How do I know if I have a peer review discussion to complete?

Your instructor can assign you to review another student's discussion post. You can view peer review notifications in Canvas in the Recent Activity Stream, the To Do list, and from the individual discussion page. Once peer reviews are assigned, you can also be notified according to your Canvas notification settings.

Learn how to submit a peer review discussion.

00:07: How do I know if I have a peer-reviewed discussion to complete? 00:11: On your dashboard. You can view recent activity in your Global activity stream. 00:16: Recent activity will display a peer review and the name of the course. 00:20: Click the show more link to access the assignment and view the name of the peer review 00:24: student. If a peer review is anonymous the name 00:28: will show as Anonymous user. 00:31: On both the dashboard and the course homepage sidebar. 00:33: The to-do list shows the peer review discussion. 00:37: Peer reviews are identified with the peer review icon to review the discussion. 00:41: Click the peer review for discussion name link. 00:46: On the assignments page you can view peer-review links for discussions. 00:51: You can also view peer reviews when viewing discussions in course 00:55: navigation. Click the discussions link. 00:58: Peer-reviewed discussions display the peer review icon click the title 01:02: of the discussion. 01:04: Proceed with the peer review for the specified assignment 01:08: The guide covered knowing if you have a peer-reviewed discussion to complete.

View Dashboard

Once a peer review is assigned to you, a notification will appear in several dashboard areas.

View Recent Activity

View Recent Activity

On your Dashboard, you can view recent activity in your Global Activity Stream. Recent activity will display a peer review and the name of the course. Click the Show More link to access the assignment and view the name of the peer review student.

If a peer review is anonymous, the name will show as Anonymous User.

View To Do List

View To Do List

On both the Dashboard and the Course Home Page sidebar, the To Do list shows the peer review discussion. Peer reviews are identified with the Peer Review icon. To review the discussion, click the Peer Review for [Discussion Name] link.

Note: Currently the Due Date in the To Do List does not accurately display the due date for completing your peer review. If details about your peer review are not already included in the details of your graded discussion, please contact your instructor.

View Assignments Page

View Assignments Page

On the Assignments page, you can view peer review links for discussions.

Open Discussions

Open Discussions

You can also view peer reviews when viewing discussions. In Course Navigation, click the Discussions link.

Note: You can also access your Assignments through your Dashboard, Course Activity Stream, Assignments, the Syllabus, Gradebook, Calendar, or Modules.

Open Discussion

Open Discussion

Peer review discussions display the peer review icon [1]. Click the title of the discussion [2].

View Assigned Peer Review

View Assigned Peer Review

Text indicates that you have a peer review and for which student [1].

To submit the peer review, click the Review Now link [2].