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Working with peer review in Blackboard

Peer review allows Designers and Lecturers to create discussion topics where students can rate their peers' messages.

The default setting for this feature may be switched to off. To reverse this:

Click on the Build or Teach tab.
Click on Manage Course in the Designer or Instructor Tools menu.
Click on Settings .
Under Tools, click on Discussions .
Click on on the circle next to true for discussion.tool.enable.Peer.Review.
Click on the Save Values button.

Click on the Build or Teach tab.
Click on Discussions in the Course Tools menu.
Click on the Create Topic button.
Select the type of discussion topic you would like to create (Threaded, Blog or Journal) by clicking on the circle next to its title and then clicking on the Next button. Note: this option will only be available if the Blog and Journal features have been enabled. For further information, refer to the Managing your Blackboard site guides.
Type in a Title and Description.
To organise the discussion topic into a category, select a category or Create New Category from the drop-down list.
To make the discussion topic gradable, click on the appropriate circle under Allow the topic to be graded. A column will automatically be created in the Grade Book.
Click on Peer Review to expand this option.
Click on the circle next to either Allow Students to review messages using a simple rating scale or Allow Students to review messages using a grading form.

If you selected the simple rating scale option, click on the Create Scale button. To change the scale, click on the relevant Remove Rating button(s), or click on the Add Rating button and type in a title. To edit the existing rating descriptions, click on the relevant edit icon , change the text and then click outside the text box. You can also add instructions to reviewers in the Instructions box if you wish. Click Save.
If you selected the grading form option, click on the Select Grading Form button. Click on the circle next to the title of the form you wish to use and click on Select. Note: you must have created a grading form before creating the discussion topic. For further information, refer to the Grading Forms guides.

Select from the options under Peer review visibility.
Click Save.
To create a link to the topic from the Home Page, a folder or a learning module, click on the Build tab and go to where you wish to create the link. Click on Add Content Link and then on Discussions in the drop-down list. Select the discussion topic from the Select from Inventory list and click on the Add Selected button.

Click on the Teach tab.
Click on Discussions in the Course Tools menu.
Click on the Action Links icon next to the title of the relevant discussion topic.
Click on Go To Topic .
From within each message window, click on the View All Reviews button.
When you have finished, click on OK.