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   1 <h1>The Over Allocation Level</h1>
   2
   3 <p>This level determines whether the allocation of peer assessments to the class
   4 is balanced or not. Here the term &quot;balanced&quot; applies to the number
   5 of times each student submission is allocated for (peer) assessment. When the
   6 Over Allocation Level is set to ZERO, all the submissions are allocated the same
   7 number of times, that is, the allocation is balanced. When the Level is set to ONE
   8 then some of the submissions may be allocated once more than other allocations
   9 (and it follows from this that some of the submissions may be allocated once
  10 less than other allocations), that is the allocation is unbalanced. Similarly if the
  11 Level is set to TWO then a greater unbalance is allowed.</p>
  12
  13 <p>Ideally all peer assessments should be balanced. However, the disadvantage
  14 is that some students will not have their full quota of submissions to assess
  15 until AFTER the last student has submitted their work. When the Over Allocation
  16 Level is set to ONE, then most students will find that they have their full
  17 &quot;quota&quot; of submissions to assess and they do <b>not</b> have to
  18 wait for late submissions. Waiting for late submissions should be even rarer
  19 when the level is set to TWO.</p>
  20
  21 <p>So in a Workshop assignment where the number of peer assessments is
  22 set to 5, and there is no concerns that some of the submissions will be (peer)
  23 assessed 4 times, some 5 times and others 6 times, then the assignment
  24 will &quot;flow&quot; smoother and the students will not have to wait so
  25 long (if at all) for others to submit work if the Over Allocation Level is
  26 changed from its default value of ZERO and set to ONE.</p>