How do I complete a fishbowl review assignment?

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In contrast to Peer review assignments, Fishbowl review assignment are unique in the fact that some students are only required to submit and respond to peer feedback, while other students are solely tasked with providing a review of the original submission. The first portion of this article will cover how to complete a Fishbowl review assignment from the perspective of a Submitter. If you are tasked with reviewing peer submissions, navigate to Steps for Reviewers.

Steps for Submitters

Step 1: Submit your work

In the Submission phase, submit your work by uploading a PDF or Word document. You can re-upload documents until the submission deadline has passed. Accepted submission types are: PDFs, word documents, images, or source codes.

Step 2: Allow your peers time to review

During the Student review deadline stage, you will not be able to open the fishbowl review assignment. At this time, your peers can enter the assignment and complete rubric assessments and comment submissions.

Step 3: Allow your instructor time to review

In the Instructor review stage, you will not be able to open the fishbowl review assignment. At this time, instructors have the opportunity to enter the assignment and review rubric and comment submissions. Your instructor may chose to exclude this deadline, which removes End of instructor review period from your list of deadlines, and pushes you directly into Step 4.

Below is an example of what you will see when attempting to access your assignment during this stage. 

review-based assignments.pngStep 4: View & respond to scores and feedback

During the Author review and response deadline stage, you will see the scores and comments entered by reviewers of your document. Now, you can respond to and continue the conversation with your reviewers.

Remember to view all conversations and reply to the feedback left by your peers! Toggle to the second image above to see an example of this in action.

Step 5: Check your grade

To see your score, click on the assignment and select Line Chart Solid.svg My scores, in the left sidebar of the course.

Steps for Reviewers

Step 1: Allow peers time to submit their work

As a reviewer, you will not have to submit work during the Submission phase. Revisit your fishbowl assignment once the window for Step 2: Review peer submissions opens. 

Here is an example of what you will see during this stage in the assignment. 

Step 2: Review peer submissions

In the Student review stage, you will review each document you have been assigned by filling out the rubric, providing overall feedback, and also creating in-text comments within the document.

To receive credit for a comment, you must leave an in-text annotation (similar to highlighting and annotating an article, PDF, or textbook in Perusall). You will not receive a grade for comments left in the overall feedback section of their Peer Review. This space is intended for you to provide general commentary and/or rationale for your rubric scores. In some cases, your instructor may not require you to fill out a rubric. 

Step 3: Allow your instructor time to review

In the Instructor review stage, you will not be able to open the peer review assignment. At this time, instructors have the opportunity to enter the assignment and review rubric and comment submissions. Your instructor may chose to exclude this deadline, which removes End of instructor review period from your list of deadlines, and pushes you directly into Step 4.

Below is an example of what you will see when attempting to access your assignment during this stage. 

review-based assignments (1).pngStep 4: Continue the conversation with the author

During the Author review and response deadline stage, you can view responses from your classmate. You can reply to their thoughts at this time to help provide more targeted feedback. 

Step 5: Check your grade

To see your score, click on the assignment and select Line Chart Solid.svg My scores, in the left sidebar of the course. 

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