mod_threesixo is a Moodle activity plugin for 360-degree peer feedback. Teachers and course managers can build feedback activities from a shared question bank, assign participants, collect responses, and release personalised reports — all within the standard Moodle course environment.
- Shared question bank — Create and reuse rated (scale-based) and open-ended comment questions across multiple feedback instances.
- Flexible participant scoping — Target all enrolled course participants, or restrict feedback to users with a specific role.
- Anonymous feedback — Optionally hide the identity of feedback givers. Self-review is automatically disabled when anonymity is turned on.
- Self-review — Allow participants to complete a questionnaire about themselves alongside feedback they provide to others.
- Configurable report releasing — Control when feedback reports become visible: immediately on submission, manually by the teacher, automatically when the activity closes, or kept closed entirely.
- Declined feedback with optional undo — Participants can decline to give feedback to a specific person. When enabled, a declined submission can also be reversed.
- Timed availability — Set optional open and close dates to define the submission window.
- Report download — Export individual feedback reports in supported Moodle data formats.
- Submission tracking — Monitor each participant's feedback status across the activity at a glance.
- Granular question capabilities — Fine-grained access control over who can edit or delete shared questions, including ownership-based restrictions for questions created by other users.
- Full backup and restore — Activity data is fully supported by Moodle's standard backup and restore framework.
- Moodle 5.1 or later
- PHP 8.3 or later, matching the parent Moodle installation
Version compatibility
- Log in to your Moodle site as an administrator.
- Go to Site administration → Plugins → Install plugins.
- Upload the plugin ZIP file, or search for
threesixoor360° feedbackin the Moodle Plugins directory. - Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation and run any database upgrades.
- Download or clone this repository into
{moodle_root}/mod/threesixo/. - Log in as an administrator and go to Site administration → Notifications to trigger the upgrade process.
When adding a 360° Feedback activity to a course, the activity form exposes the following settings:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The activity name displayed to participants. |
| Anonymous | Hides the identity of feedback givers. Disables self-review when enabled. |
| Enable self-review | Allows participants to submit a questionnaire about themselves. |
| Participants | Scopes feedback to a specific enrolment role, or targets all enrolled users. |
| Releasing | Controls when reports are released: closed, open immediately, manually by the teacher, or automatically when the activity closes. |
| Allow undo decline | Permits participants to reverse a previously declined feedback submission. |
| Open date / Close date | Optional dates defining the feedback submission window. |
The following capabilities govern question bank management and can be granted to roles at the system context:
| Capability | Description |
|---|---|
mod/threesixo:editothersquestions |
Edit questions created by other users. |
mod/threesixo:deleteothersquestions |
Delete questions created by other users. |
Site administrators hold these capabilities by default. Questions that existed before v5.0.0 are treated as unowned and can only be managed by administrators or users who hold the relevant capability.
- Build the question bank — Create rated or comment-based questions, or reuse existing ones from the shared bank.
- Set up the activity — Add a 360° Feedback instance to a course and configure its settings, including anonymity, report releasing, and availability dates.
- Add questions — Select questions from the question bank to include in the questionnaire. Use the "select all" toggle to add multiple questions at once.
- Assign participants — Choose which enrolled users will give and receive feedback.
- Open the activity — Make the activity available within the defined time window so participants can complete their submissions.
- Monitor progress — Track submission statuses across all participants from the activity overview.
- Release reports — Review responses and release individual feedback reports according to the configured releasing policy.
Run PHPUnit tests from the Moodle root:
vendor/bin/phpunit --testsuite mod_threesixo_testsuiteAssuming your development site is already set up with Moodle's standard Behat configuration, you can run Behat tests by:
php public/admin/tool/behat/cli/run.php --tags=@mod_threesixoContinuous integration runs via GitHub Actions using moodle-plugin-ci. Code coverage is tracked on Codecov.
Bug reports, fixes, and improvements are welcome. Please follow the standard Moodle plugin contribution workflow:
- Open an issue to describe the problem or feature before submitting a pull request.
- Ensure any changed behaviour is covered by PHPUnit or Behat tests.
- Code must pass PHPCS checks against Moodle's PHP coding style, which is enforced in CI.
If mod_threesixo is useful to you, consider supporting its ongoing development:
This plugin is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0.