# How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?

When you [create a peer review assignment](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-peer-review-assignment/ta-p/641) with manual peer reviews, you can choose which students will be assigned peer reviews.

**Notes:**

<div id="bkmrk-when-manually-assign"><div>- When manually assigning peer reviews, students need to submit their own assignment first before being able to complete their assigned peer reviews.
- If a student enrollment is deleted or becomes inactive, students will no longer be assigned to complete a peer review for the deleted or inactive enrollment. However, peer reviews already completed by the deleted/inactive enrollment will still display for students and instructors. If peer reviews have already been assigned, you may need to adjust assigned peer reviews.

</div></div>## Open Assignments

<div data-step-uuid="E2373C2B-711B-40D7-A94B-0AE732AA04F6" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="E2373C2B-711B-40D7-A94B-0AE732AA04F6"><div>![Open Assignments](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/744/567/original/b5169626-6627-4f38-b197-00687281e23c.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Assignments** link.

## Open Assignment

<div data-step-uuid="AC02EAB7-AA6C-4183-86E8-41BA60E868AD" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="AC02EAB7-AA6C-4183-86E8-41BA60E868AD"><div>![Open Assignment](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/179/479/original/d064824c-d655-4c1a-86f6-aa695dd1b327.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the name of the assignment.

## Open Peer Reviews

<div data-step-uuid="FFFB7B2A-6A4F-43CF-9A2C-3E8C551347F8" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="FFFB7B2A-6A4F-43CF-9A2C-3E8C551347F8"><div>![Open Peer Reviews](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/751/551/original/5ebeaaeb-2772-499a-8615-63786dd25317.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Under Related Items in the sidebar, click the **Peer Reviews** link.

## Manually Assign Peer Reviews

<div data-step-uuid="BC3E30A9-4AE0-4682-9EF1-9AC17B920487" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="BC3E30A9-4AE0-4682-9EF1-9AC17B920487"><div>![Manually Assign Peer Reviews](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/751/555/original/749b647e-578b-4c8c-ba2f-d3a0e576d714.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Below the name of a student, click the **Add** link.

## Select Student

<div data-step-uuid="3D923325-16C6-4898-9745-1FAA7548DC8C" id="bkmrk--3"><div data-step-uuid="3D923325-16C6-4898-9745-1FAA7548DC8C"><div>![Select Student](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/751/563/original/41a7c636-4d2a-40ed-a678-ca8f4b8ba3af.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Select Student** drop-down menu.

<div data-step-uuid="3D923325-16C6-4898-9745-1FAA7548DC8C" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-step-uuid="3D923325-16C6-4898-9745-1FAA7548DC8C"><div><div></div></div><div>![Select Student to Assign Review](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/751/557/original/8e2448a0-d2ab-4f7d-87ea-203316e12fd7.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Select the peer you would like the student to review \[1\]. Remember, a student cannot review themselves. Click the **Add** button \[2\].

## View Assigned Peer Reviews

<div data-step-uuid="ABFFBC7F-94D8-4E9B-88FC-596B66ACDA0F" id="bkmrk--5"><div data-step-uuid="ABFFBC7F-94D8-4E9B-88FC-596B66ACDA0F"><div>![View Assigned Peer Reviews](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/751/561/original/fb8f57d5-4304-4711-9103-0f53abfd226c.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Assigned peer reviews appear underneath the student names. A **check mark** \[1\] indicates a peer review as been completed. A **warning icon** \[2\] indicates a peer review still needs to be completed.

**Note:** A student's peer review is considered complete after they comment on the submission. If a rubric has been added to the assignment, they must also fill out that rubric.

### Manage Peer Review

<div data-step-uuid="ABFFBC7F-94D8-4E9B-88FC-596B66ACDA0F" id="bkmrk--6"><div data-step-uuid="ABFFBC7F-94D8-4E9B-88FC-596B66ACDA0F"><div data-step-uuid="40c684bd-9a08-4726-bbd4-7e1b819fa484"><div>![Manage Peer Review](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/000/948/183/original/a92d331d-340f-4597-ac88-20907b825d35.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>You can also remind students who still need to complete their assigned peer review(s). Peer review reminders are sent as notifications.

To send a reminder, hover your mouse over the assigned peer review and click the **Reminder** icon \[1\]. To cancel a peer review, click the **Delete** icon \[2\].

To manually assign or reassign a peer review, click the **Give \[student name\] another submission to assess** link \[3\].

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