Academic Technologies: Blackboard 9.

Getting Started with Self and Peer Assessments

InBlackboard9.1,theselfandpeerassessmentstoolisstillavailable.Throughthistool,facultycan
setupquestionstowhichstudentsrespondandcriteriaforjudgingtheseresponses.Once
submitted,theseresponsesarethenassessed(accordingtothecriteria)bythestudentwhomade
theinitialresponseandhisorherpeers.

Thisdocumentwilldiscusshowyoucangetstartedwiththisnewtoolbycreatingaselfassessment
andthenviewingresponsestoit.Selfassessmentscanbeparticularlyusefulinhelpingstudents
learnwhatyouexpectfromessayexamanswersorshortessayassignments.Wewilluseanessay
examscenarioasanexamplethroughoutthisdocument.Notethatthesameprinciplesapplyto
peerassessmentsaswell.

CreatingaSelfandPeerAssessment
Tocreateanassessment,youwillneedtogotoacontentareainyourcourse:
1. LogintoBlackboard9.1.
2. IntheMyCoursemodule,clickthelinkforthecoursewithinwhichyouwishtowork.
3. Towardtheupper,righthandsideofthescreen,makesuretheEditModeswitchisOn.Ifit
isOff,clickEditModeoncetoturnitOn.

4. OntheMenuArea,clickthecontentareayouwishtoplacetheselfassessment:

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5. Next,clicktheCreateAssessmentbutton,andselectSelfandPeerAssessment:

6. TheSelfandPeerAssessmentcreationscreenwillappear.Insection1,clickNeworImport:
ChoosingNewallowsyoutocreateanassessmentfromscratch.IfyouclickNew,goto
step9.
ChoosingImportallowsyoutoimportaBlackboardassessmentfilethatyoupreviously
downloadedfromthisoranothercourse.IfyouclickImport,continuewithsteps7and8.
7. Insection2,browseforandselectyourassessmentimportfile,insection3,nameyourself
assessment,andinsection4,assignaduedatefortheassessmentifdesired.
8. ScrolldownandclickSubmit.
9. ForaNewassessment,youcanenteranameandinstructions,aswellassettheSubmission
Dates(whenuserswillbeabletotaketheassessment)insection2.
10. Continuewithsettingthepropertiesforyourselfassessmentinsection3byenteringthe
EvaluationDates(whenuserscanevaluatetheirownorotherssubmissions).Alsoconsider
otherevaluationproperties,suchasAnonymousEvaluation,SelfEvaluation,ShowResultsto
Submitter,andthenumberofsubmissionseachusershouldevaluate.
11. Insection4enteraduedateifdesired.

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12. Insection5,selectyourevaluationoptions.Thisiswhereyouwillmaketheassessment
available,setrestrictiondates,anddecidewhethertotrackitsnumberofviews.

13. Afterallthesettings,scrolldownandclickSubmit.
14. YouwillnowseetheAssessmentCanvaswhereyouwillbuildyourquestionsandevaluation
criteria.ClickCreateQuestiontobegin.
15. Insection2,QuestionText,enterthefirstquestiontowhichstudentswillrespond.
16. Insection3,ModelResponse,youhavetheoptionofenteringamodelquestionresponsewith
whichtheselforpeerevaluatorscancomparethegivenresponseastheyreviewassessments.
17. ScrolldownandclickSubmit.
18. Youwillseeyourfirstquestion.Atthispoint,youmaywanttoaddcriteriatheevaluatorswill
usetojudgetheresponse.Clickthedoubleviconnexttothequestionnameandclick
Criteria:






19. TheAdd/EditCriteriascreenwillappear.
20. SelectWordCountCriteriatoentercriteriatextaswellasPointsPossible,Recommended
WordCount,andAllowedVariation(i.e.+/wordgrace).SelectCreateCriteriatoenteronly
criteriatextforthequestion.Thesearethecriteriathestudentwillusetoassessresponsesto
eachquestion.Hereyoualsoaddpointspossible,determinepartialcredit,anddecideon
feedbackoptions:

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21. Ineithercriteriaarea,whenyoufinishsettingtheoptions,scrolldownandclickSubmit.
22. FromtheAssessmentCanvas,scrolldownandclickOK.
23. Followsteps14through21foreachofyourquestions.
24. Onceyouhavecreatedallthequestionsandevaluationcriteria,youwillseeyourlistofyour
questionsandyouwillhavetheopportunitytoclickPreviewandseeanexampleSubmission
andanexampleEvaluationofasubmission:

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ModifyinganAssessment
Onceyouvecreatedyourassessment,youmayfindtheneedtomodifytheproperties,questions,or
criteria.Tomodifyyourassessment:

1. Gotothecontentareathatholdsyourassessment.
2. ClickonthedoubleviconnexttotheassessmentnameandclickEdit.

3. ThefollowingEditoptionswillappear:

4. SelecttheEditoptionthatincludestheitemyouwishtomodify.
5. Makeyourchanges,scrolldown,andclickSubmit.

ViewingSubmissions
Onceyourstudentssubmittheirinitialresponsestoyourquestions,youcanviewindividual
submissionsordownloadallsubmissions.Toviewsubmissionsordownload:
1. GototheControlPanel,andclickCourseTools.
2. SelectSelfandPeerAssessment.
3. Youwillseealistofyourselfandpeerassessments.Clickthedoubleviconnexttothe
assessmentyouwishtoview,andselectViewSubmissionsfromthedropdownmenu.

4. Youwillseealistofstudentsandthestatusoftheirsubmissions.

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5. Toviewordownloadanindividualssubmission,clickthedoubledowniconnexttoa
studentsname,andclickViewSubmissionorDownloadSubmissionfromthemenu.
6. Todownloadallsubmissions,clicktheDownloadAllbutton.

Todownloadall
submissions

Toviewordownloadan
individualsubmission

Note:Ifyoudownloadallsubmissions,thedownloadwillbeina.zipfileformat.Youwillopenthat
.zipfilepackageandthenopentheindex.htmlwithinit.Thisindexfilewillallowyoutonavigateto
eachsubmission.

ViewingEvaluationsofSubmissions
Afterstudentshavebegunevaluatingtheirownoreachotherssubmissions,youcanalsoviewor
downloadthoseevaluations.Notethat,inthisarea,youcanonlyviewordownloadevaluations
relatedsubmissionswillnotbedownloaded.Toviewordownloadevaluations:

1. GototheControlPanelandclickCourseTools.
2. ClickSelfandPeerAssessments.
3. Youwillseealistofyourselfandpeerassessments.Clickthedoublearrowiconnexttothe
assessmentyouwishtoviewandclickViewEvaluations.

4. Youwillseealistofstudents.Clickthedoubleviconnexttothestudentsnamewhose
evaluationsyouwishtoview.
5. ClickeitherViewEvaluationorDownloadEvaluation.Theseactionswillallowyoutoview
thescoresandcommentsthisstudenthasgiventohisorherownworkortothatofothers.
6. Todownloadallevaluations,clickDownloadAll.Thedownloadwillbeintheformatofa
commadelimitedortabdelimitedfilethatyoucanopenwithExcel.
Note:Seethenextpageforascreenshotshowinghowtoviewanddownloadevaluations.

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 Todownloadall
evaluations

Toviewordownloadan
individualsevaluations

SendingResultstotheGradeCenter
Theresultsoftheselforpeerassessmentscanbesenttothegradecenter.Thenumberofpoints
assignedbyevaluatorswillbeplacedinagradecolumnasascore,andthecommentsand
evaluatorsscoresareavailableviatheViewGradeDetailsoptionforthestudentsscore.

1. Toviewtheselforpeerevaluationscompletedinresponsetothesubmission,gototheControl
PanelandclickCourseTools.
2. ClickSelfandPeerAssessment.
3. Youwillseealistofyourassessments.Clickthedoublearrowiconnexttotheassessment
youwishtoviewandclickViewResults.

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4. Youwillseealistofstudentsandresults.ClicktheSendResultstoGradeCenterbutton:

5. NavigatetotheGradeCenterbyclickingonGradeCenterintheControlPanel,thenselecting
FullGradeCenter.Inthegradinggrid,youwillnowseeacolumntitledwiththenameofyour
assessment.Thiscolumnholdstheaverageoftheevaluationscores:

6. Toseemoreinformationonanindividualscore,includingcommentsandevaluatorsindividual
scores,clickonacellandthenclickthedoublevicontorevealadropdownmenu:

7. SelectViewGradeDetailsfromthemenu.Thisareawillhavealltheinformationonthe
studentsassessmentresults.Repeatthisprocessforeachstudentasneeded.

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