Introduction

In this article we will walk you through how to use Learning Collection from the perspective of a student.  Learning Collection lets you bring together work from across your courses into a single curated collection, reflect on what it shows about your learning, and submit it to be assessed.

Unlike an activity that asks for one final deliverable, this activity is about showing your learning journey: the moments you're proud of, the times you struggled, and how you've grown. If you'd like more information on how this tool works, you can check out the overview article here:

• Learning Collection: Overview

• Learning Collection: For Teachers (Active Assessment)

• Learning Collection: For Teachers (Setting Up)

Tool In Action

Getting Started

When you open the Learning Collection activity, you will see a clear set of steps to follow. The activity is built around three main actions:

1. Read the instructions: Understand what your teacher wants your collection to demonstrate.
2. Create your collection: Curate work from across your courses, then reflect on it, and preview it.
3. Receive your assessment: Read the feedback once your collection has been assessed.

Step 1: Read the Instructions

Start by reading the instructions provided by your teacher. These explain the purpose of the activity and what your collection should demonstrate, for example, a piece of work you're most proud of and why, an example that shows your greatest growth from start to finish, a moment where you struggled and what you did about it, and an instance where you used AI and how it shaped your thinking.

Use these instructions as your guide while you decide which activities to include and what to reflect on. When you're ready, select Start under Create your collection.

Step 2: Create Your Collection

This is the core of the activity. Building your collection happens in a guided three-step process shown at the top of the screen: Build → Reflect → Preview. You can move forward with the purple Next button and return to an earlier step at any time — your work is kept as you move between steps.

Build: Add Activities to Your Collection

On the Build step you'll see all the FeedbackFruits activities you've taken part in, automatically gathered and grouped by course (for example, "Course 101" or "Introduction to Goth"). A count of everything available is shown at the top, such as "24 activities".

To find the right work quickly, you can:

• Search by activity name using the search icon.
• Filter your activities using the filter icon.
• Upload files from your computer using the upload icon — if your teacher has enabled this option — to include work that doesn't live in FeedbackFruits.

To add an activity, either click it or drag it into the Your collection panel on the right. Added activities are marked as Added, and you can reorder them in your collection using the drag handle. When you add an activity, all of its associated data comes with it — the submission, the ratings, and the comments and reviews you gave and received — so your assessor sees the full picture.

Reflect: Explain Your Thinking

Once your collection is built, select Next to move to the Reflect step. This is where you show the thinking behind the collection you've made.

• Reflect on the whole collection — At the top of the screen, write an overall reflection on your learnings. This is your chance to tie everything together and articulate how you've grown.
• Reflect on individual activities (optional) — Each activity in your collection has its own reflection field, so you can add context to a specific piece of work if you want to.

A thoughtful reflection is often what your assessor values most, it's where you demonstrate critical thinking about your own learning. Within each activity card you can also review the given comments, received comments, and submissions attached to that activity, so you can look back at the work as you reflect. These sections are read-only.

Preview: Check Before You Submit

Select Next to reach the Preview step. Here you can review everything before it's assessed: your overall reflection and each activity in your collection, with its reflections, comments, and submissions. Expand each item to make sure it shows what you intended.

When you're happy with your collection, select Submit in the top bar.

Note: Once you submit, your collection is locked and sent for assessment. Make sure everything is in place before you submit. Your submission is saved as a snapshot at the moment you hand it in.

After submitting, your activity overview will show Submission received with a green checkmark.

Step 3: Receive Your Feedback

Once your collection has been assessed and your teacher releases the results, the feedback will appear just like any other feedback you receive in FeedbackFruits — with ratings and comments against the criteria your teacher used. You can read it, reply to specific comments, and revisit it whenever you like.

If your collection is assessed by more than one assessor, you'll be able to see each assessment once it's released.

Good to Know

• Curate, don't dump. You don't need to include everything. Choose the activities that best demonstrate what your teacher asked for, and let your reflection explain why each one matters.
• Reflection is where you shine. The activities show what you did; your reflection shows your thinking. Use the collection-level and per-activity reflections to make your learning journey clear.
• Incomplete activities can still be included. An activity doesn't need to have feedback or scores to be added, if it's a meaningful part of your journey, you can include it.
• Everything comes with the activity. When you add an activity, its submission, ratings, and comments are included automatically, so you don't need to copy anything across manually.
• Uploads depend on your teacher's settings. You can only add files from your computer if your teacher has enabled uploading for this activity.
• Submitting locks your collection. You can't change a collection after submitting, so use the Preview step to double-check. Retracting and resubmitting before a deadline follows the same rules as other FeedbackFruits submissions.
• Watch your deadlines. If your teacher has set deadlines, they'll be shown throughout the activity. If a deadline has passed, you can approach your teacher to request an extension.