ComPAIR is a peer-review application in which students compare pairs of answers and write feedback that can refer to both pieces of work. Instructors can enable adaptive scores based on comparison performance and use those scores to create later pairs. The tool has separate student, instructor and system administrator roles with different permissions. It supports rubric scoring, moderation, LTI login, course membership and grade updates for LTI consumers. Learning analytics can be sent to a Learning Record Store through xAPI or Caliper, although both are disabled by default. Authentication options documented for the application include username and password, CAS, SAML 2.0 and LTI. ComPAIR is web-based and self-hosted, with Docker Compose deployment documented; it is freely available under the GPL-3.0 license. The default attachment limit is 250 MB, and PDF, audio, video and image extensions are allowed by default. The project describes its intended communities as higher education and K-12.
Who it is for
ComPAIR suits educators in higher education or K-12 who want students to review paired answers. It also fits teams able to deploy and host a web application themselves.
What is good
- Students can compare paired work and give feedback.
- Adaptive scores can inform later pairings.
- Supports LTI course membership and grade updates.
- Free to download, install and use under GPL-3.0.
What to know first
- Learning analytics via xAPI and Caliper are disabled by default.
- Default attachment upload limit is 250 MB.
- Deployment is self-hosted.
Verdict
ComPAIR centers peer review on comparing pairs of student work, with options for adaptive scoring and LMS connections. Its self-hosted setup and default analytics settings are worth considering before adoption.
Compared on rubric software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Reviewer anonymity
- one_way
- Review allocation
- automatic
- Rubric scoring
- Yes
- Moderation tools
- Yes
- LMS integration
- Yes
- Gradebook sync
- Yes
