Workshop is a powerful peer assessment activity. Students add submissions which are then distributed amongst their peers for assessment based on a grading scale specified by the teacher. There are two grades for each students: a grade for their submitted work, and a grade for their peer assessments of other students' work.
Add a Workshop Activity
1. On your Moodle course, click Turn editing on.
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2. Click +Add an activity or resource in the section where you want to add the Workshop activity.
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3. In the Add an activity or resource window, select Workshop. The Adding a new Workshop page will open.
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4. On the Adding a new Workshop page, enter a name for the activity in the Workshop name field and provide instructions of the Workshop activity in the Description field (optional).
![General setting](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218272288/original/CXcPwck07RMnVmVpUIkU2cKItvt2LxJVXg.png?1620385555)
5. Determine the Grading settings.
- Grading strategy: Determine the grading method for submissions.
- Accumulative grading: It enables comments and a grade to be given regarding specified aspects.
- Comments: It enables students to comment regarding specified aspects but no grade can be given.
- Number of errors: It enables comments and a yes/not assessment regarding specified assertions.
- Rubric: It provides a level assessment regarding specified criteria.
- Grade for submission: Reflect the maximum grade for a submission.
- Submission grade pass: Set the minimum grade required to pass the assignment.
- Grade for assessment: Reflect the maximum grade that can be obtained for assessing peers' submissions.
- Assessment grade to pass: Set the minimum grade required to pass the peer assessment.
- Decimal places in grades: Reflect the number of decimal places for the assessment and submission grades.
![Grading settings](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218273878/original/sSkTYZwogur2sZtBALiNjxGqSk-_ncM6Vg.png?1620385837)
6. Determine the Submission settings.
- Instructions for submission: Students will see the instructions for submitting their work when the workshop is in the Submission phase.
- Submission types: Select submission types.
- Maximum number of submission attachments: students will be able to upload up to the set number of files for their submission.
- Submission attachment allowed file types: Click Choose button to select file types students can submit to the workshop.
- Maximum submission attachment size: Set the maximum size of attachment size.
- Late submissions: Students may submit their work after the submissions deadline or during the Assessment phase. Late submissions cannot be edited.
![Submission settings](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218274345/original/O0k02mvtLO7zhHJTdJPmRXKdmhjbz_572g.png?1620385923)
7. In the Assessment settings section, provide instructions for assessing their peers' submissions when the workshop is in the Assessment phase. If you enable Use self-assessment, students may assess their own submissions and they will receive a grade for assessment in addition to a grade for their submission.
![Assessment settings](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218274795/original/J7Vknk9swSDdzSl7me8ZTwuWb74kPXxnGw.png?1620386003)
8. Configure Feedback section.
- Overall feedback mode: If enabled, the text field is displayed at the bottom of the assessment form.
- Maximum number of overall feedback attachments: Students will be able to upload up to the set number of files for their feedback.
- Feedback attachment allowed file types: Click Choose button to select file types students can submit to the workshop.
- Maximum overall feedback attachment size: Each upload cannot exceed this attachment size.
- Conclusion: The text here is displayed to students upon completing the Grading evaluation phase assessment.
![Feedback settings](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218296884/original/j46tVpsTUjI4DVqUAghfIWBgiPVyk6t9Tg.png?1620389940)
9. In the Example submissions section, if you enable Use examples, students can try assessing one or more example submissions and compare their assessment with a reference assessment. The grade is not counted in the grade for assessment.
Mode of examples assessment: Allows the instructor to make the assessment of the example submission voluntary or mandatory to complete.
![Example submissions settings](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218294419/original/JHjeOocC0MBfH4Fm5fA5hlOHDZflWVxf0w.png?1620389545)
10. Adjust the Workshop availability settings.
- Open for submission from: Determine when students can begin to submit their work for assessment.
- Submission deadline: Determine when the submission for assessment will be due.
- Switch to the next phase after the submissions deadline: If the submissions deadline is specified and this box is checked, the workshop will automatically switch to the Assessment phase after the submissions deadline.
- Open for assessment from: Determine when students can begin to submit their assessments.
- Deadline for assessment: Determine when the assessment will be due.
![Availability settings](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/2043218275731/original/uWB5KS62VsL7JDQdM9KTr5EYEvztgKON_Q.png?1620386184)
11. Click Save and display button and explore the Workshop phases.
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For more information on the Workshop phases, see Five Phases of Workshop Activity.