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Enhancing Student Engagement and Efficiency Through Peer Review with Turnitin’s PeerMark

This guide highlights the rewards and challenges of using Turnitin’s PeerMark for peer review in academic settings. It explores benefits such as improved student engagement, efficient use of time, and instructor-driven quality control, as well as challenges like setting up courses, student browser issues, and communication problems with Turnitin servers. By leveraging PeerMark, educators can enhance the quality and efficiency of student work, while also streamlining grading processes and freeing up class time.

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Enhancing Student Engagement and Efficiency Through Peer Review with Turnitin’s PeerMark

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  1. Peer review with turnitin’sPeermarkKatie Hughes RWS The Rewards & Challenges

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

  3. Student engagement

  4. More focused reviews • Self-scheduled & self-paced • Less distractions • Tendency to be more honest & thorough

  5. Process is more “fun” • Clicking & typing vs. filling out teacher forms by hand • Setting other than classroom

  6. More useful for revising • Reviews are right there on the computer • Click & drag comments identify specific revision suggestions in context • Questions point to specific criteria

  7. Focused questions

  8. Click & drag comments

  9. Efficient use of time

  10. For students • 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

  11. For instructors • 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

  12. Distribution options

  13. Easy access for instructors

  14. Instructor-driven quality control

  15. Flexible Review criteria • 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

  16. Sample questions

  17. Hands-off scoring

  18. Set it up & you’re done! • 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.

  19. Challenges…. • Instructor Set-Up Issues • Student Issues • Turnitin Server Issues

  20. Instructor Set-up issues • 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

  21. Lots to keep track of…

  22. Do you allow late papers?

  23. Review questions must be entered

  24. Student issues • 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

  25. Score tracker

  26. Turnitin server issues • 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

  27. All things considered… PeerMarkgenerates more valuable and efficient work for my students… …whilefreeing up class time and lessening paper work for me.

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