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Getting Started with iPeer
A Web-based Peer Evaluation Tool
(Based on iPeer software v2.3.1)
Before You Begin................................................................................ 2
iPeer Login & Course Set Up............................................................. 3
Add Students to a Course.................................................................. 4
Create Groups.................................................................................... 5
Evaluation Tools................................................................................. 6
Overview................................................................................ 6
Create a Simple Evaluation................................................... 6
Create a Rubric..................................................................... 7
Create a Mixed Evaluation.................................................... 7
Evaluation Events............................................................................... 8
Create an Evaluation Event................................................... 8
Review Evaluation Event Results.......................................... 8
Export Evaluation Event Results........................................... 8
OIT Academic Computing
Lederle Graduate Research Center
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Phone: (413) 577-0072
Email: instruct@oit.umass.edu
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Introduction
The iPeer web-based software provides a set of evaluation tools for
students to complete evaluations of their peers. This is particularly useful
in courses where teams or groups are utilized for collaborative work.
Instructional Media Lab
OIT Academic Computing
A 205 LGRC (Lederle Lowrise)
Directions & Map: http://www.bit.ly/iml-map
Hours: Open Mondays through Fridays
10am to 4pm
Phone: 413-545-2823
Google Talk and Email:
instruct@oit.umass.edu
AIM / Skype / Yahoo: instructoit
Before You Begin
Prior to using iPeer in a course, please do the following:
• Contact the Instructional Media Lab to have a staff member
create an account for you in iPeer.
• Schedule a one-on-one consultation with a consultant in the
Instructional Media Lab to finalize your login credentials and
assist you in settting up a course and importing your class roster
to iPeer.
iPeer Terminolgy
Course: The unique UMass course that you create within iPeer to contain
peer evaluations. (iPeer is not yet automatically populated by SPIRE to
reflect your courses.)
Users: Students that are enrolled in your course. (Currently you must
manually enroll/upload your class roster.)
Groups: Teams/Groups of students that you determine and create in your
course. These can be changed at any point and students may exist in more
than one group simultaneously.
Evaluation Tools: Methods by which students in a group evaluate their
peers. You have the option to create customized Simple Evaluations,
Rubrics, Mixed Evaluations, and/or Team Maker Surveys
Evaluation Events: Specific timeframes during which students are asked
to use a particular Evaluation Tool to evaluate their group members.
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iPeer Login & Course Set Up
Login to iPeer
1. Go to the iPeer login page: http://ipeer.oit.umass.edu.
2. Enter your NetID (OIT Account user name) and assigned
password and click Login. The iPeer Home screen will open.
The Home screen provides an overview list, accompanied by
course basic details, of all your current courses that you have
in iPeer.
Courses window
Add Course button
Add a Course
1. Select the Courses tab.
2. Click the Add Course button (top, right). The Add Course
window will open.
3. Enter a course name (eg. Crypto 101 002) in the Course field.
4. Enter a course title (eg. Intro to Cryptozoology) in the Title
field.
5. Select an instructor name from the Instructor drop-down
menu.
6. Click Add Course.
Delete a Course
1. Select the Courses tab.
2. Right-click (or control-click) on the course you would like to
delete.
3. Select Delete Course from the contextual menu, and then click
OK.
Contextual menu
Edit a Course’s Basic Info
1. Select the Courses tab.
2. Right-click (or control-click) on the course you would like to
edit the basic info of (name, title, instructor).
3. Select Edit Course from the contextual menu.
4. Make your edits and then click the Update Course button.
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Add Student button
Course homepage
click here to start button
Students window
Import Students window
Add Students to a Course
Manual Entry
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Courses tab, and select the name
of the course that you would like to add students to. The
course’s homepage will open.
2. In the Students section (left side), click the Add Student
button. The Students window will open.
3. In the Student Number field, enter the 8-digit UMass Student
ID of the student you would like to enroll.
4. Fill in the First Name, Last Name, and Email fields.
5. Click the Save button. The User(s) created successfully screen
will appear.
6. A password will be automatically generated and appear in red
(right side).
IMPORTANT: You must record and provide this password to
your newly created student. They will login using their 8-digit
UMass ID as the username and this password that you just
created.
Import Roster from CSV
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Courses tab, and select the name
of the course that you would like to add students to. The
course’s homepage will open.
2. In the Students section (left side), click the Add Student
button. The Students window will open.
3. Click the click here to start button (bottom right). The Import
Students From Text (.txt) or CSV File (.scv) window will
expand open.
4. Follow the Formatting and Import instructions provided onscreen.
NOTE: You will need to export your course roster as a CSV
file from Moodle and re-format it according to the on-screen
instructions. We have found it best for you to include/add a
password column to this CSV file and make the password the
same for all students. Students may then login to iPeer and
change their password via their Edit Profile (top right) button.
Please contact the Instructional Media Lab for assistance with
importing your course roster to iPeer.
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Create Groups
Groups window
Plus Sign button
to expand Import
Groups section
Manual Entry
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Courses tab, and select the name
of the course that you would like to create groups in. The
course’s homepage will open.
2. In the Groups section (left side), click the Create Group
button. The Groups window will open.
3. Enter a number in the Group Number field, and enter a name
in the Group Name field.
4. From the Filtered Students column select the student(s) that
you would like to be in the group and click Assign>>.
5. Once you have populated the group, click the Add Group
button.
Import Groups from CSV
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Courses tab, and select the name
of the course that you would like to add students to. The
course’s homepage will open.
2. In the Groups section (left side), click the Create Group
button. The Groups window will open.
3. Click the plus sign button (bottom right) to expand the Import
Groups from Text (.txt) or CSV File (.csv) section.
4. Follow the Formatting and Import instructions provided onscreen.
Please contact the Instructional Media Lab for assistance with
importing your course roster to iPeer.
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Evaluation Tools
Overview
iPeer provides four different Evaluation Tools:
Evaluation Tools window
• Simple: students evaluate each other with a single numeric
rating and an optional comment. Students are presented with a
table with one row per group member and a slider to rate each
member relative the others, as well as a mark field to directly
enter a numeric rating.
• Rubric: students evaluate each other using an instructordefined
rubric that has multiple criteria and mastery levels.
• Mixed: students fill ot a multi-part evaluation for each other;
part one is a rubric, and part two is a series of short-answer
essay questions.
• TeamMaker Survey: All students provide answers to a class
survey.
The first three Evaluation Tools are group-based—you have to group
students into teams prior to assigning an Evaluation Tool to them.
The TeamMaker Survey is for all students to respond to, unrelated to
their assigned groups. This tool is buggy and we do not recommend its
use at this time.
Simple Evaluation - Student View
Create a Simple Evaluation
1. Log in to iPeer and click on the Evaluation Tools tab. The All
My Tools area will display a list of any Evaluation Tools that
you have created.
2. In the Simple Evaluations section, click the Add Simple
Evaluation button (right side).
3. Enter a descriptive name for the evaluation in the Evaluation
Name field, and enter a relative score value that each group
member is worth in the Base Point Per Member field. (For
example: if you set the Base Point Per Member value to 10,
enable self-evaluation, and there are 3 students in the group, a
total of 30 points will need to be distributed amongst the team
members.)
4. Click Save.
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Rubric - Student View
Mixed Evaluation - Student View
Create a Rubric
1. Log in to iPeer and click on the Evaluation Tools tab. The All
My Tools area will display a list of any Evaluation Tools that
you have created.
2. In the Rubrics section, click the Add Rubric button (right
side).
3. Enter a descriptive name for the evaluation in the Rubric
Name field.
4. Select a number of Level of Mastery columns from the dropdown
menu.
5. Select a number of Criteria rows from the drop-down menu.
6. Select public or private from the Rubric Availability dropdown
menu to make your rubric available to other iPeer
instructors or only yourself.
7. Click Next. A Rubric Preview window will appear.
8. Click Add Rubric to save it.
Create a Mixed Evaluation
1. Log in to iPeer and click on the Evaluation Tools tab. The All
My Tools area will display a list of any Evaluation Tools that
you have created.
2. In the Mixed Evaluations section, click the Add Mix
Evaluation button (right side).
3. Enter a descriptive name for the evaluation in the Mix
Evaluation Name field.
4. Select a number of Likert Question rows from the drop-down
menu.
5. Select a number of Level of Scale columns from the dropdown
menu.
6. Select a number of Pre-fill Text Question from the drop-down
menu.
7. Select public or private from the Rubric Availability dropdown
menu to make your rubric available to other iPeer
instructors or only yourself.
8. Click Next. A Mix Evaluation Preview window will appear.
9. Enter your Evaluation content and then click Add Mix
Evaluation to save it.
Edit an Evaluation
1. Click on the Evaluation Tools tab.
2. In the top menu click Simple Evaluations, Rubrics, or Mixed
Evaluations.
3. Righ-click (Control-click) on the name of the Evaluation
that you wish to edit and select Edit Evaluation from the
contextual menu.
4. Make your edits and then click Edit (and Update Format) or
Edit Mixed Evaluation.
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Evaluation Events
Create an Evaluation Event
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Home tab, and select the name of
the course that you would like to create an Evaluation Event
in. The course’s homepage will open.
2. In the Evaluation Events section (right side), click the Add
Event button. The Events window will open.
3. Enter a title for the event in the Event Title field.
4. Select an Evaluation format from the Evaluation Format dropdown
menu (Simple, Rubric, or Mix Evaluation), and then
select a specific Evaluation name from list drop-down menu.
5. Select a Due Date as well as Release Dates from the calendar
tools.
6. From the Available Groups list, select the name of the
group(s) that you would like to participate in the Evaluation
Event and click Assign.
7. Click Add Event.
Review Evalution Event Results
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Home tab, and select the name
of the Event that you would like to view. The Evaluations
window will open with a summary of the specific Evaluation
Event results.
From this page you can see how many students have
completed the evaluation and/or how many were late in
completion.
2. Click Results to view evaluation results from each group’s
submissions.
From this page you can mark peer evaluations as having been
Reviewed or Not Reviewed by you; as well as Release Grades
and/or Release Comments, depending on the evaluatio format.
When using the Rubric format you will need to click the Detail
button to access these advanced directives.
Export Evaluation Event Results
1. Log in to iPeer, click on the Home tab, and select the name
of the Event that you would like to view. The Evaluations
window will open with a summary of the specific Evaluation
Event results.
2. Click Export Evaluations (top left). The export Evaluation
Results window will open.
3. Check all items that you would like to be included in the
exported CSV file.
4. Click Export. A CSV file will be downloaded that includes all
Evaluation Events to date.
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