1) Make an anonymous key document
Use an excel spread sheet that contains the students names and emails, and then assign each student with a unique number. This unique number will be used to identify them in the system. You should not upload any personal data such as students names or emails into the service as this is against LJMU GDPR. You will upload the unique number instead and then refer to the key document if you need to identify a student.
Share this document with your team just in case they need to refer to it.
2) Sign up to the service
3) Create a new course in peerwise
Follow these steps
or follow this video
Don’t forget to add the student identifiers you are using from the key document
4) Distribute the anonymous usernames to the correct students via a mail merge
Students will need to have their usernames sent to them individually in order to complete the process of signing up to the service anonymously. The easiest way to do this is to perform a Mail merge using the data sheet that you have already created. this is a relatively easy process to perform using Microsoft Word and Excel. please read the following guidance on completing a mail merge
4) Inform the students
Research in practise would indicate that students need to know why you are asking them to do this on how the system works. The more students know about the benefits and how you can alleviate any possible concerns will motivate more students to engage. Please consider running demonstrations we're showing videos of how the system can both benefit yourself and students. Link to a student guide
5) Remind students
To increase engagement please consider reminding students and perhaps identify interesting or popular questions of the week in order to show students and remind them of the benefits of the service.
6) What if a student forgets their password?
Students can reset their own password as long as they have their unique identifier. if they have forgotten this you will need to remind them to help them with the password reset built into the system.