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Teaching teams can access peerScholar the same way students do. PeerScholar is often linked up from the Timeline or directly from an activity page. In the student instructions pop-up the activity can be accessed from the button in the bottom-right or from the button on the last slide.

peerScholar due dates are automatically set up in your course based on the dates provided on the course timeline. If a due date is updated/modified in onQ it needs to be changed in peerScholar as it isn't automatically propagated. 

1. From the peerScholar Activity Dashboard, click on the Edit icon in the center of the page
   
2. On the Edit page, choose Set Dates at the top of the page.
   
3. On the Set Dates page, make the desired adjustments to the dates and times for the phase(s).
   
4. Choose Save & Close when finished

Extensions can be granted for any phase in peerScholar.

1. From the peerScholar Activity Dashboard, choose Student Progress & Grading at the top of the page
   

2. On the Student Progress & Grading page, navigate to the student that requires and extension.

   Tip
   The Student Progress & Grading page is a great resource for assessing progress of the class in each individual phase and grading any students that might have been missed.

   
   

3. Click on the associated cell (it might state Not Started or Complete) and choose Allow Late Access
   

4. An hourglass indicates that the extension has been granted.
   

   Warning

   It is currently not possible to set individual extension dates in peerScholar. When Allow Late Access has been selected for a particular student they would have the ability to submit at any point in time during the activity. If there is any concern that work won't be submitted or submitted long after the agreed upon extension, the following workarounds can be used: Instead of granting an extension, students can be asked to send work to the teaching team and they can upload it on their behalf (see Upload Student Work) Once the agreed upon time has passed, the teaching team can visit the Student Progress & Grading page again and revoke access. In step 3 listed above the Revoke Late Access option will become available for any student who has been given Late Access

   
   

1. From the peerScholar Activity Dashboard, choose Student Progress & Grading at the top of the page
   

2. On the Student Progress & Grading page, navigate to the student whose work needs to be uploaded.

3. Click on the associated cell (it might state Not Started or Complete) and choose Edit
   

4. In the submission window, choose Edit button in the upper-right corner

5. Text can be pasted in the associated textbox. Documents can be uploaded by selecting +Add .

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   Existing work can be replaced or added by selecting the minus button under Attachments. Document removals are immediate and irreversible (e.g. peerScholar will remove the document and save the changes regardless of the save button being clicked on). For this reason it's recommended that extra precaution be taken to ensure the correct student is being edited before these changes are made.

   
   

6. Choose Save when finished

Successfully submitted work will either display as Overdue or Complete depending on if the Create/Revise phase is still open or not.

Grading should only commence after all phases of the activity have ended. If grading begins while the activity is still running, the teaching team will need to double back and grade work that was submitted later on.

When a peerScholar activity is first activated, the grading widget will indicate that Grading is not configured. This is a prompt for the instructor to verify the settings before the team begins grading.

1. From the peerScholar Dashboard, select Edit Grading from the grading widget
   
2. On the Grading Options page, verify how points are allocated from the the summary menu on the right. Teaching Team evaluations can be reviewed on the right. 
3. Click Save when finished

• From the peerScholar Dashboard, select Grade Now from the grading widget

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  peerScholar offers a high level of flexibility when grading, however, this can cause issues if the teaching is grading inconsistently. For this reason it's recommended that the team quickly meet to discuss before grading begins.

  
  

• Grading criteria can be found to the right of the page. The student being assigned the grade is displayed at the top.

Grading a submission made by a Student (e.g. Feedback Received)

This is the default view in peerScholar. Content is laid out as follows:

1. Work the student submitted can be viewed or downloaded from center column
2. Feedback written by assigned reviewers (other students) can be viewed on the Feedback Received column (leftmost)
3. If more than 1 peer has written feedback about the selected student's work, different student feedback can be viewed by selecting another student icon below the name of the student being graded at the top of the page
4. Click Save when grades and feedback have been entered.
5. Navigate to the next student by choosing the arrow to the right of the student's name at the top of the page.
   

Grading feedback written by a student

1. Change the view to View Given Feedback (tiny link in the upper-left below the Back button)
2. Work the student reviewed can be viewed in the center window. Their associated review can be found on the left
3. If more than 1 student is being allocated in the activity, the next student can be viewed by selecting the student icon at the top-center of the screen
4. Navigate to the next student by choosing the arrow to the right of the student's name at the top of the page.

When the time comes to make grades available to your students, please email asomm@queensu.ca .

The default peerScholar setting is to not assign students to specific graders. This allows TAs to view and grade all of the students in the course. This is the recommended method for grading, however, if TAs need to be restricted in some way, students should be assigned to graders in peerScholar

Randomly Assign Graders

1. on the peerScholar dashboard, choose Edit Grading in the grading widget
2. In the Grading Options window, choose Assign Grading
   
3. In the Grading Assignment window, choose Randomize and Save Settings
   
4. Select Save to close the window

Assign Individual Students

1. on the peerScholar dashboard, choose Edit Grading in the grading widget
2. In the Grading Options window, choose Assign Grading
3. In the Grading Assignment window, choose View/Edit
4. In the Select Accounts window, click Change at the top and select the TA to assign students to
5. From the student list at the bottom choose the + or delete icons to add or remove students from that TA's grading list
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for any other TAs that need students assigned.