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<h1>The Over Allocation Level</h1>
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<p>This level determines whether the allocation of peer assessments to the class
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is balanced or not. Here the term "balanced" applies to the number
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of times each student submission is allocated for (peer) assessment. When the
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Over Allocation Level is set to ZERO, all the submissions are allocated the same
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number of times, that is, the allocation is balanced. When the Level is set to ONE
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then some of the submissions may be allocated once more than other allocations
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(and it follows from this that some of the submissions may be allocated once
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less than other allocations), that is the allocation is unbalanced. Similarly if the
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Level is set to TWO then a greater unbalance is allowed.</p>
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<p>Ideally all peer assessments should be balanced. However, the disadvantage
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is that some students will not have their full quota of submissions to assess
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until AFTER the last student has submitted their work. When the Over Allocation
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Level is set to ONE, then most students will find that they have their full
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"quota" of submissions to assess and they do <b>not</b> have to
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wait for late submissions. Waiting for late submissions should be even rarer
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when the level is set to TWO.</p>
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<p>So in a Workshop assignment where the number of peer assessments is
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set to 5, and there is no concerns that some of the submissions will be (peer)
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assessed 4 times, some 5 times and others 6 times, then the assignment
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will "flow" smoother and the students will not have to wait so
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long (if at all) for others to submit work if the Over Allocation Level is
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changed from its default value of ZERO and set to ONE.</p>
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