Case Study: University of Waterloo achieves better peer feedback and saves grading time with Kritik

University of Waterloo - Customer Case Study

The University of Waterloo, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, faced a significant challenge in providing quality feedback to students in a large undergraduate course of nearly 400 students. With only two teaching assistants, facilitating peer assessment and thorough grading for over 500 potential submissions was overwhelming, leading to a reliance on inefficient 'spot marking' and depriving students of regular feedback crucial for their academic growth.

By implementing Kritik's peer assessment platform, the professor automated the feedback process, saving a week's worth of grading and administrative tasks. The solution provided students with frequent, constructive criticism, which they found fair and very positive, with a dispute rate of only 0.6%. Kritik enabled a deeper learning experience where students developed critical soft skills, and it allowed the professor to reallocate saved time towards mentoring and research instead of grading.

University of Waterloo

David Wang

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering