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Peer Review Assignment Best Practices for Instructors

Canvas has a built-in Peer Review tool that allows instructors to assign student submissions to each other for feedback. This feature can be enabled for groups and can be set up to be anonymous.

If the built-in tool in Canvas doesn’t meet your needs, there may be other options .

Before You Start

We strongly recommend working with your LSP if you want to create a peer review assignment in Canvas to create the best experience for you and your students.

Consider providing clear instructions or a rubric in your assignment for students on what a peer review is in Canvas , how they will grade, and how they can view their feedback .
We recommend reiterating to students that it is important that they submit on time so they don’t hold the assignment up for others in the course.
Students who haven’t submitted an assignment can no longer be invited to review others’ work. If students don’t submit, they can’t participate.

How to Create a Peer Review Assignment in Canvas

If this will be a group assignment, you will see an additional option to “Allow intra-group peer reviews”. Select this if you would like Canvas to select a member of the same group for that student to review.

Note – Canvas assigns peer reviews to individuals, EVEN if it’s a Group Project assignment. The only project member who will see feedback is the one the peer reviewer was assigned to. It will not be visible to other project members.

If you select assign reviews manually , instructors will need to go in and pair up the students after students have finished submitting their assignments.
Instructors should provide a buffer for students to allow for late submissions and not use the same time as the due date of the assignment.
Once all additional settings have been configured, save and publish the assignment.
Students will receive an email and a to do list item once they have been assigned a peer to review. Students will not receive a peer to review until they submit the assignment.

Keep in Mind

We recommend using the Manually Assign Peer Reviews option (see screenshot below) to assign peer reviews later if they need to be done at a specific time.

“ If a student has not submitted the assignment or submits the assignment after the due date, the student will not automatically be assigned a peer review and you must manually assign one. ”
For assignments with Turnitin enabled, only the original student can see the originality score, not the assigned reviewer. Reviewers won’t be able to assess this information, since it isn’t visible to them.

Known Issues

The manual drag and drop option to assign peer reviews has not been reliable . For the best experience, we recommend using the “assign peer reviews now” option for this need instead.

Automatic (randomly assigned) peer reviews may take up to an hour to be assigned to students. We recommend letting your students know that there may be a delay before submissions are available to them to review.
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Clearing the browser cache can also sometimes solve issues students are having with peer reviews, and the above instructions may be helpful to share with them as well.

Other Peer Review Options

Wharton instructors – contact the Wharton Courseware team ( [email protected] ) for a full list of your options for peer review assignments.
If you’re already using Perusall in your course, consider using Perusall’s peer review functions .
For group assignments: consider creating a Canvas discussion board or using Ed Discussion to allow students to share feedback with the entire group.

Please contact [email protected] or your Local Service Provider for assistance.

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2023

Canvas Peer Review Guide for Students

What exactly are peer reviews?

Peer reviews are assignments where students receive another’s paper, make comments and annotate, and return to its original owner. They’re a tool used by faculty to improve student writing, feedback skills, and to clarify learning goals and assignment details.

However, they’re not always so clear. Through several conversations with students, we’ve learned two important things:

Students need clear expectations.
Rubrics are essential.

With this in mind, the Office of Digital Learning has prepared the following student guide to Canvas peer reviews. We hope this will help you to understand how Canvas can mediate the peer review process.

Introduction to Canvas Peer Review

Your instructor may ask you to do a peer review once you’ve submitted your assignment on Canvas. In order to locate the peer review, you can use the following steps:

Click on the Assignments link in navigation.

2. Click the title of your selected assignment.

3. Under Assigned Peer Reviews, you will see the review assigned to you (sometimes anonymous). Click on the student name or review available.

4. To download the submission, click the name of the assignment. For annotating the document within Canvas, select View Feedback.

5. From this window, you can add comments, highlight (and even write!) directly to submission.

To leave a comment, click on the “ballon” icon.
For highlight, click on the next icon of a “pen.” From here you can also leave comments similar to Microsoft Word.
To add text, click on the “T.”
For writing, on computer or via an iPad, use the “paint brush” icon.

6. If you’ve been assigned to review via a rubric, you do not have to annotate the document for it to be considered “completed.” However, please follow your instructors instructions on how to complete the peer review! To use the rubric, click on the top right corner, “Show Rubric.” When you are finished, click the “Save Comment” button.

7. Once you have completed your annotation, rubric, etc., feel free to share an assignment comment for the entire document. This is often required if there is not an attached rubric. This is where you can re-upload your comments if you chose to annotate the document outside of Canvas.

8. Don’t forget to click save!

Use Peer Review in Canvas to Build Your Learning Community

by Michael Hernandez | Sep 16, 2022 | Canvas , Canvas Features/Functions , How-tos

It can be challenging to effectively communicate expectations for student work and build a class community–whether in person or online–that promotes meaningful learning. However, Peer Review in Canvas can help you do both!

How Peer Review can Support Your Teaching

By using Peer Review, you can help students get feedback for revision(s) before they submit projects, and you can assess the work of your students as reviewers. Students can leave comments and write global feedback on work that’s been submitted for review by their classmates.

Additionally, if you’re currently using Canvas Rubrics to share your expectations and assess student work, Peer Review can support that work even further by allowing students to give feedback using the same clear expectations you set out in your rubric. Even if you’re new to the practice of grading with rubrics, this process may help you to flag any areas where assignment expectations are unclear to students or where additional instruction may be helpful. (If you’re interested in learning how Canvas Rubrics can help you share expectations and help students thrive in your course, see our previous blog post on rubrics.)

How to Configure Peer Review

To set up peer review in Canvas, go to Assignments within your Canvas course. You can either add the process to an existing assignment or create a new assignment. When you’re editing the assignment, scroll down to the section titled Peer Reviews . ( Important: make sure the submission type is set to “Online.” )

Once there, you’ll have two settings to configure:

Manual assignment is useful if you have specific pairs in mind. You’ll have the option to choose as many classmates’ submissions to assign to each student as you like.
Automatic assignment allows you to designate a specific number of submissions for each student to review and let Canvas do the rest. If this is a group assignment, you’ll need to specify whether students within the same group should be matched.
Once you’ve saved your selection, this cannot be changed . You will have to make a new assignment if you change your mind.
While students will not know each other’s names in the peer review process, instructors and TAs will have access to that information.
Note that Canvas DocViewer (Canvas’ built-in tool for document annotation) does not work for anonymous peer review. For more information on DocViewer, check out Canvas’ video overview .

Associating Rubrics with your Peer Review Assignment

If you choose to associate a rubric with the assignment, students will be able to submit their review by filling out the rubric. If you’d like to add a rubric, the process is as follows:

Open your assignment page.

Screenshot of Assignment Page in Canvas, with +Rubric button highlighted

If you’d like to create a new rubric, you can fill in your criteria, rating levels, and other rubric settings there.
A menu allowing you to sort by course and preview individual rubrics will appear.
When you’ve found the one you want, select it, scroll down in the preview, and click Use this Rubric .

Screenshot of New Rubric Creation in Assignment Page, with "Find a Rubric" button highlighted

A couple of notes to keep in mind:

Whether you choose to use a rubric or not, students are required to submit their own work before they leave feedback for another student.
Grades assigned by peer reviewers using your rubric do not go into your gradebook. Instructors still assign grades manually.

For further technical guidance on setting up and administering the peer review process in your class, check out this guide from Canvas . If your students require guidance on how to complete peer review, you can refer them to the student guide or video from Canvas. You can also contact ATS for an individual consultation or visit our office hours .

Upcoming Workshops

If you’re looking for additional support using Peer Review in Canvas, please consider signing up for our Canvas Peer Review workshop . Visit the Academic Technology Solutions Workshop Schedule to see a calendar view of all current workshops.You can also consult with ATS or drop by our Office Hours .

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Canvas Peer Review

A peer review assignment enables students to provide feedback on another student’s assignment submission. Peer reviews allow communication between students and can help students master the concepts of a course and learn from each other.

Can show students’ names or be completed anonymously
Rubrics can be included to ensure consistent review criteria
Manual or Automatic distribution
Available for Discussions and Assignments

Getting Started

Canvas Peer Reviews are a part of the Canvas Calendar. Begin by logging in to Canvas .

Instructor Resources

From within your Canvas course, edit or create a new assignment.
Scroll about halfway down the screen, locate and check the box to Require Peer Reviews .
Select to assign peer reviews manually or automatically .
If assigning automatically, determine how many reviews each student should complete and the date/time they should be made available for review. Note: It is recommended to leave several hours between the assignment due date/time and the assignment of peer reviews so that late submitters are not excluded from being reviewed.
How do I use peer review assignments in a course?
How do I create a peer review assignment?
How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?
How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?
How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?

Enabling peer review of a Canvas discussion

From within your Canvas course, edit or create a new discussion.
Scroll about halfway down the screen, locate and check the Graded box, then choose to Require Peer Reviews .
How do I use peer review discussions in a course?
How do I create a peer review discussion?
How do I manually assign peer reviews for a discussion?
How do I automatically assign peer reviews for a discussion?

Syllabus Statement

Student resources.

Locating a peer review activity in Canvas

When your instructor assigns a peer review as part of an assignment or discussion, you will receive a notification in several locations: on the Recent Activity view of the Dashboard, in your To Do List, and on the specific assignment/discussion.

Click the link to begin the peer review.

See the ‘ How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete? ‘ guide for more information.

Submitting a peer review in Canvas

To complete the peer review of an assignment/discussion, you must review the student’s assignment/discussion and add a comment in the comment sidebar.

If your instructor includes a rubric, which is a pre-determined 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 in the comment sidebar.

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.

Review the ‘ How do I submit a peer review to an assignment? ‘ guide for more information.

Viewing a peer’s feedback in Canvas

When a peer has provided feedback on your assignment, you will receive a notification in the Recent Feedback section in the sidebar of your Canvas course. Feedback is also accessible via the assignment’s submission details or on the individual assignment page.

See the ‘ Where can I find my peers’ feedback for peer reviewed assignments? ‘ guide for more information.

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The Canvas Calendar and Scheduler tools are supported by Instructure. Use one of the following channels to connect with their 24/7 support:

live chat — open the ?Help menu in Canvas and click ‘Chat with Canvas Support’
ticket support — open the ?Help menu in Canvas and click ‘ Report a Problem ‘
phone support — call 515-294-4000, then follow the prompts for Canvas support

Online Writing Instruction

Screenshot of peer review interface in Canvas

How to Set Up Peer Review in Canvas

by Kory Lawson Ching
April 10, 2020

This helpful tutorial was developed by Sylvia Morales ( [email protected] ), a Continuing Lecturer in the University Writing Program.

Set-Up the Assignment that will receive the peer review

Step 1: Set up an assignment that will receive the peer review.

Click on “require peer reviews”

Only if you choose “automatically assign peer reviews” will you see the date box. “Assign Peer Reviews” is the date Canvas will automatically assign each student a review.
You could leave it blank, which means Canvas will assign the reviews immediately after the assignment due date. Assignment due at 10 am, reviews assigned at 10:01 am
Or you could put a date/time an hour past the assignment due date. Assignment due at 10 am, reviews assigned at 11 am. Doing this will ensure that people who submitted their assignments late will still get a peer review assigned.

Step 2: Once peer reviews are assigned, you will see the “peer review” menu item on the right.

Step 3: Click on the above “Peer Reviews” link will allow you to see who has been assigned which paper to review and whether they’ve completed it.

You can always add or delete the automatically assigned reviews.
You can also add one for someone who did not originally receive one (because they turned in their assignment after the reviews were assigned automatically by Canvas)

Set-Up a Separate Peer Review Assignment

I create a separate peer review assignment in my grade book for two reasons:

I assign points for peer review
I can put the assignment into a module to remind the students to complete the peer review.

However, you do not have to do this step.

Step 1: Create a new assignment called “Peer Review for X” or something similar:

TIP: include “do not submit here but read these instructions” in the name so students don’t get confused.

Step 2: make sure to select “no submission,” but do put a due date

Step 3: Add this peer review assignment to your module

What Students See

Step 1: The module with both assignments

Step 2: They click on the “Workshop Draft” to submit the peer review

TIP: You could make this clearer by putting instructions in the name of the assignment so it shows in the module. (“Workshop Draft - submit peer review here”)
The below shows “none assigned” because I’m in the “test student” screen. However, students would see a name that is linked to that person’s submission.

This is what students would see:

they will not see any comments that others wrote to the student writer
They will see the “Add a Comment” box

Help Students

Instructions you could give to students

Your peer review assignments will be assigned through Canvas after the due date for the workshop draft has passed.

For more information about how to access peer feedback assigned partners, see the links below:

How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete?
How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?
Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewe d assignments?

Frequently Asked Questions

When will I see my assigned peer review?

You will not see your assigned peer review until after the due date and time for the original assignment.

For example, if the workshop draft is due at 11:00 pm, you will see your assigned peer review for this assignment 11:01 pm.

If you do not see your peer review after the original assignment due date and time, try refreshing your window.

Where do I see my assigned peer review?

You must go to the original assignment to see your assigned peer review. For instance, go to the 1 Workshop Draft assignment to see your assigned peer review.
You may also see your peer review as a “to do” item on your Canvas Dashboard.
For more help, How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete?

When is the peer review due?

Check the calendar for due dates and times.
⚠️ Canvas will show that peer review is due at the same time as the original assignment, but this is wrong.

What should I write for my peer review?

See the "Minimum Requirements" above.

How do I submit a peer review?

For more help: How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?

How can I see the feedback that I received?

For more help: Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments?

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Complete a Peer Review Assignment in Canvas

Peer review assignments will allow you to comment on the assignments submitted by your fellow students in a course.

Some of your professors may ask you to comment on other students' submitted assignments in Canvas. This process is known as a peer review.

To access a peer review file:

Go to the Assignments section in the course.
Click on the peer review assignment title.
If it's anonymous, the name will be replaced by the words Anonymous user .
Click on the assignment title to download it or choose View Feedback to make comments on the assignment within Canvas itself.

You must leave a comment in the comment box for Canvas to consider that task complete, even if you leave comments in the document itself using the Crocodoc feature. You can also leave media comments or attach files to the peer-review assignment.

If a rubric is attached, you will need to fill it out to provide feedback.

Click Save when you are ready to submit the review.

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Create Assignments in Canvas

A variety of assignment types are available in Canvas and to link from external resources. View how-to guides of these resources to help build your assignment.

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Add a new Canvas assignment:

Assignments created in Canvas are automatically created using simple steps and include available and due dates, assignment types, student or group assignment selections and more. Follow the steps below to begin building an assignment.

Note: All assignments are tied to columns in the Canvas Gradebook. So, when you create a new assignment you also create a new column automatically in the Grading area.

“No Submission” and “On Paper” create a grade column but do not allow students to upload any materials to the assignment in Canvas.

Create a weighted assignment:

Weighting assignments as a percentage of the final grade can be done easily through the assignments area of your course. To set up weighting, you will need to:

Set up assignment groups
Organize assignments into the assignment groups
Set assignment group weights
View assignment groups

Step 1: Set up and organize assignments into assignment groups

Once you have groups set up, you can organize assignments into the groups by drag-and-drop

Step 2: Set assignment group weights

Step 3: Weight an individual assignment

Step 4: View assignment groups in the Grades area

When assignment groups are set up in your course, you will notice columns corresponding to each assignment group appear in the gradebook. These columns will keep track of student performance in each assignment group.

NOTE: You can weight final grades based on assignment groups . See the Canvas website for more information on weighting final assignments here.

Set Up a Peer Review Assignment

Peer review assignments provide students with the opportunity to give feedback on each others’ work. With a Canvas peer review assignment, student names may be displayed to each other or you may opt to make the peer review process anonymous. You can also opt to provide students with a rubric they can use to grade and provide feedback on each others’ work.

You start the process of creating a peer review assignment by creating an assignment in your Canvas course. You can create an assignment either in the Modules area or Assignments area of your Canvas site.

You will be presented with the option to Manually Assign Peer Reviews or Automatically Assign Peer Reviews
Manually Assign Peer Reviews - requires you to manually assign students to review other students’ work
Automatically Assign Peer Reviews - Canvas will randomly assign students to review as many peers as you specify

Currently, a peer review assignment does not carry separate points or due dates for the peer review portion of the assignment. The points for the assignment encompasses both the assignment submission and the peer review process. If you would like separate points for the assignment submission, you may choose to create a separate assignment that students submit their work to in addition to submitting it to the peer review assignment. Another benefit of creating a separate assignment is that you could then attach a separate rubric to this assignment in the instance when a different rubric is used for Instructor and TA grading than is used by students for peer review.

If a rubric is attached to a peer review assignment, students must complete the rubric in order for their review to be considered complete.

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Using assignments in Canvas provides a streamlined process for assigning homework and creating quizzes for students. Canvas considers an ‘assignment’ to be anything that is graded, whether that be a quiz or homework assignment, and whether it’s delivered entirely online, paper-and-pencil, or is a participatory assignment with no actual deliverable.

This Quick Start guide will cover the creation of assignments where the student submits a file electronically, on paper, using an external tool such as Turnitin or Panopto , or where no submission is expected (e.g. class participation). See How to Create Tests and Quizzes for Your Canvas Course and Create and Manage Discussions for more information about using those tools as assignments.

1. In the Course Navigation menu, click the Assignments link.

Navigation menu in Canvas with red arrow pointing to link for Assignments.

2. Click “ +Assignment ” at the top right.

3. Write the assignment title and directions for students.

Screenshot indicating with red arrows to the Assignment Name text box and the RCE text box

4. Assign the number of points available for the assignment.

Screenshot of Points field in a Canvas assignment showing a sample value of 20.

5. Choose an “ Assignment Group” . Assignment groups are, in essence, a category of assignment. For more information about using Assignment Groups, see the Canvas guides regarding Assignments.

Screenshot of assignments dashboard in Canvas with drop down menu showing how to assign an assignment to a group.

6. There are four submission types :

Screenshot of Canvas assignments with drop down menu indicating how to select an assignment type. Red arrow pointing to the "online" option.

No Submission: an activity where nothing will be collected from students (e.g. a participation grade)
For the full details about the online assignment subtypes, (text entry, annotation, file upload, etc.), please see the official documentation .
We have a recorded mini-webinar on annotation assignments, including assignment ideas, available on the Training Webinars page.
On Paper: assignments/quizzes/activities that were written on paper and collected by the instructor
External Tool: assignments submitted through a 3rd party tool that is integrated with Canvas, such as a textbook publisher’s website or Turnitin

7. Submission Attempts: You may allow unlimited submission attempts for Online assignments, or restrict attempts to one or more. When a student submits to an assignment they have already submitted to, the previous submission is retained as well, and the instructor may view both.

8. Group Assignments and Peer Reviews: Assignments can be created as either a group assignment or peer review assignment.

9. Assign options- You can assign an assignment to your entire class, a specific student, and/or a section of your class. You can also set the due date and the availability dates (when your students can submit their assignment). Each section can have different due dates and availability dates.

Screenshot of assignment parameters in Canvas with red arrows pointing as "Assign to:", "Date:" and available fields.

10. If you are finished creating the assignment, click on “ Save & Publish “. If you are not finished creating the assignment, click on “ Save ” and you may come back and work on it more later without students having access to it.

Canvas assignment button with "Save" highlighted in blue.

Instructor Help for Assignments

Creating assignments.

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Managing Assignments

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Creating and Managing Peer Review Assignments

How do I create a peer review assignment?
How do I use peer review assignments in a course?
How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?
How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?
How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?

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Grading Considerations

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How do I exclude an assignment from the course’s final grades?
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Student Help for Assignments

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How to Create a Peer Review Assignment Using FeedbackFruits in Canvas

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At a Glance

The Group Member Evaluation tool in FeedbackFruits streamlines the way students assess their peers’ collaboration skills. As the instructor, you specify the criteria your students will use to evaluate their peers’ contribution to group work. Groups are automatically synced from the People tool in Canvas to FeedbackFruits.

Additionally, you can require that students add comments to the feedback they have provided to their peers, thereby combining quantitative and qualitative feedback.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to create a peer review assignment using FeedbackFruits in your Canvas course.

Create Groups

If you’d like students to provide peer feedback to some or all of their group members, first you need to create your groups in your Canvas course:

How do I add a group set in a course?
How do I manually create groups in a group set?
How do I manually assign students to groups?

Create a Peer Review Assignment

Click Assignments in the Course Navigation Menu

Type the assignment title in the Assignment Name field [1]. If you created your assignment as an assignment shell, this field will be populated for you, but you can change it if necessary.

Note: If you leave this field blank, you will not be able to publish/save the assignment. You can add a voice note or an attachment to the instruction if needed.
Individually
Individually: Students will individually get assigned to anyone.
Note: This option is disabled if ‘as a group’ is chosen.
Note: This option is disabled if ‘individually’ is chosen.

Groups selected to participate (select the Group Set you’ve already created).

To learn how to set up criteria, refer to Setting up feedback criteria (rubrics, scale ratings and comment criteria) .

Reviewers will not be able to view or edit their reviews after this deadline passes.
Leave the deadline blank to allow reviewers to view and/or edit their feedback indefinitely.

Select when students can see their received feedback

If you want students to review all their group members, we recommend selecting All .

Reviewer anonymity: Enabling this option will make reviewers anonymous. Reviewers will still see the name of the peer they are reviewing. Instructors can also see the name of the reviewer.
New user interface design: Students use the new design for reviewing and reading feedback. This option is enabled by default and is recommended.
Optional – Rate Reviewers: You can choose if you’d like students to rate their reviewers or reflect on it [1].

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To complete a peer review, students must review the assignment and leave a comment on the submission details page [1].

Students cannot view previously submitted comments by any other reviewers, including comments by TAs or other instructors.

You can also assign a rubric to the assignment. If the assignment includes a rubric [2], students must only complete the rubric to complete the peer review. However, you can choose to ask your students to also leave a comment in the comment sidebar. The rubric score is used for an assessment opinion only; you must review the assignment and assign the final grade.

Student Guide to Submitting a Peer Review Assignment

A helpful tip when using peer review assignments is to provide some instruction to your students on how to complete the assignment with Canvas. You can easily include a link to this handy guide created by Canvas in your assignment instructions, which will guide them through the process.

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