How do I create a peer review assignment?

Peer review assignments are built on a series of cascading deadlines. Please review our main article, How do Review-Based Assignments work?, to understand how each phase functions before starting setup.

Create the Assignment
- Navigate to the Assignments tab.
- Select Add Assignment and choose the Peer review assignment option.
Set the Basics & Deadlines
- Under Basics, name the assignment and set the deadlines for each stage in chronological order.
  
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Configure Late Submissions & Moderation
- Follow these steps if you'd like to allow students to submit their work to be reviewed after the initial Student work submission deadline.
  - Allow late submissions: Check this if you want to allow students to submit work after the initial deadline for partial credit. (Note: This disables manual reviewer assignment to ensure active reviewers aren't penalized). This time will occur immediately after the Student work submission deadline. As a result, those students will have less time during the Review of submissions stage.
  - Enter a Late submission penalty, a percentage penalty for submitting work late (0-100).
  - Omit instructor review period: Select this if you want peer feedback and scores to flow directly to authors without manual moderation.
Attach a Rubric
- Under Rubric, select a pre-made rubric, create a new one, or choose Qualitative feedback only.
  - Enable Do not ask reviewers to provide overall feedback if you don’t want to require students to submit Overall feedback. Students will still be required to submit in-text comments.
  - Learn more about customizing your rubrics.
Adjust Scoring
- Under Scoring, select your Scoring template for this assignment from the dropdown, or create a custom one.
  - Learn more about scoring templates.
Specify Assignment Options
- Under Options, specify assignment details such as instructions for students, the date the assignment is visible, who is partaking, and anonymous posting settings.
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