Overview
STEP 1: Please submit your complete Final Paper draft here in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf format (.docx preferred) no later than NOON July 21. Also, to preserve anonymity, please be sure that no identifying information (e.g., name, email address, student id, etc.) is visible in the body of your draft or in the file properties. For a demo on how to remove identifying information from .docx files, please see the video below:
STEP 2: Submitted Final Paper drafts will be assigned for review no later than 11:59pm July 21 only to students who submitted a review-ready, complete draft of their own. You can access the Final Paper draft assigned to you to review by following the directions in the video linked below:
STEP 3: Please use the file below as a template to complete your Peer-Review/Edit questionnaire. Be sure to consider your peer's draft carefully and take time to provide constructive and critical feedback. Each Final Paper draft has its own strengths and its own set of needs. Please be cordial but candid and direct. Your original author will be grateful for your thoughtful and incisive feedback.
PAR 215 Final Paper Peer Review Instructions and Questionnaire Summer II 2025.docx
STEP 4: Submit your completed review questionnaire as an attachment in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf format no later than NOON July 23. The attachment procedure is explained in the video linked above.
Please be sure to follow the instructions presented at the top of the review questionnaire, and take notice of the Peer Review/Edit scoring criteria presented there, also. Lastly, and just as you did when preparing your Final Paper draft for double blind review, please preserve anonymity by making sure that no identifying information or appears in the body of your completed review or in the file properties.
STEP 5: The completed review of your Final Paper draft should be available for you to view no later than NOON July 23. Please read and consider your reviewer's comments and reconsider your Final Paper draft. Your work is ultimately your responsibility, so whether or not you follow your reviewer's suggestions is for you to decide. Either way, be sure to reconsider your own work in the light of your chosen paper topic and in the light of the required guidelines for the Final Paper. Final Papers will be scored explicitly and exclusively on the basis of those guidelines. If you are unsure about what to make of any of the feedback your reviewer provided, or if you are unsure about how to proceed with any particular revisions, please email me. Final Papers are to be submitted in Module 4 by 11:59pm July 24.. You will need to follow the instructions in the video below to view the comments and completed questionnaire generated by you peer-reviewer: