Read and mark Peer Reviews

Page last updated:
07 Dec 2022

Turnitin's PeerMark tools can facilitate students reviewing the work of their peers.

a. Navigate to the Submissions Inbox of the assignment you want to view PeerMark in.

Image showing Turnitin submission inbox

b. Click PeerMark and then select PeerMark Reviews.

Image showing PeerMark dropdown menu to access reviews

c. You will see a list of students, with columns for grade, submitted reviews, received reviews, and a review button.

Review list

d. To view reviews that a student has written, click the number in the student's row in the Submitted column.

Submitted reviews

e. A list of reviews that the selected student has written will open. Click the tick icon in the Review column to open a review.

Submitted review list

f. PeerMark will open. The original submission displays in a document viewer to the left. A panel on the right contains the reviewer's answers to questions you set, and any comments they have left on the document. You can change the position of this panel by clicking Horizontal or Split, depending on the layout you are currently viewing.

g. The Questions tab allows you to see the questions you created in the PeerMark manager and the answers provided by reviewing students.

Questions tab

h. The Comments tab. You can see all the comments the reviewing student left for their peer. If you click on a specific comment, it will scroll the paper to the page containing the comment.

Comments tab

i. After the PeerMark due date has passed, a Grade box will appear above the Questions and Comments tabs. You can use this to enter and submit a mark out of 10 for the review. The mark for the individual review will be out of 10, but the overall grade for the reviewer is calculated based on all of their reviews and sent to a column in Grade Centre.

Grade box