Frequently Asked Questions

Does PebblePad conform to relevant accessibility standards?
PebblePad has always been designed to meet the needs of the widest possible range of users including those who may require assistance. To that end PebblePad...
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Is it possible to restrict the viewing of submissions to certain assessors or tutors on a workspace?
Yes. Within an ATLAS workspace (assessment environment) the 'sets' tool can be used to organise users into sub-groups allocated to specific instruct...
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Can I add numeric and qualitative feedback to submissions?
Yes. Assessments can be conducted in the form of freeform text, numeric, textual rating, rubric based scoring and a scorecard options to rate sections of a ...
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What PebblePad's maintenance schedule and is there downtime?
There is a regular patch schedule in effect with primary servers updated Mondays and Tuesdays as required around 03:00 (time-zone dependent).  If  a reboot ...
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Can I use multimedia files types as feedback?
Yes. Screencasts, audio and video files can be added as feedback to any item being assessed.
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Is there support for peer review?
Peer review can be conducted in the form of freeform text, numeric and textual rating within ATLAS. These peer reviews can be exported as CSV files for addi...
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Is there a character limit on a text field?
No. Text fields allow unlimited characters by default although template builders can set a lower and upper word count parameters if required.
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Does PebblePad support the use of rubrics for assessment?
Yes. The PebblePad template builder includes a rubric feature that allows faculty to create rubrics to support the teaching, learning and assessment process...
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Can I easily identify who has and who has not submitted work for assessment?
The submission dashboard allows instructors the ability to identify, at a glance, who has and who has not submitted materials. This functionality can be ext...
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How can an assessor be assured that the work they are assessing was completed at a given point in time?
The instructor would set a modification deadline which allows for edits and changes up until that time/date. Irrespective of how many changes a user makes t...
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