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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
Queen's Security Assessment completed: Yes
Link to Tool:
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 subÑý¼§Ö±²¥s, 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 subÑý¼§Ö±²¥s 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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