Part 2
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Part 2. Evaluate the presentations of two of your peers and evaluate yourself.
To do this, you will fill out an evaluation form that I have composed under Helpful Documents. On this form, you will grade your peers’ presentation on a scale of 1-100 based on several criteria. Think like a teacher and you are assigning a grade, so 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B, and so on. Upload your evaluations as a reply to the presenter's original upload. In other words, do not start a new discussion topic for your evaluation. Upload your critiques in the form of a Word document to the forum. Don't forget you have to also evaluate yourself.
Any evaluations uploaded late will not be accepted and will miss out on 60 points.
Helpful Information: You will review the presentations of 2 of your peers, and each completed peer evaluation will be worth 20 points for a total of 40 points. You will also evaluate your own presentation for 20 points. So, the total point value for this review forum is 60 points. Your evaluations will be graded as follows:
· 20 points for a critique that is thorough, accurate, and detailed
· 10 points for a thrown-together or not well thought out and superficial critique
· 0 points for a sloppy and obviously inaccurate critique.
I know it can be uncomfortable reviewing/grading a peer. However, in the real world you will be put in uncomfortable situations like this, so use this assignment as an opportunity to work on this skill. The best gift you can give your peers is an honest evaluation. I expect your critiques to be professional and not condescending. So, if the presentation has too many words and the slides are too crowded, you might make a suggestion like this: "According to our textbook, you should use minimal words on a slide so that your slides are not crowded. I suggest you spend more time finding pictures that demonstrate your point rather than filling up the slides with words."
Additionally, it can be hard to receive critical feedback from peers and even instructors. This critical feedback is essential, however, to be able to see where you need to work harder to improve. Remember, you have looked at this presentation so many times that you have lost your objectivity, so you need outside help! I fully expect you to see your peer's comments as valuable, and I want you to incorporate their suggestions into your next draft. If you do not feel like a suggestion from a peer is correct, please send me an email, and I will review that suggestion for you.
I will be looking to make sure you are honest in your evaluation of your peers. If an obviously 50 (F) presentation is given a 90 level score (or vice versa), you will receive negative points for the evaluation. This rule is in place to prevent the very common student practice of rating all student peers between 90 and 95 on everything. Honor, integrity, and trustworthiness are required of evaluators.
