchmark grading, instructors are given the top and bottom 5 assignments after the review period. After grading these documents, Peerceptiv will distribute the remaining assignments based on the curve set by the assignments. Assignments are still distributed based on ratings given by the students during the review phase.
 

If the Canvas course does not have a corresponding Peerceptiv course already created, follow steps 1 and 2 above. After creating groups, navigate to Peerceptiv to set up the assignment. To do this:
 

1. Click Load [Name of Assignment] in a new window.
2. A window titled Choose an assignment creation method will appear. Click Build a Custom Assignment.
   • You can also select Choose a Standard Workflow and Peer Evaluation. However, using this option may skip over portions of the assignment settings you may wish to adjust.
3. Select Peer Evaluation Only.
4. Select whether students will give evaluations based on groups or will select who to evaluate. Click Next.
5. Confirm and select Submit.
6. The screen will navigate to the Assignment creator. Enter the Assignment name exactly as it appears in Canvas. Enter a description and click Next.
7. Under Evaluation, select additional requirements for the evaluations. Be sure to select ‘Use peer evaluation ratings for grades’ to have Peerceptiv use the average of a student’s evaluations as a grade to pass back to Canvas. Click Next.
8. Adjust deadlines for the evaluation and click Next.
   • ​​Note: The deadline for the Submission Phase needs to match due date in Canvas to ensure the grade is passed back appropriately.
9. Adjust any advanced settings and click Next. Click Finish.

For a video walkthrough see Creating a Peerceptiv Group Evaluation (2:22).
 

After setting up the assignment, link the groups used in Canvas and continue with steps below:

1. From the Assignment Dashboard, select Groups on the lefthand menu.
2. Click Group Sync.
   • The first time you click group sync, you will be prompted to authorize Peerceptiv to sync with Groups in Canvas. Be sure to authorize the permission.
3. Select the set of groups you would like to sync.

In addition to syncing groups, instructors have other ways to create groups within Peerceptiv.

4. To manually create groups, click the New Group button.
   • A group will appear with the option to adjust the name. Click the + button to add members.
5. To add groups from a list, click Upload Group List.
   • Upload a CSV file using the format outlined or copy and paste the groups. A similar file can be downloaded from Canvas by navigating to the Groups Sections under People and clicking Import. There is an option to download the course roster which will include groups.

For a video walkthrough see Syncing Canvas Groups with Peerceptiv (1:25).
 

Now that groups are set up, a rubric will need to be created that students will use to evaluate each other. To do this:

1. Click on Rubric on the Assignment Dashboard/Overview.
2. Use the Pencil and Trash, and + buttons to edit or delete the autopopulated criteria.
3. To add additional criteria, click the + button.
4. Click Comment Prompt.
5. A pop up will appear asking the prompt will be created from scratch or if the prompt will be copied.
   • If doing a prompt from scratch, enter thee name, prompt, and number of comment required in the pop-up window and click Save.
   • If copying a prompt, click the Select button in the top right of the prompt. Make any necessary changes and click Save.
6. After the category is created click Add a Rating Prompt within the category.
7. Choose whether to add a rating from a library or create a new rate from scratch.
   • If doing a prompt from scratch, enter thee name, prompt, and number of comment required in the pop-up window and click Save.
   • If copying a prompt, click the Select button in the top right of the prompt. Make any necessary changes and click Save.

Peerceptiv also allows you to import rubrics from a Library. By click this options, instructors will see rubric templates they’ve created, had shared with them, as well as a few rubrics Peerceptiv has created. Instructors can manage their rubric Library by clicking on their initial in the top right corner and selecting Manage Rubric Library.
All comments are anonymous, and ratings are anonymous. Students will not know who gave what comments or feedback. After creating the assignment, be sure to Publish the Assignment in Peerceptiv and on Canvas.

For a video walkthrough see Creating a Peerceptiv Rubric Assignment (2:14).