Jennifer - I have my students complete the peer evaluations in class (on paper) on the last class day of the semester, which eliminates the possibility of students "forgetting" to do them. I have to enter their peer evaluation scores by hand into my grade spreadsheet, but that isn't a huge problem as my classes are relatively small (usually 10-30 students). - Mark On 1/3/2013 9:27 AM, Jennifer Imazeki wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone else had issues with students who do not complete the team > evaluations at the end of the semester? My students complete theirs > online, though the LMS, and there are always a couple students who > 'forget'. This fall, there were more than usual (at least seven out of > a class of 55); one team was particularly bad so the resulting scores > only came from three of the six members. I do make the consequence > fairly severe - if they do not complete the evaluations, then they do > not get to use the Team RA scores (that is, the weight that would have > been given to the Team RAs is instead given to their individual RAs, > which are generally substantially lower). For most students, this has > the effect of lowering their final semester grade by at least a > plus/minus, sometimes more. Of course, when they see their grade, THEN > they remember that they were supposed to do the evaluations but it's > too late since all the grades are submitted. But I've had to deal with > a lot of whining... > > What strategies do you all use to make sure the evaluations get done? > > thanks, > Jennifer > **************************** > Jennifer Imazeki > Department of Economics > San Diego State University > homepage: jenniferimazeki.com <http://jenniferimazeki.com> > Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com > > > > -- Mark Stevens, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Community & Regional Planning University of British Columbia 223-1933 West Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/profiles/faculty/Mark%20Stevens