The PeerWork activity is a peer-assessment activity that allows students to make a submission as a group and assess each other. The activity can be configured to weight only the peer assessment score, and ignore the submission provided by the group. This allows for it to function solely as a peer evaluation tool.

This article provides instructions on modifying the PeerWork activity using its settings to create an automatically-graded peer assessment activity.

Configuring the PeerWork Activity

The PeerWork activity can be configured & graded in a way that ignores the submission score, and calculates the final grade of the activity as the contribution score, which is derived from the peer assessment portion of the activity.

Add the PeerWork activity as described in the "Using the PeerWork Activity in Moodle" article. Then, configure the settings of the activity as follows:

1. Find and expand the Peerwork settings section.
2. In that section, set Maximum number of uploaded files to 0.
3. Find and expand the Calculator settings section.
4. In that section, set Peerwork weighting to 100%.

This will ensure that students cannot upload any files to the PeerWork activity, and that the assessment score is calculated equally with the submission score.

Administering the PeerWork Activity

After creating the activity, students can submit peer assessments using these instructions:

1. Navigate to the PeerWork activity.
2. In the Grade your peers section, for each criteria and peer, provide a grade from the scale.
3. Click the Save changes button at the bottom of the page.

At this point, when all students have submitted assessments, the PeerWork activity can be graded.

Grading the PeerWork Activity

After the PeerWork Groups have submitted all peer assessments in the module, each group will need to have their final grades calculated. To ensure that the peer assessment grade is the only one calculated as part of the PeerWork grade, the group will need to be given a submission score of 100 to factor in the assessment score.

To calculate final peer assessment grades:

1. Navigate to the PeerWork activity.
2. In the PeerWork activity page, find the row with the Group to grade.
3. In the last column of that row, click the gear icon.
4. In the drop-down menu that appears, select the Grade option.
5. In the PeerWork grading page, find and expand the Tutor grading section.
6. In that section, set Group grade out of 100 to 100 points.
7. Click the Save changes button.

The PeerWork grading page will reopen, stating The grades and feedback have been saved at the top of the page. At this point, find and expand the Tutor grading section and review the contribution scores provided by the activity, and use the Revised grade fields to change scores as needed.

After the group grade has been provided for all groups, release the grades for students to view:

1. Navigate to the PeerWork activity.
2. At the bottom of the PeerWork main page, click the Release all grades for all groups button.

The grades will then be published to the gradebook for each student.

Additional Resources

Peerwork Activity (MoodleDocs)

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