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Peer Helpers

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Peer Helpers allows students to anonymously request help from classmates directly within an assignment. When enabled, students can view each other’s slides and provide feedback.

1) How Peer Helpers Work

When Peer Helpers is turned on:

  • A student can raise their hand to ask for help.
  • Classmates receive a hand notification (see screenshot)
  • Any student can choose to help.

Student assignment slide showing a hand notification icon indicating a classmate has requested help.

IMPORTANT:

  • The student requesting help is anonymous.

    • The helper will not know who requested help.

    • Classmates will see that someone needs help, but not who requested it.

    • Once a student chooses to help, they are taken directly to that student’s slide.

Yellow notification banner at the top of a slide indicating the viewer is helping another student on a specific question.

  • Peer Helpers can type, draw, write, record voice notes, or add feedback directly on the slide.

  • The student receiving help can see who provided the help.

View Work page showing a student’s name with a Peer Helpers icon and number indicating peer helper interactions.

For a full demonstration of how Peer Helpers works, watch the video below:

2) View Peer Helper Activity

Teachers can see how Peer Helpers are being used and who is helping each other. 

To view activity:

1. Click View Work.

2. Look for the Peer Helpers icon next to a student’s name.

  • The number shows how many Peer Helper interactions occurred for that student.

  • Click the icon to see who helped and on which question.

    • In this example, Alan had 1 Peer Helper interaction. Alan may be the Helper or the student who received help. 

View Work page showing a student’s name with a Peer Helpers icon and number indicating peer helper interactions.

3. Click the Peer Helpers icon to see who helped.

Peer Helper History pop-up displaying which student helped and on which question within the assignment.

Additionally, with the Contributor Toggle feature (Classkick Web), you can see which specific users have left work or feedback on a page: including peer helpers and teachers.

3) Turn Peer Helpers On or Off

To enable or disable Peer Helpers:

1. Click Assign.

2. Toggle Peer Helpers on or off.

  • Green toggle = ON

  • Gray toggle = OFF

Assign tab showing the Peer Helpers toggle switch enabled for a class roster.

When turned on for a roster, all students in that roster have access to Peer Helpers.

4) Managing Peer Feedback

Can teachers erase peer feedback?

  • Teachers cannot delete feedback left by Peer Helpers.

  • Students can hide all feedback on a slide (including peer feedback) using the Toggle Feedback button.

    • Click the Toggle Feedback icon in the toolbar to hide or show feedback.

Assignment slide toolbar highlighting the Toggle Feedback icon used to hide or show feedback on a slide.

Can teachers choose specific Peer Helpers?

  • Teachers cannot choose specific students to be Peer Helpers.

    • If Peer Helpers is ON → All students in the roster can participate.

    • If Peer Helpers is OFF → No students can participate.

Additional Notes:

  • Peer Helper interactions are visible in View Work.

  • Teachers can monitor participation to better understand collaboration.

  • Peer Helpers is designed to encourage student-to-student academic support.

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