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(05/09/2025) The new release update is scheduled for 12-1 pm CET and contains new functionality (to be enabled per institution, through their partner manager). Additionally, we are announcing functionality to prepare for the next academic year in Europe/US.
Improvements for teachers and LMS admins
New Releases:
Recommended learning activity first time onboarding
AI Practice
Feedback on Feedback by Teachers
Deeper filtering in portfolio in criteria
Improvements for teachers and LMS admins
New Releases
First Time Onboarding
To make it easier for new educators to get started, we’ve introduced a guided onboarding flow. A short set of 3–4 questions guides teachers to the most relevant activity template for their use case.
The onboarding will be available across all LMSs, and shown to educators using FeedbackFruits for the first time. This update will roll out to all users from the 22nd September 2025.
If you would like to test the functionality ahead of the rollout, please contact your Pilot or Partner Manager at FeedbackFruits.
For more information, check out this article: Introducing: First Time Onboarding
AI Practice (Beta)
We’ve added a tool for teachers and students to develop AI literacy in a structured and transparent way: AI Practice. This feature provides a clear starting point for engaging with AI, designed to help both teachers and students understand and interact with artificial intelligence meaningfully.
AI Practice is available as a ready-to-use activity in the tool picker. It comes with pre-configured instructions and a rubric that you can quickly adapt or completely rewrite to align with your learning goals.
For students, the activity is centered around a conversation with AI, guided by your instructions. This interaction can be used for open-ended discussions or for improving a piece of draft work. The process is straightforward: students read the instructions, start a conversation with the AI (optionally uploading a text-based file for context), and then submit the conversation when they are done.
Once submissions begin, you can monitor ongoing conversations and access analytics. You can also add additional steps, such as peer review or tutor-led feedback, which follow the same structure and settings as other FeedbackFruits learning activities, including deadlines and anonymity options.
To get started, your institution will need to be signed up for the beta. If you don't see AI Practice in your toolpicker, please contact your Pilot or Partner Manager at FeedbackFruits to check if it's enabled for your institution.
You can read more about AI Practice here:
Feedback on Feedback by Teachers
We’ve added a new way for teachers to support the development of feedback literacy in their students: Feedback on Feedback by Teachers.
Developed in partnership with Deakin University, this step gives educators the ability to review the feedback comments students provide during peer learning activities. While Peer Review and Group Member Evaluation already focus on fostering collaboration and reflection, this new option emphasizes the competencies students build through giving and receiving feedback.
With Feedback on Feedback by Teachers, teachers can now add an extra review step to their activities. Here, they can assess the quality of the peer feedback provided by students, using the same assessment methods already available—rubrics, scales, or comments. This helps ensure that the feedback process itself becomes a structured learning opportunity, not just the outcome.
The new step can be added to both individual activities and combined flows in the Learning Design Studio.
To utilize this step, simply add it as a learning step at the bottom of any compatible activity.
Filtering in portfolio
A small but sweet improvement: in addition to competencies, users can now also filter on rubrics and criteria in the portfolio. This allows users to drill down even further into the feedback and ratings that students have received.
Note: The first-time onboarding, AI practice, and portfolio filtering features were developed through co-creation with the following partners: Breda University of Applied Sciences, HAS green academy, De Haagse Hogeschool, Hogeschool Inholland, Hogeschool Leiden, Hogeschool Rotterdam, Hogeschool Saxion, Hogeschool Windesheim, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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