peerScholar: Monitor Student Progress in peerScholar

Monitor Student Progress in peerScholar

PeerScholar is an external tool that you need to load to monitor student progress. 

  1. In your Canvas course menu, click on Assignments
  2. In the list of peerScholar Assignments that appears, click your choice.
  3. Below the assignment you chose, click Load peerScholar Assignment in a new window.
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  4. The peerScholar interface will load an Overview dashboard. See the tabs below the image for description of each part of the dashboard.
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Navigation

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If you do not see the Navigation tile, widen your web browser window or  click the horizontal lines next to the peerScholar logo at the top left of the screen.

  1. At top left of the dashboard, click Activities.
    A page will open listing all your peerScholar activities in the course.
  2. At right of Activities, click the up/down arrow.
    A list of activities will appear.
  3. Click the activity of your choice.
    The activity will load in the page. Each activity type is represented by a unique icon:
    1. An orange icon with one person displayed represents a Classic activity.
    2. A blue icon with two people displayed represents a Case Study activity.
    3. A purple icon with three dots represents a Group activity.
  4. Click Students.
    Your students will list.
    Note that if the total number of students does not match that in Canvas, it is because student accounts are created in peerScholar only when each student first clicks on the link in one of your Canvas peerScholar assignments. 
  5. Click Teaching Team.
    A list of Instructors and TAs in your course appears.
    Note that TAs need to click the assignment link in Canvas to list, similar to student accounts as mentioned in the previous note.
  6. Click Gradebook.
    Student grades list for all of your course peerScholar activities.
  7. Click History. 
    Details of Course Actions list for all users within your course.
 

For more information, please see Managing an Activity (YouTube video) Links to an external site.

Contact ctl.helpdesk@ubc.ca to arrange a consult to set up peerScholar for your specific needs.

UBC Okanagan Centre for Teaching and Learning peerScholar Directory

Updated June 2021