Peer Review

Normally, only teachers can read and comment on submitted work; however, a teacher can activate the Peer Review function so that students can access the submitted work of one or more other students (peers).

Giving feedback in this case counts as part of the assignment. This means that the assignment will not be considered complete until you have given feedback on the submission you have been assigned.

See Your Assigned Peer-Review Assignments

Assignments will usually not be assigned for peer review until after the due date. When it is time to respond, the assignment will appear in your To do list on the home page of your course.

Screenshot shows link to the Peer Review assignment on the startpage.

When you open the assignment, you can click on Required Peer Reviews to see the list with the names of the students whose submissions you will be commenting on. Click on a name to get started.

Screenshot shows a button with text Required Peer Reviews, and under that button a drop-down menu with links to the assignments you shall review.

Give a Response

Screenshot shows the view when assignment is opened. Comments can be written in a textbox to the right on the page.

After you have clicked on the name of the person whose submission you will be reviewing, you will come to the Peer review page.

To download the submission to read it offline, click on the arrow at the top left.
To make comments directly in Canvas while reviewing the submission, click on the tools at the top of the preview. Note: if the teacher has enabled anonymous responses, then this function will not be available.
For your responses to be marked as complete, you also need to give a general comment.

See the Response

Peer reviews are personal, which means that only you can read the response you have given another student. If other students have reviewed the same work, then you cannot read what the others have written.

You can, of course, read all the responses that you receive. Teachers in the course can read all responses and comments that have been written.

Questions? E-mail us at support@du.se or call us on +46 23-778888 if you have any questions about Canvas. We will need to know your name, the name of the course and the nature of the question.