How to Create a Team Member Evaluation as a Canvas Assignment with Peerceptiv

At a Glance

Peerceptiv provides students with opportunities to give and receive peer feedback. Students can:

• Self-assessment (students evaluate their own contributions)
• Peer assessment (students evaluate teammates within their Canvas groups)
• Team-level assessment (students reflect on overall team performance)

In this guide, you’ll learn how to create a graded Team Member Evaluation as a Canvas assignment using Peerceptiv, so students see the due date on their Canvas calendars and you can view and release grades in the Canvas Gradebook.

Step 1: Create Your Groups in Canvas

If students will be evaluating their teammates and/or their group as a whole, you must first create groups in Canvas (if you haven’t already done so).

Peerceptiv syncs student groups directly from Canvas when you create a Team Member Evaluation assignment. Configure your groups in Canvas before setting up the Peerceptiv assignment to ensure students are automatically matched with their correct teammates.

To create your student groups in Canvas, see:

• How do I add a group set in a course?
• How do I manually create groups in a group set?
• How do I manually assign students to groups?

Step 2: Create a Canvas Assignment

In this step, you’ll create the Canvas assignment that connects your course to Peerceptiv. This is what allows the Team Member Evaluation to appear as a graded assignment in Canvas, with a due date on the Canvas Calendar and assignment grades synced to the Canvas Gradebook.

Once you complete this step, the assignment will be linked to Peerceptiv. You’ll create the evaluation itself in the next step.

1. In your Canvas course, click on Assignments in the Course Navigation Menu.
   
2. Click the +Assignment button.
   
3. Enter the assignment title and details:
   • Type the assignment title in the Assignment Name field [1]. If you created your assignment as an assignment shell, this field will be populated for you, but you can change it if necessary.
   • Use the Rich Content Editor to add images, text, links, equations, or insert media [2].
     
4. Enter the points for your assignment in the Points field [1]. Select an Assignment Group for the assignment in the Assignment Group drop-down menu (if applicable) [2].
   
5. Under Submission Type, select External Tool [1] and click the Find button [2].
   
6. In the Configure External Tool window, select the Load in new tab checkbox [1], and select Peerceptiv from the list [2].
   
7. Click the Select button.
   
8. Under Assign Access, enter a due date for the assignment in the Due Date field [1]. You also have the option to add availability dates in the Available from and Until fields [2].
   
9. Click Save and Publish.
   

Step 3: Create Your Course in Peerceptiv (One-Time Setup)

1. In your Canvas course, open the assignment you created in Step 2.
2. Click Load in a new window to launch Peerceptiv.
3. Click New Course.
   
4. Select Create Course.
   
5. On the New Course screen, enter the following:
   • Course Name: Enter your course number and title (e.g., 15.927 – Introduction to Accounting).
   • Discipline: Enter your department or leave this field blank.
   • Institution: Enter MIT Sloan.
   • Term: Select the term of your course (e.g., Spring 2026).
   • Label: Leave this field blank.
   • Mode: Select Sync.
6. Click Create.
   
7. On the Course created window, click Open Course.
   
8. Close the browser tab, then return to Canvas and continue to Step 4.

Step 4: Set Up the Team Member Evaluation in Peerceptiv

In this step, you’ll create the Team Member Evaluation in Peerceptiv. Once you complete this step, you’ll choose evaluation and feedback options.

1. In your Canvas course, open the assignment you created in Step 2.
2. Click Load in a new window to launch Peerceptiv.
3. On the Choose an assignment creation method screen, click Build a Custom Assignment.
   
4. On the Assignment Type screen, click Team Member Evaluation Only [1], and click Next [2].
   
5. On the Team Member Evaluation Only screen, click Student Groups [1] and click Next [2].
   
6. Optional: On the Reflection Phase screen, choose if you want students to submit a short written reflection on their received ratings and comments [1] and click Next [2].
   • IMPORTANT: Note that this is DIFFERENT from the self-evaluation, which focuses on individual contribution.
     
7. On the Confirm & Continue screen, click Submit.
   

Step 5: Choose Evaluation and Feedback Options in Peerceptiv

In this step, you’ll configure how your Team Member Evaluation works in Peerceptiv—what students evaluate, how feedback is graded, and how results are shared.

What You Can Include in the Evaluation

You can choose to have students:

• Evaluate their peers within their group
• Evaluate their group as a whole
• Complete an optional self-evaluation
• Give feedback anonymously to encourage honest responses

Configure the Evaluation Options in Peerceptiv

1. On the Details screen, enter an assignment name [1], enter a description [2], and click  Next [3].
   • IMPORTANT: Make sure the assignment name matches the Canvas assignment you created in Step 2.
     
2. On the Evaluation screen, choose what students will evaluate [1] and click Next [2].
   • Commonly Used Options at MIT Sloan:
     • Require students to evaluate their group’s peers (on by default)
       • Students rate each teammate individually.
     • Require students to evaluate the group as a whole
       • Students reflect on how the team perform overall.
     • Require students perform a self-evaluation
       • Students reflect on their own contributions.
     • Evaluators are anonymous 
       • Hides the names of evaluators so students see only anonymous ratings and comments, which can encourage more candid feedback.
         
   • Other Available Options:
     • Use a Points Allocation type evaluation model
       • Allows students to evaluate their peers by distributing a finite number of points (100) among their peers based on their performance.
     • Require students to evaluate the group leader
       • If you assign group leaders, students can evaluate that role.
     • Require students to evaluate the instructors
       • Students provide feedback on the instructor(s).
3. On the Grading screen, choose whether to show or hide ratings, comments, and/or grades from the Student Results page [1] and click Next [2].
   • For Grade Release, select Automatic or Manual.
     • Automatic Release: Students see their feedback and grades as soon as the deadline passes.
     • Manual Release: You review results first, then release feedback and grades when you’re ready.
   • You can also choose to hide any of the following from students:
     • Rating Results
     • Comment Results
     • Grade Results
       
4. On the Grading screen, choose how the evaluation is graded [1] and click Next [2].
   • If you’re not using the points allocation model (which is completion-only), you can decide how grades are calculated. You can base the assignment grade on:
     • Completion: Students receive credit for completing all evaluation steps.
     • Peer ratings: Grades reflect the feedback students receive from teammates.
     • A combination of both: Part completion, part peer ratings.
       
   • Optional: You can also choose to automatically assign a zero if a student does not complete all evaluation steps by selecting the Automatically issue a 0% Overall Grade if evaluations are incomplete checkbox.
5. On the Deadlines screen, choose when the evaluation opens and when students must submit their evaluations [1]. If you enabled the Reflection phase in Step 3, set when students must submit their reflections as well [1]. When finished, click Next [2].
   
6. On the Advanced screen, choose whether you want students to receive email notifications [1] and click Next [2].
   
7. On the Finish screen, click Finish.
   
8. On the Assignment Created screen, click Continue to Dashboard.
   

Step 6: Set Up the Evaluation Rubric(s) in Peerceptiv

In this step, you’ll choose how feedback is collected—using rating scales, written comments, or both.

If students are evaluating their group members, Peerceptiv automatically adds a default Group Member Evaluation rubric that you can use as-is, edit, or replace with your own. And if you enable self-evaluation, students will use that same rubric to assess their own contributions—no separate setup needed.

What You Can Include in the Evaluation

You can design your rubrics to:

• Use rating questions for scored feedback
• Add open-ended questions for qualitative feedback
• Require written comments along with their ratings

Create or Edit Your Evaluation Rubrics in Peerceptiv

1. In your Canvas course, open the assignment you created in Step 2.
2. Click Load in a new window to launch Peerceptiv.
3. On your Peerceptiv Dashboard, click Rubrics in the Assignment Menu.
   
4. On the Assignment Rubric Menu screen, add a rubric for each evaluation you enabled in Steps 3 and 4. To create or update a rubric, click Edit.
   
5. For each evaluation, you can customize your rubric prompts in the following ways:
   • Add a Prompt: Click Add Prompt to include a new question.
     
   • Edit a Prompt: Click Edit to revise the wording of a question.
     
   • Delete a Prompt:
     • Click Edit for a prompt.
       
     • Click the Trash icon.
       
   • Reorder Prompts: Use the Up or Down Arrows to change the order.
     
   • Hide Results from Students: When this option is enabled, students will not see ratings or comments for that specific prompt on their results page—even if other feedback is shared:
     • Click Edit for a prompt.
       
     • Click Advanced Settings.
       
     • Turn Show on Student Results off.
       
     • Click Save.
       

Step 7: Sync Groups from Canvas to Peerceptiv

In this step, you’ll sync your student groups from Canvas to Peerceptiv.

1. In your Canvas course, open the assignment you created in Step 2.
2. Click Load in a new window to launch Peerceptiv.
3. On your Peerceptiv Dashboard, click Groups in the Assignment Menu.
   
4. Click More [1] and select Group Sync [2] from the drop-down menu.
   
5. On the Group Sync window, choose the group set [1] you set up in Step 2 and click Sync [2] to import your groups.
   
6. On the Group Sync Initiated window, click Continue.
   

Step 8: Publish the Team Member Evaluation in Peerceptiv

In this step, you’ll publish the evaluation so students can access it.

1. In your Canvas course, open the assignment you created in Step 2.
2. Click Load in a new window to launch Peerceptiv.
3. On the Peerceptiv Dashboard, select Publish.
   

Once the evaluation is published in Peerceptiv, confirm that it’s also published in Canvas to ensure students can access it.