Process Feedback extensions

A coding process report shows typing sessions, text added and deleted, and a watch-playback that replays the whole process. It also includes the code execution history with successful and failed runs, so you can see effort and persistence, and it flags paste events and large blocks of pasted code.

See a sample coding report or read our teacher guide for a coding class.

Process Feedback offers a teacher dashboard where you can load hundreds of writing process reports at once. This allows you to explore and compare students' processes together.

Instead of reviewing all reports yourself, you can also have students themselves complete short reflection assignments to review their own writing process reports based on reflection prompts and share insights with you or their peers.

Process Feedback offers a few ways to capture the coding process. Our online compiler requires no installation and works well for CS1 and in-class work. Our VS Code extension fits classes where students already work in a professional editor. You can also create a coding space that carries your course name and theme.

See coding tool options for a side-by-side comparison.

Transparency is a key idea at Process Feedback. There are no special metrics that are available only to teachers for observing students' behavior. Students can see what teachers can see.

Yes. A writing process report shows all copy-paste events larger than 25 characters (by default). In the report, you can see what was pasted and when it was pasted. A writing process report has a dedicated section called Paste Events. Check out our sample writing process report.

Process Feedback for Microsoft Word, an add-in for both Word Online and the Word desktop app, is coming on December 31, 2026. See the Microsoft Word page for details. Until then, students can write in Google Docs or our online writing space.

It can be, but you have options. You can have students do much of the reviewing themselves by assigning short reflection assignments. If you're looking for examples, check out our Reflection Prompts to guide their self-review. You can also have students submit their writing process data ZIP files so you can load them all up in the teacher dashboard and explore them at once.

Copy-pasting text or code itself may or may not be a concern depending on the context and an instructor's requirements. Sometimes a student may copy-paste their own text from elsewhere, so students should not be penalized simply for copy-pasting.

However, students can be penalized for not following directions. If the requirement in your assignment is to use the Process Feedback editor throughout their writing or coding process and not copy-paste at all, you have the rubric in place to grade accordingly.

Yes, and there are a few ways to do it. For a deeper integration in Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, D2L, or Schoology, we support LTI. In Canvas, students can also install our browser extension, which works in assignment and discussion board editors. We also have pages with platform-specific guidance for Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle, and Schoology.

Regardless of which LMS you use, students can always write in Google Docs or in Process Feedback's writing space, download their writing process report as a PDF, and upload it to your LMS. A process report includes the student's final text along with charts and summaries that show their writing process. Students can also share a link to their process report.

For detailed instructions on how to integrate Process Feedback into your course, please read our Teacher Guides.

How you introduce the extension to your students can make a big difference. Process Feedback isn't just an academic integrity tool; it's designed to help students reflect on and think critically about their writing process. For ideas and best practices, check out our Teacher Guides.

By default, the extension does not automatically collect any data from students. Data is only transmitted when a student explicitly chooses to use the 'Share this Report' feature. For institutions that require a formal organizational guarantee covering all channels — including support interactions — we offer a Data Privacy Agreement (DPA) through our institutional tier. You are welcome to review our privacy policy, and we are happy to work with your institution.

No. Students can use Process Feedback's extensions or its editor without creating accounts.

Yes. Transparency is intentional and central to Process Feedback. Students can see all of the same process data that teachers see.

No. Many teachers use the process report for reflection or discussion rather than grading. In some cases, it can support conversations about revision expectations or writing strategies, but how (or whether) it is used for assessment is always the teacher's choice.