Adjust teaching based on feedback
Evaluate student understanding
Manage administration and communication
Monash University Learning Technology Ecosystem
Provide and receive feedback on learning
Create content
Monash University provides a range of learning technologies that support staff in innovative teaching and learning. Click on the icons to learn more.
Collaborate and communicate
Reflect on learning
Educator focused
Student focused
Interact with content
Assignment
The Assignment Activity is the most common way to collect assessable work from your students, and provide feedback on that work. Students can submit written work such as essays or reports, audio and video files, and a wide range of other file types including computer programs, LaTeX and HTML. Students can submit as individuals or as groups. You can customise settings relating to submission dates/process, feedback and grades and provide feedback as annotations directly on a document, as comments in the activity, or via audio and video.
FeedbackFruits
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Hover over the information icons to learn more about how the assignment activity is integrated with different systems in Moodle.
Monash ePortfolio
ePortfolios allow students to demonstrate critical self-reflection, skills and knowledge development. Students can create and present text and other content in their ePortfolio to showcase their learning journey. Monash ePortfolio is integrated with Moodle gradebook, allowing for easy marking and the ability to use Moodle's Advanced grading functions, such as marking guides.
FeedbackFruits
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Monash eAssessment
The eAssessment platform is a secure and robust platform independent from Moodle. With features such as a locked-down browser, timer, progress bar, autosave functionality and notes sections, eAssessments can be used for both formative and summative assessment.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this video of Professor Kris Ryan introduce the eAssessment platform (2 mins)
FeedbackFruits
FeedbackFruits facilitates student-to-student peer feedback and pairs well with assessments or activities that require student group work or peer feedback. You can also build in steps for student self-reflection and self-assessment, and integrate AI tools to provide instant feedback on students’ comments and academic writing skills. FeedbackFruits is integrated with Moodle, allowing you to automatically import Moodle groups and quickly and easily set up group and peer feedback activities. Once students have commenced the activity, you can easily monitor student progress and will flag any potentially group dynamics.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this short video for a brief overview of FeedbackFruits. Please note: Monash's enterprise licence includes FeedbackFruits Group Member Evaluation and Peer Review only.
Interactive H5P activities
H5P activities allow you to create a range of interactive content that can be embedded directly in Moodle. They can be used as asynchronous activities or guided sychronous activities to get students to reflect on what they have learned, self-assess and test their understanding. H5Ps can be used as graded activities where attempts will be marked automatically and count towards a student's mark in the Gradebook. However, H5P is not recommended for group work and other collaborative tasks, as there is no collective database and it has limited analytics.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Try testing your understanding with this interactive H5P quiz activity. You can attempt questions multiple times and check your answer to receive immediate feedback. There are four slides and a summary of your score at the end.
Polling tools
In-class polling can be a powerful and flexible tool for teaching with any size cohort and a great way of increasing student participation. For example, polling can be used to:
- improve student engagement
- test concepts prior to learning checks
You can also use polling tools outside of class to collect useful feedback for a range of uses, for example:
- collecting feedback on areas students had the most difficulty with, so you can address them in the next class
- collecting feedback on teaching delivery
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this video of Dr Tom Hiscox using polling to check understanding of pre-class work completed by first year Biology students (2 min)
FeedForward
The FeedForward Bento box is pre-populated with questions that align with the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) surveys. It allows educators to gain in-semester feedback from students about their teaching and learning experiences.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Moodle Feedback activity types
Moodle Choice The choice activity enables you to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses. Choice results may be published after students have answered, after a certain date, or not at all. Results may be published with student names or anonymously. Moodle Survey The survey activity allows you to gather data from your students using a range of pre-populated questions. This tool provides anonymous responses. Moodle Feedback The Feedback activity allows you to create your own questions and results are not gradable. Moodle Questionnaire The questionnaire tool allows you to create a more granular and versatile area for students input. You may assign marks and scores to student responses, using the activity for formative feedback.
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FeedbackFruits
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Virtual whiteboard
Collaborative whiteboards allow you and your students to work in a digital workspace both synchronously and asynchronously. You can create a template or use pre-made templates to structure and coordinate a wide range of multimedia learning activities. Students can see, learn from, and comment on their peers' work and as well as engage with showcases of other student’s work.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click here to learn more about the example featured on this page (right).
Be Inspired example
Click the arrows < > to view examples of student work created in Miro. Click here to learn more about about Miro.
Quiz
You can build a quiz using a variety of question types such as multiple choice, true-false, matching, and open ended questions. It has built in features for automatic marking and feedback, weighted marking and dependent and randomised questions.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this video for a short introduction to Moodle quizzes. Since recording, the STACK question has been added. Click here to view the full workshop recording. (2 mins 15 secs)
Moodle activities
There are a range of Moodle activities which can allow students to collectively build on an activity over a period of time and engage in peer learning.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click on the plus icons to learn more about the different types of Moodle activities that students can use to collaboratively create content.
Moodle resources
Moodle resources provide ways to share information - students can read/watch/download information. You can use Moodle resources to share text, images, video, or even external links. You can also use Moodle resources to customise the look of your Moodle unit.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click on the plus icons to learn more about the different types of Moodle resources
Announcement forum
A specialised forum added to all Moodle units by default. Only lecturers and tutors can post to the announcements forum, all unit participants including staff and students will automatically receive email notifications. Students are not able to reply to posts in the announcements forum.
FeedbackFruits
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Forum
Moodle forums (other than the Announcement forum) facilitate communication and collaboration between you and your students and amongst each other. Educators can create discussion topics or allow students to generate topics. Forums can be used:
- As a help centre where tutors and students can give advice
- As one-on-one support area for private student-teacher communications (using a forum with separate groups and with one student per group)
- For anonymous student posting and private replies, which can be useful to provide feedback to individual students (Open Forums).
- For educators or students to rate posts as a form of peer evaluation
- As a peer assessment tool where students can provide feedback on an individual student’s work or on collaborative work
- Collect feedback on teaching delivery
FeedbackFruits
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Analytics reports
Moodle has a range of reports that may be used to track the behaviour of participants in a unit. Educators can utilise this information by making evidenced-informed decisions to adjust resources and scaffolding to optimise understanding and learning. This may identify at-risk students who can be provided with the appropriate support.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview Moodle Analytics Graphs (1 min 35 secs)
Perusall
Perusall is a free social reading platform integrated into Moodle which allows students (and teaching staff) to digitally annotate readings and videos collectively (with text, links, and embedded content), and respond to each other’s comments and questions. Perusall automatically graded student annotations based on quality, timeliness, quantity and distribution of their comments, motivating meaningful engagement and participation.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview of Perusall (1 min 30 secs)
Zoom
Zoom is a web conferencing technology allows you to host and record live online video sessions and meetings. You can share your screen, create in-meeting polls and create breakout rooms, which facilitates smaller group discussion and collaboration. Students can also use zoom to run and record their group presentations and upload the video for submission into Moodle.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview of how Zoom can be used in teaching and learning (2 min).
Echo360
Integrated with Moodle and the timetabling application Syllabus+, Echo360 is automatically linked to your unit for students to easily access the recorded learning activities. Timetabled activities (except Exams) that have been scheduled in an Echo360 enabled venue are recorded automatically. You can also use Echo360 QuadraVision to record and play media from multiple channels (up to 4) to show multiple angles/views of a subject.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview of Echo360 (2 min 40 secs)
Panopto
Panopto is a Monash supported video application that enables you to record video content from your own device and embed your videos directly into Moodle. Panopto allows you to embed YouTube videos and interactive polls within your videos. Panopto can also be set up to automatically upload Zoom recordings once the Zoom meeting has ended. You can also record feedback inside of the Moodle assignment grading page in the feedback comments section using Panopto, using screen capture to reference the student’s assignment directly, providing clarity and context for your feedback.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch Peter Wagstaff, Michael Henderson and Jake Krelle talk about the power of video in teaching and learning. (2 min 41 sec)
Google suite
The Google suite contains flexible web-based programs that can support your teaching. One of the benefits of using the Google suite of products is that you can share handouts and templates, including documents, spreadsheets, slides and more. Students may use the programs in Google suite to collaborate and create content together, facilitating group work, presentations, discussions and reflections.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click the blue arrows for recommendations on how you can use the Google suite in learning and teaching
Microstudio
Microstudio spaces across the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses allow you to produce professional looking videos with presentations and to-camera delivery. For selective Microstudios, a lightboard and record directly to zoom feature is available.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click here to learn more about how the Lightboard was used to create engaging visual slides.
Be Inspired example
Watch this video for a brief overview of a basic Microstudio (1 min 41 secs)
Microsoft Teams
Teams is a communication and collaboration tool that supports synchronous web meetings with video/audio, screen sharing and whiteboard; asynchronous discussion; file sharing and a wide range of external web apps and tools. The platform makes it possible for you to create a space for more robust collaboration between your students. Monash staff and students are able to use Teams for learning and teaching, group project work and study groups.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this short video for a brief overview of a Microsoft Teams (47 secs)
Reflect on learning
Reflection is considered a vital part of the experiential learning process (Boud & Walker, 1998). Students can share their reflections about their learning experiences, as well as their growing understanding of course concepts and their personal development. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Virtual Whiteboard
Zoom
Forum
Google suite
FeedbackFruits
ePortfolio
Collaborate and communicate
Group tasks can help students develop project planning, collaborate productively with peers and build ‘cooperative skills, in line with teamwork related graduate outcomes. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Forum
Perusall
Google suite
Moodle activities
Zoom
FeedbackFruits
Virtual Whiteboard
Adjust teaching based on feedback
Gaining immediate feedback about students’ learning experiences allows you to act early on feedback and optimise your teaching and students’ learning. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
FeedForward
Moodle feedback activity types
Forum
Polling tools
Create content
Multimedia can be used to communicate concepts and content in engaging ways that encourage students’ active learning and engagement. Students can also create content as part of assessment. Click on the icons to learn more
Students create and share content
Educators create and share content
Virtual Whiteboard
Google suite
H5P
Forum
Moodle activities
Panopto
Microstudio
ePortfolio
Zoom
Echo360
Provide and receive feedback on learning
Feedback has a powerful impact on student learning outcomes and significantly influences students’ satisfaction. Peer Feedback also promotes learners’ critical thinking, problem-solving and self-regulation by providing students with examples as a frame of reference for their own work. This can enhance student learning without significant impact on teacher workload. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Educator provides feedback to students
Students provides feedback to peers
Assignment
FeedbackFruits
Virtual Whiteboard
Quiz
Perusall
Forum
Google suite
Panopto
Interact with content
When students have opportunities to interact and engage with the content in an active way, it can increase engagement, improve their metacognitive and reflective thinking, develop their problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills and increase motivation to learn and strengthen their knowledge retention. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Google suite
Polling tools
ePortfolio
Forum
H5P
Perusall
Virtual Whiteboard
Manage administration and communication
Effective communication is an indispensable element of successful education. It builds bridges between educators and students, fosters inclusivity and support, and paves the way for meaningful learning experiences. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Forum
Announcements
FeedbackFruits
Analytics graphs
Evaluate student understanding
Evaluating student understanding and capability is crucial in measuring their achievement of the learning outcomes for your unit. Formative and summative assessments can also enable students to understand criteria and standards and evaluate their own skills and knowledge. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Educator assessed
Self-assessed
Quiz
Assignment
H5P
ePortfolio
eAssessment
Polling tools
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Adjust teaching based on feedback
Evaluate student understanding
Manage administration and communication
Monash University Learning Technology Ecosystem
Provide and receive feedback on learning
Create content
Monash University provides a range of learning technologies that support staff in innovative teaching and learning. Click on the icons to learn more.
Collaborate and communicate
Reflect on learning
Educator focused
Student focused
Interact with content
Assignment
The Assignment Activity is the most common way to collect assessable work from your students, and provide feedback on that work. Students can submit written work such as essays or reports, audio and video files, and a wide range of other file types including computer programs, LaTeX and HTML. Students can submit as individuals or as groups. You can customise settings relating to submission dates/process, feedback and grades and provide feedback as annotations directly on a document, as comments in the activity, or via audio and video.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Hover over the information icons to learn more about how the assignment activity is integrated with different systems in Moodle.
Monash ePortfolio
ePortfolios allow students to demonstrate critical self-reflection, skills and knowledge development. Students can create and present text and other content in their ePortfolio to showcase their learning journey. Monash ePortfolio is integrated with Moodle gradebook, allowing for easy marking and the ability to use Moodle's Advanced grading functions, such as marking guides.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Monash eAssessment
The eAssessment platform is a secure and robust platform independent from Moodle. With features such as a locked-down browser, timer, progress bar, autosave functionality and notes sections, eAssessments can be used for both formative and summative assessment.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this video of Professor Kris Ryan introduce the eAssessment platform (2 mins)
FeedbackFruits
FeedbackFruits facilitates student-to-student peer feedback and pairs well with assessments or activities that require student group work or peer feedback. You can also build in steps for student self-reflection and self-assessment, and integrate AI tools to provide instant feedback on students’ comments and academic writing skills. FeedbackFruits is integrated with Moodle, allowing you to automatically import Moodle groups and quickly and easily set up group and peer feedback activities. Once students have commenced the activity, you can easily monitor student progress and will flag any potentially group dynamics.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this short video for a brief overview of FeedbackFruits. Please note: Monash's enterprise licence includes FeedbackFruits Group Member Evaluation and Peer Review only.
Interactive H5P activities
H5P activities allow you to create a range of interactive content that can be embedded directly in Moodle. They can be used as asynchronous activities or guided sychronous activities to get students to reflect on what they have learned, self-assess and test their understanding. H5Ps can be used as graded activities where attempts will be marked automatically and count towards a student's mark in the Gradebook. However, H5P is not recommended for group work and other collaborative tasks, as there is no collective database and it has limited analytics.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Try testing your understanding with this interactive H5P quiz activity. You can attempt questions multiple times and check your answer to receive immediate feedback. There are four slides and a summary of your score at the end.
Polling tools
In-class polling can be a powerful and flexible tool for teaching with any size cohort and a great way of increasing student participation. For example, polling can be used to:
- improve student engagement
- test concepts prior to learning checks
You can also use polling tools outside of class to collect useful feedback for a range of uses, for example:FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this video of Dr Tom Hiscox using polling to check understanding of pre-class work completed by first year Biology students (2 min)
FeedForward
The FeedForward Bento box is pre-populated with questions that align with the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) surveys. It allows educators to gain in-semester feedback from students about their teaching and learning experiences.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Moodle Feedback activity types
Moodle Choice The choice activity enables you to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses. Choice results may be published after students have answered, after a certain date, or not at all. Results may be published with student names or anonymously. Moodle Survey The survey activity allows you to gather data from your students using a range of pre-populated questions. This tool provides anonymous responses. Moodle Feedback The Feedback activity allows you to create your own questions and results are not gradable. Moodle Questionnaire The questionnaire tool allows you to create a more granular and versatile area for students input. You may assign marks and scores to student responses, using the activity for formative feedback.
learn more
FeedbackFruits
learn more
learn more
learn more
Virtual whiteboard
Collaborative whiteboards allow you and your students to work in a digital workspace both synchronously and asynchronously. You can create a template or use pre-made templates to structure and coordinate a wide range of multimedia learning activities. Students can see, learn from, and comment on their peers' work and as well as engage with showcases of other student’s work.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click here to learn more about the example featured on this page (right).
Be Inspired example
Click the arrows < > to view examples of student work created in Miro. Click here to learn more about about Miro.
Quiz
You can build a quiz using a variety of question types such as multiple choice, true-false, matching, and open ended questions. It has built in features for automatic marking and feedback, weighted marking and dependent and randomised questions.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this video for a short introduction to Moodle quizzes. Since recording, the STACK question has been added. Click here to view the full workshop recording. (2 mins 15 secs)
Moodle activities
There are a range of Moodle activities which can allow students to collectively build on an activity over a period of time and engage in peer learning.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click on the plus icons to learn more about the different types of Moodle activities that students can use to collaboratively create content.
Moodle resources
Moodle resources provide ways to share information - students can read/watch/download information. You can use Moodle resources to share text, images, video, or even external links. You can also use Moodle resources to customise the look of your Moodle unit.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click on the plus icons to learn more about the different types of Moodle resources
Announcement forum
A specialised forum added to all Moodle units by default. Only lecturers and tutors can post to the announcements forum, all unit participants including staff and students will automatically receive email notifications. Students are not able to reply to posts in the announcements forum.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Forum
Moodle forums (other than the Announcement forum) facilitate communication and collaboration between you and your students and amongst each other. Educators can create discussion topics or allow students to generate topics. Forums can be used:
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Analytics reports
Moodle has a range of reports that may be used to track the behaviour of participants in a unit. Educators can utilise this information by making evidenced-informed decisions to adjust resources and scaffolding to optimise understanding and learning. This may identify at-risk students who can be provided with the appropriate support.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview Moodle Analytics Graphs (1 min 35 secs)
Perusall
Perusall is a free social reading platform integrated into Moodle which allows students (and teaching staff) to digitally annotate readings and videos collectively (with text, links, and embedded content), and respond to each other’s comments and questions. Perusall automatically graded student annotations based on quality, timeliness, quantity and distribution of their comments, motivating meaningful engagement and participation.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview of Perusall (1 min 30 secs)
Zoom
Zoom is a web conferencing technology allows you to host and record live online video sessions and meetings. You can share your screen, create in-meeting polls and create breakout rooms, which facilitates smaller group discussion and collaboration. Students can also use zoom to run and record their group presentations and upload the video for submission into Moodle.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview of how Zoom can be used in teaching and learning (2 min).
Echo360
Integrated with Moodle and the timetabling application Syllabus+, Echo360 is automatically linked to your unit for students to easily access the recorded learning activities. Timetabled activities (except Exams) that have been scheduled in an Echo360 enabled venue are recorded automatically. You can also use Echo360 QuadraVision to record and play media from multiple channels (up to 4) to show multiple angles/views of a subject.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch the video for a brief overview of Echo360 (2 min 40 secs)
Panopto
Panopto is a Monash supported video application that enables you to record video content from your own device and embed your videos directly into Moodle. Panopto allows you to embed YouTube videos and interactive polls within your videos. Panopto can also be set up to automatically upload Zoom recordings once the Zoom meeting has ended. You can also record feedback inside of the Moodle assignment grading page in the feedback comments section using Panopto, using screen capture to reference the student’s assignment directly, providing clarity and context for your feedback.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch Peter Wagstaff, Michael Henderson and Jake Krelle talk about the power of video in teaching and learning. (2 min 41 sec)
Google suite
The Google suite contains flexible web-based programs that can support your teaching. One of the benefits of using the Google suite of products is that you can share handouts and templates, including documents, spreadsheets, slides and more. Students may use the programs in Google suite to collaborate and create content together, facilitating group work, presentations, discussions and reflections.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click the blue arrows for recommendations on how you can use the Google suite in learning and teaching
Microstudio
Microstudio spaces across the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses allow you to produce professional looking videos with presentations and to-camera delivery. For selective Microstudios, a lightboard and record directly to zoom feature is available.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Click here to learn more about how the Lightboard was used to create engaging visual slides.
Be Inspired example
Watch this video for a brief overview of a basic Microstudio (1 min 41 secs)
Microsoft Teams
Teams is a communication and collaboration tool that supports synchronous web meetings with video/audio, screen sharing and whiteboard; asynchronous discussion; file sharing and a wide range of external web apps and tools. The platform makes it possible for you to create a space for more robust collaboration between your students. Monash staff and students are able to use Teams for learning and teaching, group project work and study groups.
FeedbackFruits
learn more
Watch this short video for a brief overview of a Microsoft Teams (47 secs)
Reflect on learning
Reflection is considered a vital part of the experiential learning process (Boud & Walker, 1998). Students can share their reflections about their learning experiences, as well as their growing understanding of course concepts and their personal development. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Virtual Whiteboard
Zoom
Forum
Google suite
FeedbackFruits
ePortfolio
Collaborate and communicate
Group tasks can help students develop project planning, collaborate productively with peers and build ‘cooperative skills, in line with teamwork related graduate outcomes. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Forum
Perusall
Google suite
Moodle activities
Zoom
FeedbackFruits
Virtual Whiteboard
Adjust teaching based on feedback
Gaining immediate feedback about students’ learning experiences allows you to act early on feedback and optimise your teaching and students’ learning. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
FeedForward
Moodle feedback activity types
Forum
Polling tools
Create content
Multimedia can be used to communicate concepts and content in engaging ways that encourage students’ active learning and engagement. Students can also create content as part of assessment. Click on the icons to learn more
Students create and share content
Educators create and share content
Virtual Whiteboard
Google suite
H5P
Forum
Moodle activities
Panopto
Microstudio
ePortfolio
Zoom
Echo360
Provide and receive feedback on learning
Feedback has a powerful impact on student learning outcomes and significantly influences students’ satisfaction. Peer Feedback also promotes learners’ critical thinking, problem-solving and self-regulation by providing students with examples as a frame of reference for their own work. This can enhance student learning without significant impact on teacher workload. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Educator provides feedback to students
Students provides feedback to peers
Assignment
FeedbackFruits
Virtual Whiteboard
Quiz
Perusall
Forum
Google suite
Panopto
Interact with content
When students have opportunities to interact and engage with the content in an active way, it can increase engagement, improve their metacognitive and reflective thinking, develop their problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills and increase motivation to learn and strengthen their knowledge retention. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Google suite
Polling tools
ePortfolio
Forum
H5P
Perusall
Virtual Whiteboard
Manage administration and communication
Effective communication is an indispensable element of successful education. It builds bridges between educators and students, fosters inclusivity and support, and paves the way for meaningful learning experiences. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Forum
Announcements
FeedbackFruits
Analytics graphs
Evaluate student understanding
Evaluating student understanding and capability is crucial in measuring their achievement of the learning outcomes for your unit. Formative and summative assessments can also enable students to understand criteria and standards and evaluate their own skills and knowledge. Click on the icons to learn more about each technology
Educator assessed
Self-assessed
Quiz
Assignment
H5P
ePortfolio
eAssessment
Polling tools