Blackboard's Self & Peer Review Tool - An overview

I'll be doing a series on this tool because I think it could be something along these lines...

As "Dropbox" was to "Assignment Manager," "Assignment Manager" will be to the "Self and Peer Review" tool.

One of the problems with our large classes is that assessments are typically done infrequently and in multiple choice format. This approach aids long-term recall much less than does repeated testing, which might be better described as repeated required opportunities for recall (fill-in-the-blank, short answer, essay) as opposed to recognition (multiple choice).

Instructors know this, but they also know they cannot grade 95 essays or short answer responses time and time again.

Enter Blackboard's Self & Peer Assessment tool.

Using this, students not only submit an assignment for review, but they are then required to assess the quality of a number of their peers' assignments  and thereby multiply the opportunities to study and analyze the material -- all with assessment criteria provided by their instructor.

Here's a link to my tool overview: http://bit.ly/Bbpeerreview

Read more about improving recall:
"Recent Research on Human Learning Challenges Conventional Instructional Strategies"