Peer Reviewing a Discussion in ISU Canvas

This article provides instructions for students on how to peer review a discussion in ISU Canvas at Idaho State University (ISU). 

Your instructor may require you to submit a peer review for another student's discussion reply. If your instructor includes a rubric, which is a pre-determined outline of how any assignment is graded, you must assign a grade using the rubric. In addition, you can provide a comment in the comment sidebar. 

• Completing a Peer Review in a Discussion
• Identifying that a Peer Review Has Been Assigned to You
• Finding Peer Feedback for Peer Reviewed Discussions
• Additional Information

1. Click on the title of the discussion to open it.
2. Reply to make your own initial post - Note: You will not be able to provide a review until you have made your initial post.
3. Once you been assigned to a review, at the top of the discussion window you will see a message indicating who you have been assigned to and a link to Review Now.
4. Click the Review Now link - Note: If you see an "Access Denied" message when clicking the Review Now link, it means that you have not made your own initial post. You must reply to the discussion first, then click the Review Now link.
5. Complete the review by typing a comment in the comment field, leaving a media comment, attaching a file or using a rubric (if assigned).
   1. If you are assigned to review using a rubric, it will appear to the right of the person's post. 
6. Click the Save button - A message will appear on your discussion to confirm you have completed the peer review.

Note: You may need to refresh you browser to see that you've completed the required steps for the peer review.

• Once a peer review is assigned to you, a notification will appear in several dashboard areas. You can view peer review notifications in ISU Canvas in the Recent Activity Stream, the To Do list, and from the individual discussion page. 
• Note: Currently the Due Date in the To Do list does not accurately display the due date for completing your peer review (it indicates when you initial post is due). See the details in the discussion instructions for the due date for peer reviews. For more information see the Canvas article, How do I know if I have a peer review discussion to complete? (external link).

You can find your peer's feedback for peer-reviewed discussions in the Recent Feedback sidebar of your ISU Canvas course home page or Dashboard, on the submission details page, and in the Course Grades feedback tray.

• To view feedback, under Recent Feedback in the sidebar of your ISU Canvas course home page, you can view recent comments from peer reviewed discussions.
• To view submission details, click the title of the discussion. Note: The Recent Feedback section displays a limited amount of feedback.
• To view additional recent feedback, click the more in the past two weeks link.
• To close the Feedback tray, click the Close icon.
• You can also view peer review comments in the discussion submission details. 
• To view peer review comments from your Course Grades page, click the Feedback button. If a rubric was used, click the Rubric button to view scoring details.

For more information, see the Canvas article, Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussion? (external link).

• See the Canvas article, How do I submit a peer review to a discussion? (external link).
• Chat with Canvas Support.

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