This PKM aims to provide correspondence skills in English. Currently the need for communication in English is a necessity. This training involved staff from the Government Section in the Batu City administration who had several times received offers to work with foreign parties and overseas industries. Data collection techniques in this PKM are through observation, providing training, and conducting evaluations. During the training, participants showed active participation and had seriousness, willingness and high motivation to write correspondence. The training process (final writing training) provides benefits for staff, namely it can increase staff understanding of, foster motivation in writing correspondence, and carry out correspondence as well as for agencies can improve government performance. The results of this activity can be used as input for other department offices in an effort to improve the quality of staff and also cooperate with foreign parties for the development of networks and cooperation.

Abstract—Previous research has shown that peer assessment has beneficial effects on students’ learning. Inspired by the need of students to involve peer assessment for gaining some constructive feedback for their works, such as in translation and writing courses, we developed an android-based e-rubric. Android was favored as the assessment platform due to its customizability and affordability. Two classes of English Department with 54 students participated in this research. Interviews and focus-group discussions were conducted to obtain data for needs analysis and collect users’ feedback, whereas the online survey was done to measure the students’ satisfaction. The e-rubric was developed through eight stages: (1) needs analysis, (2) development of rubrics, (3) expert validation, (4) creating the e-rubric app, (5) implementation, (6) users’ feedback, (7) product refinement, and (8) survey of users’ satisfaction. The results show that the developed e-rubric app is useful for supporting collaborative works among students as it allows them to assess each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, the android platform gives them a handy-and-engaging experience for completing the assessment. In this paper, we review relevant literature justifying the development of the app, outline the formulation steps, and explain how the app can be used in the classroom. Taking the limitations of the app development into account, we propose some recommendations for future research.