How do I review student work?

Student work in Perusall can be graded either manually or automatically. 

Using the gradebook

To view grades, click Gradebook in the left-hand navigation panel of your course. To see a detailed breakdown of a student’s performance on a specific assignment, simply click on their grade for that assignment.

Filtering gradebook columns

• The toggles next to each column header (e.g. First name, Last name, Student ID, etc.) at the top of your gradebook allow you to control which columns are shown.

  

  For a cleaner view of your gradebook, disable the columns you don't need.

• Use the search bars at the top of your gradebook to filter by a specific student or assignment.

  

Perusall also provides you with an automatically-generated Confusion Report that summarizes general areas of questions/confusion. Click the Confusion report button underneath an assignment in the dashboard.

The Confusion Report may not be available for assignments where there are only a small number of high-quality questions for Perusall to analyze. Learn more about course analytics.

Reviewing student work inside assignments

1. Open the assignment to view all highlights and conversations just as students see them. To easily browse through all discussion threads, click All Conversations (the two speech bubble icons on the right). 

   

    

2. From there, you can click on any thread to read it, then use the Next thread or Next unread buttons to move to the next conversation or unread threads.  You can always click the All conversations icon to return to the full conversation list.
    

   

Using comment filters

To view only a single student's comments, click the filter dropdown menu (which says All Comments by default), and select Specific student.

Related articles:

• How do I override the scores that Perusall provides?
• What kinds of analytics are available to help understand student engagement and understanding?