Kritik360 vs WebPA

Kritik360 is a web-based peer assessment product that helps students give constructive feedback on classmates’ work. Students assess peers anonymously with rubrics and can respond to feedback on their own evaluations. Instructors can upload a syllabus for AI to generate customizable assignments and rubrics, and calibration helps align student grading with an instructor’s baseline. The service integrates with learning management systems through LTI 1.3, supporting single sign-on, roster sync, and grade sync. Listed systems include Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard Ultra, Brightspace by D2L, Coursera, Schoology, Google Classroom, and Microsoft Teams (O365). Kritik advertises instructional designer and onboarding specialist support, plus 24/7 live chat. It says its services are hosted on AWS, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and storage is in Canada or the United States according to the institution’s location. Educator access is free. Kritik Scholar costs $29, paid once per student per course for one product; the page lists $49 for a two-product bundle. K-12 students get the first term free.

WebPA is an open-source, self-hosted web system for peer and self-assessment in higher-education group work. It combines peer assessments, self-assessments, and a group mark to calculate individual grades, with rubric scoring and moderation tools. Administrators download the application and configure a local instance, database credentials, and environment variables. The latest version lists PHP 7.4 or 8.0 with MySQLi, Sessions, and XML extensions enabled; Composer and the repository release page provide download routes. Standard installation does not include LTI support, but a separate connector can link WebPA with LTI-compliant environments such as Blackboard Learn, WebCT, and Moodle. Where services are available, it can synchronize memberships, groups, grades, outcomes, settings, enrolments, and timestamps; Moodle and Canvas membership and group services can use their APIs. WebPA is free and licensed under GNU GPL version 3. Loughborough support has ended, with archived documentation on GitHub and community support directed to the JISC mailing list.