There’s a rather nice screencast of the new Workshop activity (based around Harry Potter) at: http://mahara.org/view/view.php?id=3482. It is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the peer assessment related activity, and shows off an exciting new development that’s on the way.
The original specification for Workshop 2.0 can be found on the Moodle Docs website, and goes into more depth about some of the new features that users can expect such as Groups support. It is expected that this redeveloped activity will be included in the core package of Moodle 2.0, which is due to be released to the community later in 2009.
As an aside, a couple years ago, I investigated the Moodle Workshop activity as a means for both self and peer-assessment. I authored a short guide which details a hypothetical scenario which highlights some of the key features of the Moodle Workshop activity and suggests ways in which it may enhance or complement existing assessment and feedback mechanisms. It appears below and can be downloaded from my SlideShare area.
