Your instructor may require you to submit a peer review of another student's assignment. To complete the assignment, you must review the student's assignment and add a comment, complete the rubric or both, depending on the assignment requirements.
If your instructor includes a rubric, which is a predetermined outline of how an assignment is graded, you must assign a grade using the rubric. However, your instructor may also ask you to leave a comment.
Some peer reviews may also be anonymous, which means you cannot view the name of the student whose assignment you are reviewing. Additionally, the student cannot see your name as the reviewer when you leave a comment to complete the review.
Notes:
- You can only complete peer reviews in the web version of Canvas.
- If set by the instructor, you may need to submit your own assignment before you can access your assigned peer reviews.
- If your instructor has set a manual grading policy for the assignment and the peer review requires you to complete a rubric, your rubric feedback will only become visible once the grades are released.
- If the assignment you are accessing displays differently, Assignment Enhancements and/or enhanced Peer Review Support may not be enabled in your course or your instructor may not have used a supported assignment type.
Open Assignments
In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
Note: You can also access your Assignments through your user or course dashboard, the Syllabus, Gradebook, Calendar, or Modules.
Open Peer Review Sub-Assignment
The assignment [1] and the peer review sub assignment are separated [2]. To open the peer review, click the peer review sub-assignment link.
Notes:
- If your instructor has assigned an On Paper or No Submission assignment, the assigned peer review still displays on this page. However, you will not be able to submit online feedback.
View Assigned Assignment
If your instructor has set a submission as required, you can only see assigned peer reviews once you have submitted your assignment.
View Submissions to Review
In the peer review sub-assignment, use the drop-down menu to switch between peers [1]. Click the Assignment Details tab to review the assignment instructions [2].
In the Submissions to Review tab, you can:
- Change the page view [3]
- Change the rubric view mode if a rubric is available [4]
- Complete the rubric [5]
- Leave comments [6]
- Hide the rubric [7]
- Show only comments [8]
- Move to the next available peer review [9]
Notes:
- If a rubric is required, it displays by default.
- If your peer review is anonymous, the student's name displays as Anonymous Student.
Once the review is complete, provide your comment.
Submit Rubric
Once the rubric is complete, click the Submit Assessment button.
Finish Peer Review
If a rubric is required and you have completed your assessment, click the Finish Peer Reviews button.
Complete Peer Reviews
A modal displays when peer reviews are successfully submitted.
View Peer Review Grades
In the Grades page, you can view the assignment and peer review grades separately.
Open Peer Review Assessment
In the Grades page, you can view the assignment and peer review grades separately.
