How the Moodle plugin works

When a student opens a Moodle assignment or a discussion forum, a See your writing process panel appears above the standard Moodle text editor. As the student types, the plugin records each edit (approximately every 5 seconds) as a timestamped event in a database inside the student's own browser. All writes are local: there are no network requests and no server involvement.

When the student submits the assignment or posts to the forum, their writing process report is automatically submitted along with it.

After the student submits, the panel stays on the assignment page, so the My Writing Process Report button is still one click away.

When the student clicks My Writing Process Report, the plugin reads the full edit history from the browser database and generates a writing process report. The student can explore it on their own or choose to share it, for example as a PDF or a ZIP export.

Because the data lives in the browser, clearing browser storage or switching devices removes it, just like any other browser-stored content.

Once students submit their work, teachers can open each student's writing process report individually, or review the whole class at once in the dashboard.

The plugin is installed once by your Moodle administrator and works across all courses immediately. There is no per-course configuration required, and students never need to visit an external site to get started.

Once your admin installs the plugin, it appears automatically on every Moodle assignment submission page and discussion forum. Students see a See your writing process panel alongside the standard Moodle text editor: no extensions, no accounts, no extra steps.

The plugin is built so that student writing data stays under the control of students and your institution. Writing activity is recorded in each student's own browser, and reports go only where students submit or share them.