14.1 Peer Review of Group Project
Due by the deadline posted in the schedule to Google Docs shared with the instructor and the group members.
For your last step in the group project, you will review the website of another group. I will assign your peer-review closer to the project deadline.
Your peer review should follow the formatting guidelines for Peer Review Reports on pg. 311. However, in lieu of the categories on the example provided in the textbook, you should use the following categories from the assignment rubric:
To complete these reviews:
For your last step in the group project, you will review the website of another group. I will assign your peer-review closer to the project deadline.
Your peer review should follow the formatting guidelines for Peer Review Reports on pg. 311. However, in lieu of the categories on the example provided in the textbook, you should use the following categories from the assignment rubric:
- Audience Awareness
- Website Design/Navigation
- Ease of Instructions
- Clarity of Writing
To complete these reviews:
- Access your group website through the email that I send you Monday, April 21.
- Review your classmates' website.
- Type your peer review in a Google Doc and share it with the group and with myself.
Caution: Address all of the items in each category in your peer review reports. If you find that a website does an excellent job in a particular area, be specific about how that particular area of the report meets the guidelines. In other words, avoid statements like the following example:
Audience Awareness: Your awareness of audience is very good. You address your audience well.
Instead, elaborate on what in particular about the area makes this section good. Remember, good feedback elaborates on the positives as well as giving constructive feedback about areas that can be improved. For example:
Audience Awareness: Your primary audience is nurses. I can see that you clearly identify the types of writing that nurses will be called on to complete in the first page of the website. However, I have trouble understanding how the activity that you ask nurses to do on your "Write about It" webpage addresses any of the elements that nurses will actually encounter. Can you revise this to clarify how in particular the skills that nurses will practice on the "Write about It" page?
In other words, don't provide "empty" feedback about the positive areas of the website. Give good, constructive feedback about both the positives and the areas where the website can be improved.
When I evaluate these peer reviews, I will compare your review with my evaluation of the website. Therefore, if I notice that you gave the a "good job!" in an area that did not meet the criteria outlined in the grading scale, I will deduct points from your peer review. I'm not necessarily looking for you to exactly replicate my evaluation of the website, but I am looking for you to conduct an educated peer review based on the guidelines and concepts we have studied this semester in the course.
Audience Awareness: Your awareness of audience is very good. You address your audience well.
Instead, elaborate on what in particular about the area makes this section good. Remember, good feedback elaborates on the positives as well as giving constructive feedback about areas that can be improved. For example:
Audience Awareness: Your primary audience is nurses. I can see that you clearly identify the types of writing that nurses will be called on to complete in the first page of the website. However, I have trouble understanding how the activity that you ask nurses to do on your "Write about It" webpage addresses any of the elements that nurses will actually encounter. Can you revise this to clarify how in particular the skills that nurses will practice on the "Write about It" page?
In other words, don't provide "empty" feedback about the positive areas of the website. Give good, constructive feedback about both the positives and the areas where the website can be improved.
When I evaluate these peer reviews, I will compare your review with my evaluation of the website. Therefore, if I notice that you gave the a "good job!" in an area that did not meet the criteria outlined in the grading scale, I will deduct points from your peer review. I'm not necessarily looking for you to exactly replicate my evaluation of the website, but I am looking for you to conduct an educated peer review based on the guidelines and concepts we have studied this semester in the course.
Think About It
Audience Awareness
The primary audience for your peer review is your peer and the secondary audience for your peer review is Dr. Harris. Thus, you have to consider both the tone and the content of your writing. You will need to provide feedback that is helpful to your peer without being condescending and/or overly harsh. The purpose of the peer review is two-fold: to help your primary audience to revise their website and to also demonstrate to your secondary audience that you understand the basic elements of a website well enough to help others understand them, too.
Collaboration
Because you are working with a peer to make their work better, think about the type of feedback that you would like to receive and what would help you revise your website and do the same for your peer. Go above and beyond cheer leading in your review to provide clear and concise feedback regarding places you were unclear about the project or places where they did not follow the criteria for the project. As a professional, you will be required to analyze the work of others and be able to provide clear and helpful feedback; this project is a chance to practice that skill.
Information Literacy
As you review the work of your peers, be sure to indicate specific places in the textbook where they can go to find further information (i.e., if they are having trouble formatting the website, indicate the pages in the book that will help them with that part of the website).
Digital Literacy
At this point, you have submitted several documents through Google Docs. This peer review will be submitted through Google Docs so that you can share the document easily with multiple parties and so that you can work with the comments feature to answer any questions that your instructor or your peer might have regarding your peer review.
Audience Awareness
The primary audience for your peer review is your peer and the secondary audience for your peer review is Dr. Harris. Thus, you have to consider both the tone and the content of your writing. You will need to provide feedback that is helpful to your peer without being condescending and/or overly harsh. The purpose of the peer review is two-fold: to help your primary audience to revise their website and to also demonstrate to your secondary audience that you understand the basic elements of a website well enough to help others understand them, too.
Collaboration
Because you are working with a peer to make their work better, think about the type of feedback that you would like to receive and what would help you revise your website and do the same for your peer. Go above and beyond cheer leading in your review to provide clear and concise feedback regarding places you were unclear about the project or places where they did not follow the criteria for the project. As a professional, you will be required to analyze the work of others and be able to provide clear and helpful feedback; this project is a chance to practice that skill.
Information Literacy
As you review the work of your peers, be sure to indicate specific places in the textbook where they can go to find further information (i.e., if they are having trouble formatting the website, indicate the pages in the book that will help them with that part of the website).
Digital Literacy
At this point, you have submitted several documents through Google Docs. This peer review will be submitted through Google Docs so that you can share the document easily with multiple parties and so that you can work with the comments feature to answer any questions that your instructor or your peer might have regarding your peer review.