Peerceptiv vs WebPA

Peerceptiv is a peer learning platform for higher education, covering peer review, peer assessment, team member evaluation, group formation, and live presentations. It supports assignments involving writing, presentations, video uploads, computer code, and group projects. Live Presentation tools let audiences submit rubric-based reviews while producing real-time data about presentations and reviewers. Team Member Evaluation combines quantitative and qualitative feedback, 360-style reviews, and role-specific rubrics. Group Formation can match participants using calendar availability, instructor priorities, similarity or dissimilarity logic, and customizable surveys. Proprietary research-validated machine learning calculates results and provides personalized performance feedback. Integrations include Canvas, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle with automatic roster syncing. Campus subscriptions add LTI, single sign-on, student auto-population, and grade passback. Instructors can create a free account. Paid options include campus, student, faculty, department, workforce, and special-application arrangements, with pricing available on request. Peerceptiv states SOC 2 Type II compliance and support responses within 24 hours.

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.