PebblePad Guide for External Assessors
As an External Assesor, you have been provided with restricted access to the area of PebblePad where you can access submissions from students whose work you need to assess. This guide will show you how to:
- login to PebblePad
- find your students' submissions
- add comments to their work
Login to PebblePad
Log into PebblePad here: https://v3.pebblepad.co.uk/login/leeds.
You will see this log-in screen:
- Choose the External contributor/Assessor account option.
- Enter your email address as your username.
- Enter the password you set-up when an account was created for you (if you have forgotten this, use the forgot password option).
- Click on Login to PebblePad.
Choosing your organisation:
What you see next will depend on whether you assess across more than one organisation. If you are an assessor for multiple organisations you may see a separate tile for each organisation.
Choose tile for the University of Leeds. If you assess for only Leeds you will be taken straight to the External user account overview page.
Find your Students' Submissions
The way in which you find your students' submissions will depend on the method used for setting up the External Assessor access. There are two main methods:
- A student only needs to save their work for it to be automatically submitted to a workspace. The External Assessor is provided with access to the workspace from which to view the student's submission.
- A student actively shares their work with their External Assessor who when accesses a direct link from the PebblePad dashboard to the student's submission.
Guidance for Accessing Students' Submissions Via a Direct Link to their Work (method 1).
Once you have logged into PebblePad, under Items shared for assessment and if students you will see a list of links to submissions students have shared with you:
Click on a submission link to access the student's work.
If you prefer, instead of logging into PebblePad as described above, when a student has shared their work you will receive an email from them which contains a link. You can click on this to access your PebblePad dashboard and the list of any submissions that have been shared with you.
Guidance for Accessing a Students' Submissions Via a Workspace (method 2)
Once you have logged-in to PebblePad, under Workspaces you will see a list of workspaces you have access to (you may have to scroll down):
Click on the workspace relevant to the cohort of students whose work you are assessing.
Now select the Submissions page. (NB: If you do not have access to the Submissions tab you do not have permission to access submissions via this method. You will need to use method 1 above or contact the workspace owner to gain the relevant permissions).
If there is more than one assignment in the workspace, you will need to pick the relevant one. Click on the drop-down menu next to you are viewing and choose the relevant assignment.
You will now see a list of submissions:
Click on a submission to enter it.
Add Comments to a Student's Submission
Navigate to the section of the workbook in which you have been asked to view students' work and add comments. The following image is an example. The workbook you are looking at may have a different layout:
Any fields that require your input will be labelled as Completed by: Assessor Only (or similar). Add your comments and then make sure to click on Save & Release.
You can now move onto the next students' submission by clicking on Next Submission, bottom right of the screen:
