1. The Rewards & Challenges PEER REVIEW WITH TURNITIN’S PEERMARK KATIE HUGHES RWS

2.  Student Engagement  Efficient Use of Time  Instructor-Driven Quality Control  Hands-Off Scoring REWARDS

3. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

4.  Self-scheduled & self-paced  Less distractions  Tendency to be more honest & thorough MORE FOCUSED REVIEWS

5.  Clicking & typing vs. filling out teacher forms by hand  Setting other than classroom PROCESS IS MORE “FUN”

6.  Reviews are right there on the computer  Click & drag comments identify specific revision suggestions in context  Questions point to specific criteria MORE USEFUL FOR REVISING

7. FOCUSED QUESTIONS

8. CLICK & DRAG COMMENTS

9. EFFICIENT USE OF TIME

10.  Classroom-based peer review sessions often turn into social hours  Distractions dilute quality of feedback  Time lapse between receiving reviews and doing revision can mitigate effectiveness of feedback FOR STUDENTS

11.  Peer Mark distributes & scores  Scores transfer automatically to BB Grade Center  It’s easy to monitor at one’s convenience  Classroom or conferencing time is freed up FOR INSTRUCTORS

12. DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS

13. EASY ACCESS FOR INSTRUCTORS

14. INSTRUCTOR-DRIVEN QUALITY CONTROL

15.  Instructor can create customized questions & save to “library” for future use  Generic sample questions are available from PeerMark  Questions can be scale-based or free response (or both)  Instructor can require minimum amount of words, click & drag comments FLEXIBLE REVIEW CRITERIA

16. SAMPLE QUESTIONS

17. HANDS-OFF SCORING

18.  Instructor sets up distribution parameters, due date, and point value.  Points can be automatically awarded: no need to look at reviews or enter points.  Points will be automatically entered into BB Grade Center. SET IT UP & YOU’RE DONE!

19.  Instructor Set-Up Issues  Student Issues  Turnitin Server Issues CHALLENGES….

20.  Setting up multiple courses  Coordinating due dates & posting dates with late paper submissions  Setting up questions—if it times out, it all goes away!  Providing clear instructions to students INSTRUCTOR SET-UP ISSUES

21. LOTS TO KEEP TRACK OF…

22. DO YOU ALLOW LATE PAPERS?

23. REVIEW QUESTIONS MUST BE ENTERED

24.  Browsers—google chrome doesn’t work; Safari & Firefox are best  Confusion regarding due dates, eligibility to participate, how score is awarded based on completeness, how to access reviews STUDENT ISSUES

25. SCORE TRACKER

26.  Rarely, it is down—but it happens  Communication problems with Blackboard—call TII helpline or send email  Not enough time between paper due date/time & Peer Mark start time—allow at least a couple of hours  Student “rush-hour” floods the system— advise them ahead of time TURNITIN SERVER ISSUES

27. PeerMark generates more valuable and efficient work for my students… …while freeing up class time and lessening paper work for me. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED…