peerScholar vs TEAMMATES

peerScholar is a formative peer-assessment platform from Cogneeto Inc. Its activity formats are Classic, Case Study, and Group Work. In Classic activities, students submit work, assess peers, receive feedback, and may revise and resubmit. Group Work can include group assessments, individual assessments, and evaluations of group members. Assessment controls include multiple choice, points, dropdowns, star ratings, checkboxes, Likert scales, rubrics, and comments; peer feedback can use scales, matrix rubrics, points, dropdowns, comments, and annotations. Grades may combine instructor or teaching-team evaluations, peer ratings, and participation. The platform connects to learning management systems and virtual learning environments through LTI 1.3 and APIs, with single sign-on, roster, group, and grade synchronization. The WCET offer describes 24/7 support through email, in-app, chat, and social media. It is available through web and API. Pricing is on request; the listed WCET Promotional plan costs $4,500 a year and includes unlimited courses, faculty, team members, students, and activities.

TEAMMATES is a web-based peer feedback management system for instructors seeking flexibility beyond their main learning management system. Instructors and students are its intended users, and the project describes the system as highly configurable, including for pedagogical research into peer feedback mechanisms. The service is hosted on Google App Engine and is a joint effort supported by the National University of Singapore School of Computing.

The Free plan costs nothing. The team says it will provide the service free for as long as it can, but may change or end it at its discretion. Its terms say the team will try to protect user data while advising against storing information users want to keep confidential. The service is provided without warranty, and users are responsible for risks arising from use. The features page describes a workflow, but its diagrams appear as images without accompanying text. The listed platform is web.