Learning Journal

The problem

Reflection works best close to the experience

When reflection is separated from the course, learners forget the context, participation drops and educators receive disconnected entries that are difficult to use.

Learning Journal places prompts and entries alongside the learning itself. Learners can record thinking while it's still relevant, return to it over time, and choose how an entry is shared. Educators can design purposeful prompts and understand patterns without introducing another account or platform.

What Learning Journal enables

What Learning Journal does

Reflection within the LMS

Learners access the journal in the environment they already use, with no separate destination to remember.

Purposeful prompts

Reflection connected to a learning activity, placement, project, assessment or professional-development goal, rather than relying on generic questions.

Learning over time

Learners revisit earlier thinking, recognise growth and connect experiences across a course or program.

Appropriate sharing

Entries configured as private, shared or visible for feedback, with the learner relationship and assessment context made clear.

Educator insight

Themes and points of confusion identified across the cohort, so teaching and support can respond.

Institutional fit

Relevant branding and configuration applied so the tool feels part of the learning environment.

Privacy and trust

Who sees what, and when

Learners choose whether an entry stays private, is shared with an educator, or is visible for feedback, and that choice is always clear before they write. Whether an entry can be assessed depends on how a course is configured, and what happens to entries when a course ends is set out during implementation. Specific hosting, encryption and data-location details are confirmed with your institution's IT and security teams as part of setup, rather than promised as a blanket claim here.

Common questions

Questions about Learning Journal

Do learners need another login?

No. Learning Journal is embedded directly into Canvas, Moodle or Brightspace, so students and instructors work inside the LMS they already use.

Who can see journal entries?

That depends on how each activity is configured. Entries can be private, shared with an educator, or visible for feedback, and the sharing setting is always clear to the learner before they write.

Can a journal activity be graded?

Yes, where a course is configured for it. Grading and assessment context are set out clearly for learners before the activity starts.

Can prompts be embedded at different points in a course?

Yes. Prompts can be tied to a specific activity, placement, project, assessment or professional-development goal, wherever reflection is most useful.

What happens to entries after the course ends?

This is agreed with your institution during implementation and depends on your data retention requirements.

Which LMS versions and configurations are supported?

Canvas, Moodle and Brightspace. We confirm specific version and configuration compatibility during scoping.