Introduction to Buddycheck | 11 Mar 2025, 11.00-12.00 | Educational Enhancement
Overview
This session will explain why Buddycheck is a useful tool to use with groupwork assessments, as well as provide a demonstration of how the tool works in Canvas.
Participants will have the opportunity to participate in discussions about groupwork, as well as see how Buddycheck can:
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collect students’ scores and feedback on their own and their peers’ contributions to group work
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provide your students with automated yet personalised feedback on their contributions
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use peer scores to calculate and apply individual weightings to marks awarded for group submissions
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make assessment of group work fairer through increased accountability and peer-moderation of grades
Audience
This session will be of value to:
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Staff with teaching responsibilities
Additional information
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This session assumes prior experience of setting up assignments in Canvas.
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A recording of the last time this session ran, along with the resources used in the session, are available on Educational Enhancement’s Buddycheck Workshop Canvas page.
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Please specify on the booking form if you have any specific access requirements for this session.
- Zoom link: https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/99693438250