peach

Erik ScheffersTom Verhoeff

Math & CSSoftware Eng. & Tech.

peach features

• Web-based client-server system: see peach3.nl• Open Source Software, ready for mobile

• User categories: student, grader, teacher, observer• Collect, store, access, evaluate, compare submitted

work (versioned) and accompanying data• Multiple courses, with groups, over multiple years

• Copy registration from TU/e Oase• Log in with TU/e account

• Deadline management• Automatic evaluation, configurable per assignment• Multiple (programming) languages• Double-blind peer reviews

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What peach is (not)

• Focus: Work delivered by students in a course• Organizes communication about …• Automates processing of …

• Not: comprehensive Education Support System• Registration, grouping (possible)• Content management, adaptive delivery (NOT)• Workflow management (NOT)• Progress tracking (a bit), record keeping (minimal)• On-line community (NOT)• Grade administration (possible)

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Peer Reviewing via Ranking

• Students submit (home)work• Each student reviews work of 5 other students

• Within cluster of 35–50 students• Given reviewing guidelines• Submit ranking and optionally individual review reports

• All rankings are exported from peach• Combined to produce total ranking

• Staff grades 3–5 works• Other grades obtained by interpolation• Grades are imported into peach

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