What Is the Feedback Activity?

The Feedback tool allows instructors to collect information from students using customizable survey-style questions.
It is ideal for:

  • Mid-semester/course evaluations

  • Quick check-ins

  • Exit tickets

  • Student satisfaction surveys

  • Topic understanding checks

  • Anonymous feedback collections

Note: Feedback is not graded and does not support complex research-style skip logic like Questionnaire.

How to Create a Feedback Activity

  1. Turn editing on in your Moodle course

  2. Click Add an activity or resource

  3. Choose Feedback → Add

  4. Enter a Name and optional Description

  5. Decide whether responses are anonymous

  6. Set availability dates (optional)

  7. Save and display

Key Settings to Know

1. Question and Submission Options

  • Anonymous or user-identified

  • Auto number questions

  • Allow multiple submissions (optional)

  • Enable notifications if you want email alerts when students submit

2. Availability

  • Open date and Close date

  • Leaving both empty means it’s always open

3. After Submission Settings

  • Custom completion message (what students see after submitting)

  • Optional redirect URL

Adding Questions

After the activity is created:

  1. Click Edit questions

  2. Select from:

    • Long text answer

    • Short text answer

    • Multiple choice (single or multiple answer)

    • Multiple choice (rated) — great for Likert-style items

    • Numeric answer

    • Label (for section headers or instructions)

  3. Add and save each question

Tip: “Multiple choice (rated)” is the closest tool for Likert-scale questions.

What Faculty Can Do With the Feedback Activity

✔ View Responses

Go to:

  • Analysis for summary data

  • Show responses to see individual submissions

✔ Export Results

You can download:

  • Excel file

  • Text format

  • CSV (depending on institutional settings)

✔ Re-use Feedback Activities

Options include:

  • Template creation (save question sets for future use)

  • Duplicate inside your course

  • Backup/restore into new courses

✔ Send Notifications

Enable instructor email notifications so you know when students complete the activity.

Student Experience

Students will:

  1. Open the Feedback activity

  2. Answer the questions on one screen

  3. Submit responses

  4. Receive the custom completion message or be redirected

Note: Students cannot see other students’ responses.

Best Practices

  • Use anonymous mode for honest feedback

  • Keep the survey short (5–10 questions is ideal)

  • Use “Multiple choice (rated)” for quick sentiment checks

  • Use Labels to break content into sections

  • Add a closing date to ensure timely participation

  • Use the Questionnaire activity instead if you need complex scales or research-quality data

  • Use the Quiz or Assignment activities if you need grades