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Owlia Formative Practice

v1.1.1Stable AIMoodle 4.5 – 5.3

Narrative feedback on open-ended answers — never a grade.

Formative Practice is an activity for practising open-ended answers. The instructor writes one question, with an optional reference answer and criteria; the learner writes an answer and asks for feedback: what went well, what could improve, a hint and a suggested next step. Learners can try again as often as they like.

It is formative by design: there is no grade, score or pass/fail, nothing reaches the gradebook, and learners are told before and after that the feedback is not a grade. Answers and feedback are never stored, so instructors see only participation figures for the whole class.

How to installSupport & links
Learning alignment

The value for learners and instructors

Where this plugin genuinely supports learning — and where it does not.

Formative feedback

Core

A full feedback loop — answer, narrative feedback, hint, next step, retry — on the learner's own words, without the pressure of a mark.

Self-regulated learning

Core

Learners start each attempt themselves and can iterate privately; no answer, feedback or score is kept, which keeps the stakes low.

Higher-order thinking

Supporting

Open questions can target understanding, application, analysis or evaluation — the level depends on the question the instructor writes.

Instructor workload

Supporting

No marking, and the AI can propose questions with a reference answer and criteria from selected course sections, for the instructor to review.

What it does not do

Instructors cannot see individual answers or misconceptions, only group-level figures (hidden below 5 learners). One question per activity, no competency-framework link, and the feedback language is set by the instructor, not the learner.

Installation

Install in a few minutes

Requirements

Moodle
4.5 – 5.3
Component
mod_owliaformative
Folder
mod/owliaformative
Interface
English, French, German

Dependencies

  • Owlia Connect Suite ≥ 1.1.1Requiredlocal_owliasuiteHolds the Owlia connection and organisation API keys.
  • Owlia account and planRequiredaccount.mysleipnir.luYour organisation's plan must include this plugin.
  1. 1

    Install the foundation hub

    Install Owlia Connect Suite (local_owliasuite) first and connect it to your Owlia account in Site administration → Plugins → Local plugins → Owlia Connect Suite.

  2. 2

    Install Formative Practice

    Upload the ZIP in Site administration → Plugins → Install plugins (or copy the folder to mod/owliaformative), then complete the upgrade from Site administration → Notifications.

  3. 3

    Optional: feedback languages

    Adjust the feedback languages (English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish by default) in Site administration → Plugins → Activity modules → OWLIA Formative Practice.

  4. 4

    Add it to a course

    Add an activity → OWLIA Formative Practice. Write the question or generate one from course sections, add the reference answer and criteria, and save.

Data & privacy

  • Learners' answers and the feedback are never stored in Moodle.
  • Only participation is recorded (who tried, when, success or error), deleted with the course reset, the activity or the user.
  • Per request, the answer, the question, the reference and criteria and the course name are sent — no user id, name or email.
  • Learners are told before submitting that AI processes their answer and not to include personal data.
Support & links

Help when you need it

Email support

support@mysleipnir.com

Account & API key

Plans, usage and keys on account.mysleipnir.lu

Suite install guide

Set up the foundation hub once for every plugin.

Security & trust

Gateway, pseudonymisation and guardrails.

Download

Owlia Formative Practice will be available from the Moodle plugins directory and from its public GitHub repository in the near future.