Who is assessing whom?

Many of Moodle's modules are organized so that the teacher gives feedback on students' performance, but other assessment relationships are also possible. Each can contribute in positive ways to language learning. Here are examples of how Moodle features or modules can be used to change the assessment relationship to other than the default — teacher assessing students. The rating and comments features are controlled on the module set-up pages.

Students assess students

Feature	Details	Examples in this book
Rating feature	Students can grade each other's work on a simple rating scale.	Chapter 3, Vocabulary Activities, Activity 4 Chapter 7, Writing Activities, Activity 7
Comments feature	In the Glossary, Database, OUblog, E-Portfolio, Workshop, and Forum modules, students can comment on each other's contributions. Students can comment on and grade draft and/or final versions of each other's work according to predetermined assessment criteria.	Chapter 3, Vocabulary...