Process Feedback for Moodle
An admin-installed Moodle plugin that captures students' writing process locally — no student accounts or browser extensions required.
Why Process Feedback
Process Feedback is a pedagogical alternative to plagiarism or AI-detection tools. It offers a constructive way to promote academic integrity.
Instead of flagging content after submission:
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It helps teachers and students reflect on the writing process itself. -
It supports learning, transparency, and instructional dialogue rather than enforcement. -
It is student-centered since students are in control of their own data
Designed for institutional requirements
Process Feedback is designed to meet common institutional requirements related to compatibility, privacy, and deployment flexibility. The platform intentionally minimizes technical dependencies while supporting both small-scale pilots and broader institutional use.
Key design considerations include:
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VPAT documentation available upon request -
HECVAT security review support available upon request -
Support for Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and Data Sharing Agreements (DSAs) -
No student accounts required by default -
Deployment options for pilots, courses, or institution-wide use
How Process Feedback differs from detection-based tools
Many academic integrity tools focus on detecting or flagging content after submission, often relying on continuous data collection or automated scoring.
Process Feedback differs in that it is:
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Designed for instructional transparency rather than post-hoc enforcement -
Focused on reflection on the writing process itself -
Free from automated judgments about authorship or intent
Multiple integration options for teachers and institutions
Process Feedback provides lightweight tools that integrate with existing instructional workflows. Teachers can pilot our tools without needing official institutional integration. Institutions can deploy Process Feedback with or without modifying Moodle configurations or requiring new infrastructure.
Available tools and integration options include:
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Option 1. Admin installs our Moodle plugin -
Option 2. Students use Google Docs -
Option 3. Students use Process Feedback editor
Integration option 1. Admin installs our Moodle plugin
Our Moodle plugin is installed by your institution's admin directly into Moodle — students don't install anything. The plugin works natively within Moodle assignments and captures writing process data locally on each student's device.
| Key feature: | Admin-installed; works natively in Moodle assignments with no student setup |
| LTI v1.3 core: | Not needed |
| Data collection: | Yes, stored locally on student's device |
| Who installs: | Institution admin |
| Accounts required: | No |
| Mobile devices: | Not yet supported |
| Students submit: | Process data ZIP, writing report link, or report PDF |
| Teacher dashboard: | Yes, runs locally in the browser |
Option 2. Students use Google Docs
Since Google automatically collects writing process data, students can continue to use Google Docs as usual, without installing anything extra. Anytime after a writing project, students or teachers can use the Process Feedback for Google Docs extension to explore the writing process.
| Key feature: | Supports multi-author student projects and shows author collaborations |
| LTI v1.3 core: | Not needed |
| Data collection: | No, not by default |
| Who installs: | Students and/or teachers |
| Accounts required: | No |
| Mobile devices: | Yes, supported by Google Docs |
| Students submit: | Google Docs edit link, process data ZIP, writing report link, or report PDF |
| Teacher dashboard: | Yes |
Option 3. Students use Process Feedback editor
The Process Feedback online editor is an online writing space for assignments where the writing process matters. As students write, the editor can generate a "writing process report" that they can review themselves or share with others for reflection, feedback, or discussion. Teachers decide how (or whether) to use the writing process report for feedback, discussion, or assessment.
| Key feature: | Optional real-time rubric-based AI feedback to students, while they are at work |
| LTI v1.3 core: | Optional |
| Data collection: | Yes, but not automatic |
| Who installs: | Students use online editor |
| Accounts required: | No |
| Mobile devices: | Yes |
| Students submit: | Automatic submission, process data ZIP, writing report link, or report PDF |
| Teacher dashboard: | Yes |
It's not surveillance if students control what they share
In some cases, asking students to share their writing process may raise privacy concerns. For example, a graduate student may notice that much of their writing happened late at night and reflect on whether that affected their focus, revision quality, or stress levels. This kind of insight may be intended for the student's own reflection, not for evaluation or judgment.
Process Feedback is designed with this concern in mind. Students can privately review their own reports and share only what they choose to share.
Teachers do not need to require students to share their writing process or review their detailed activity logs.
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Encourage students to privately review their own reports -
Assign reflection prompts -
Collect reflections rather than raw process data
How it supports the use of AI
Students and teachers increasingly use AI tools for learning and reflection. Rather than prohibiting AI use, Process Feedback provides a structured way to incorporate it responsibly.
The "Copy for AI" feature in a writing process report allows users to:
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Export process data in a format optimized for AI interaction -
Use AI agents (of their own choice) to help interpret drafting patterns, revision cycles, and writing behaviors -
Generate reflection prompts based on their own writing process evidence -
Create personalized narratives about their writing habits
Frequently Asked Questions
Looking for the Moodle plugin?
Our Moodle plugin is installed by your institution's admin directly into Moodle — students don't install anything. It works natively inside Moodle assignments and discussion forums, and records writing activity locally on each student's device.