This document provides instructions for completing a peer review assignment. Students are expected to review a classmate's submission for Milestone 5 by leaving comments on the document using highlighting and comment tools. They must also leave summary comments addressing the strongest part of the submission, aspects of the introduction and outline that need work, and what they learned. Finally, students must complete a rubric evaluating their peer's work. The goal is to provide constructive feedback to help improve writing quality.

1. Peer Review
If you submitted your Milestone 5 assignment on time, you
should have received one peer review to complete at the start of
Module 6. If you do not see a peer review to complete or if
you have other questions, please contact your instructor as soon
as possible.
Begin by reading pages 6.12 through 6.14 in your webtext on
the peer-review process.
Then view the following video on
how to leave peer review feedback. (Links to an external site.)
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. [Video: 3:07 minutes]. Closed Captioned.
Assignment Instructions
Step 1: Read Your Peer’s Milestone 5 Submission and Review
the Rubric
Go to the assignment
submission page for Milestone 5
and look for Assigned Peer Reviews in the top right corner.
Click on the student’s submission to get started reading the
document. You should also click on “show rubric” in the upper -
right hand corner to review the rubric for this assignment.

2. Step 2: Leave Comments Using the Doc Viewer
You are expected to leave constructive comments for your peer
in two places. First, you should leave comments on the
document itself using the doc viewer, as shown in the video
above. You should use the highlight, text, and comments tools
to “mark up” your peer’s document with feedback as if you
were writing on their paper copy with a pen. Do not focus on
little details like writing errors, typos, or APA style. Instead,
your comments should focus on the content, making sure to
address the following:
Is their introduction paragraph clear? Does it grab your
attention?
Is the thesis statement clear, concise, and argumentative? Is it
in the correct location as the last sentence of the i ntroduction?
Does the outline seem clearly organized and do all of the body
paragraphs relate back to the topic?
Do they have enough evidence to support their argument? Did
they use appropriates sources to back up their supporting
details?
Does their explanation of evidence make sense and relate back
to their thesis?
Guidelines for giving constructive feedback:
Give positive feedback about things done well or liked
very much, and explain why.

3. Give critical feedback with the goal of helping your peer
improve the quality of their research and writing.
Use the rubric to guide the important points of your feedback.
Ask questions when you are unsure of your peer’s thoughts or
intent.
Step 3: Leave Summary Comments in the Comments Box
Once you've completed your “mark up” of your peer’s work,
you will leave some summary comments in the “Add a
Comment” box on the right-hand side of the screen. Your
summary comments
must answer the following four questions:
What was the strongest part of their submission?
What aspects of the introduction do they need to work on?
What aspects of their outline do they need to work on?
What did you learn by reading their submission?
Step 4: Complete the Rubric
Click “show rubric” in the upper-right hand corner of the page
and complete the attached rubric by clicking on a box in each of
the categories. Don’t worry that this score will impact your
peer’s course grade, your rubric score will be overridden by the
instructor’s rubric score. However, it is still important to click
through the rubric as part of your evaluation of your peer’s

4. work. Once you click “save” on the rubric, you cannot re-enter
it to change your choices, so be sure you finished clicking all of
the rubric rows before clicking save.
Once you have completed all required steps, your assigned peer
review in Milestone 5 should include a "check mark" icon next
to it rather than an exclamation point, as shown here:
Submission Instructions
By
Sunday night of Module 6
make sure you have completed the following required pieces of
Milestone 6 Peer Review:
Comments on your peer’s document via the document viewer
tools (highlight, comment, text)
Summary comments in the comments box
Click through the rubric for each category
Evaluation
This assignment is due Sunday by 11:59 pm ET.
There is nothing for you to submit to this page. Your peer
review will be completed as indicated above.
This assignment will be evaluated according to the
IND301 Milestone 6 Rubric
. Make sure to review the rubric before submitting so you know

5. how you will be assessed.
This assignment is worth 5% of your overall course grade.