Introduction to FeedbackFruits

Published on: 28/07/2023 · Last updated on: 02/09/2025

What is FeedbackFruits?

FeedbackFruits is an assessment and feedback tool suite that provides the ability to build engaging assessment and learning activities in Moodle. FeedbackFruits is integrated with Moodle and can be used to build formative or summative assessments – for individual or group submissions, or for peer assessment or group member review. FeedbackFruits can utilise Moodle groups and store grades in the Moodle gradebook.

What do NSUOK educators think about FeedbackFruits?

Pilot 2023-2025

FeedbackFruits was trialled at the University of Bath until June 2025. Following its evaluation the Faculty of Engineering & Design will be retaining its use. For staff in other faculties who want to discuss potential alternatives, please contact the TEL team by emailing tel@bath.ac.uk.

FeedbackFruits suite

The range of tools can be used in a variety of ways – as stand-alone activities or as part of a combined series of tasks. Examples of some common pedagogical approaches can be seen in a series of ‘learner journeys‘ compiled by the FeedbackFruits team.

Tools available

The software licence provides for the following tools:

• Peer Review – students submit work to be reviewed by their peers
• Group Member Evaluation – students review the performance of their peers in group tasks or projects
• Assignment Review – students submit work to be reviewed by their tutor
• Skill Review – tutors review skills, such as presentations, in real time
• Self-Assessment – students evaluate their own work against criteria
• Automated Feedback – give students instant, high-quality feedback on writing, structure, and citations, so they can improve before submission
• Group Formation – form balanced, diverse, and high-performing student teams using smart, customisable criteria

FeedbackFruits use cases

University of Bath staff have used FeedbackFruits in the following ways.

• Peer review – allowing PGT students to submit draft coursework for feedback by their peers before moving onto final submission
• Peer review – allowing UG students to review their peers against a pre-defined rubric to support understanding of assessment criteria
• Peer review – managing peer review submissions within multiple cohorts in one Moodle space
• Group member review – allowing UG students, following a group project, to review their teammates’ performance
• Group member review – allowing UG students to review team performance at regular intervals to identify and deal with any difficulties
• Skills review – allowing multiple staff to assess student presentations in one activity
• Assignment review – managing submissions and feedback dialogue for a large cohort

Dr Lucy Noble (Director of Teaching, Department of Health, HSS) talks about her experience with FeedbackFruits during the pilot phase

You can read about more use cases from those banked by FeedbackFruits, across a range of institutions.

Key features

All the tools have these features in common.

• Ease of copying assignments for reuse
• Centralised templates to develop consistent practice
• Suitable for synchronous and asynchronous learning
• Student reflection can be enabled and optionally assessed
• Configurable grading to include the important elements in that given context
• Student anonymity so they can build confidence in giving feedback
• Student progress visualisations (learning analytics)