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PeerScholar

Tool Overview:

PeerScholar is an online peer- and self-assessment tool that allows students to provide anonymous peer feedback.

Category: Peer Assessment
Pedagogical Uses: Peer Learning
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Similar To: FeedbackFruits Aropa Grasp
Peer Mark

Availability: Asynchronous Browser-based

Advantages:

  • Offers multiple ways for students to peer review
  • Works well with rich media content like images and videos

Limitations:

  • User Interface design is difficult to navigate for teaching team grading

This tool is available to: Subscription Required

This tool can be integrated with: LMS Integration

Gradebook Integration: Yes
Gradebook can be exported: Yes
Classlist full integration with onQ: Yes
Class roster and groups need to be udpated manually if onQ changes: No

WCAG 2.0 Compliance
wcag2 - Yes

  • All users can convey information as per Universal Design For Learning guidelines in a variety of formats.

    PeerScholar allows for text or different file format submissions, but the filetypes are controlled by the instructor when the activity is set up

  • All users can customize the display of information in multiple ways as per UDL guidelines.

    Text spacing is partially supported for Level AA 2.1 guidelines

  • All tool features allow for individual accommodation settings.

    Tool supports late submissions for the create phase and individual extensions for all phases

Some tool features are compatible with screen readers


Compatible Screen Readers:

  • Built-in macOS screen reader
  • VPAT performed by programmers of the software so many of the responses are based on the code VS actual front-end testing. Pre-released software version used so VPAT states that results are preliminary.

Alt text is supported on images in this tool.

Static images in the software have appropriate alt-text, however, uploaded content can't be guaranteed as this is something the students need to do on their end. 

Caption Features Availability
For Live Video Live Captions - No No
For Pre-Recorded Pre-recorded Captions - Yes Yes
Are Automatically Generated Auto-Generated Captions - No No
Are Editable Caption Editing - N/A Unknown
Are SRT/WebVTT Importable Importable Captions - Yes Yes

Navigation Features Availability
Keyboard Keyboard Navigation - Yes Yes
Mouse Mouse Navigation - Yes Yes

Support available through: Vendor Support

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