Help Center: PeerMark Question Library
The instructor can use the libraries to manage PeerMark question libraries and PeerMark assignment questions for use in new PeerMark assignments.
Creating a New PeerMark Question Library
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on the "libraries" tab
3. If needed click on the PeerMark Questions tab
4. Click on the "Add Library" button
5. Click on the library name to give it a new name
6. Enter the new name for the library within the text box
7. Click on the "Save" button to save the new library name
Adding Questions to a PeerMark Question Library
Instructors can add free response and scale questions to new or previously created libraries.
There are two types of questions that may be added to a PeerMark question library: free response questions and scale questions. Free response questions require written responses from the student and have a minimum word requirement the instructor chooses. Scale questions requires the student to rate their peer's paper on a scale selected by the instructor.
Adding free response questions to the PeerMark question library
1. Click on the Add question button to begin adding questions to the PeerMark assignment
2. Select "Free response" from the drop down menu
3. Enter the question and the minimum answer length in the appropriate fields
4. Click on the Add Question button to add the question to the PeerMark assignment
Adding a scale question to a PeerMark question library
1. Click on the Add Question button and select "Scale"
2. Type the question into the "Question" field
3. Select the scale size by clicking on the "Scale Size" pulldown menu and selecting a number 2-5
4. Fill in the Labels for the scale. Exmample 1: Not very well and 5: Very well for the question: "How well did the introduction pull you in as a reader?"
5. Click on the Add Question button to add the question to the PeerMark assignment
Adding questions from a PeerMark question library to another PeerMark question library
1. Click on the Add Question button and select a library you would like to add questions from
2. Click on the "Add this question" link next to the question you would like to add to the PeerMark assignment
3. To add all the questions in the library to your PeerMark assignment click on the "Add all questions" button located below the questions in the library
4. Click on the "Finished adding question from library" link to return to viewing the PeerMark library questions
Click on the "Finished editing this library" link to save the any changes made to the library
Additional Information
- Only accounts for which the PeerMark feature has been purchased will be given the option of creating PeerMark assignments. If you are interested in purchasing PeerMark for your account, please contact your Turnitin sales representative.
- Papers for review will be distributed on the start date; papers submitted to the “based on” paper assignment after the PeerMark assignment start date will not be distributed unless the instructor has allowed late submissions to the base paper assignment. If the instructor has allowed late submissions they will then have to set "The Late Papers" option which is the last date for papers to be submitted to the base paper assignment and still be included in the pool of papers to be reviewed. This date must come after the due date of the base paper assignment and before the due date of the PeerMark assignment.
- The post date is the date on which the reviews will be made available for the original paper's authors to view.
- For information on how to write a review in PeerMark, please view our article on writing a review in PeerMark.
- For information on how to grade reviews in PeerMark, please view our article on grading reviews in PeerMark.
- For information on how to add comments to a paper in PeerMark, please view our article on adding comments to a paper in PeerMark.
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