Groupwork has become a key element of programme design and has the potential to improve student engagement, performance, marks, and retention, however, this potential is lost if the assessment design is not seen as fair (Davies, 2009; Gibbs, 2009; Meijer et al., 2020).  

BuddyCheck is an easy to use peer evaluation tool within Canvas, which allows students to evaluate each team member’s performance in a group activity, as well as self-assessment. During the last year, many LJMU tutors have used this system. Some of them will be attending this session to discuss the issues surrounding groupwork assessment and their experiences of using BuddyCheck. This will also give you a chance to hear and discuss the practice around group assessment and meet others with an interest in this area.  

• Jenkinson, Ian I.D.Jenkinson@ljmu.ac.uk 

• Qabshoqa, Mohammed M.T.Qabshoqa@ljmu.ac.uk 

• Harris, Clare C.B.Harris@ljmu.ac.uk 

• Darlington, Rob R.I.Darlington@ljmu.ac.uk 

• Yule, Eleanor E.R.Yule@ljmu.ac.uk 

• Zajitschek, Susanne S.R.Zajitschek@ljmu.ac.uk 

The session will also briefly describe the tool and present some of the findings from an internal evaluation.  

About this network 

This network focuses on sharing practice in the use of feedback to support student learning. The network will allow you to discuss research and practice in this area. 

There is more information on past sessions and topic covered by this network on the Assessment and feedback network page 

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