How to Create Engaging Moodle Peer Review Activities with Teachfloor

Peer review is one of the most effective strategies for fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and deeper learning. 

When learners are actively involved in evaluating each other’s work, they develop a stronger understanding of the subject matter, gain exposure to different perspectives, and build essential feedback skills. 

However, implementing structured and engaging peer review activities in Moodle can be challenging due to its limited native functionality.

Teachfloor offers a seamless solution to this challenge. By integrating Teachfloor into Moodle through LTI 1.3, educators can enhance their courses with powerful peer review workflows and other collaborative learning tools—without changing platforms. 

The integration allows instructors to design and embed rich peer review sequences, customize the learner interface, and maintain full synchronization between both systems.

This article explores how to create engaging Moodle peer review activities using Teachfloor. 

From ready-to-use activity sequences to advanced social learning features, you'll discover how to extend Moodle’s capabilities and deliver impactful, learner-centered experiences.

Why Peer Review Is an Engaging and Powerful Learning Activity

Effective peer review goes beyond grading—it turns learners into active contributors to the learning process. Unlike traditional assessments, peer review encourages participation, reflection, and accountability, which are critical components of meaningful engagement.

One of the key advantages of peer review is that it shifts the role of the learner from passive recipient to critical evaluator. This change in perspective promotes metacognition—the ability to think about one’s own thinking—and strengthens the learner's ability to assess quality, give constructive feedback, and justify opinions based on clear criteria.

Peer review also introduces a valuable social dimension to online learning. When learners know their work will be reviewed by peers, they tend to approach assignments with greater care and attention. 

Likewise, reviewing others’ work exposes them to alternative approaches, broadening their understanding and reinforcing key concepts through comparison and analysis.

From an instructional standpoint, peer review reduces grading load while increasing feedback volume. 

Learners receive input not only from instructors but also from multiple classmates, which can lead to more well-rounded and diverse insights. And because the process is collaborative and iterative, it mirrors the kind of review cycles students will encounter in academic, creative, and professional environments.

When thoughtfully implemented, it becomes a core part of an engaging and empowering educational experience.

How Teachfloor Integrates with Moodle via LTI

Teachfloor integrates with Moodle using the LTI 1.3 (Learning Tools Interoperability) standard, enabling institutions to embed advanced learning activities directly within their existing Moodle environment. This integration is designed to be quick to set up, easy to manage, and fully secure—offering the benefits of Teachfloor without requiring instructors or learners to leave Moodle.

The setup process requires no technical expertise. Institutions subscribed to Teachfloor can request LTI access and follow a straightforward configuration using Moodle’s native support for external tools. 

Once integrated, Teachfloor appears as a tool within Moodle, allowing instructors to add activities to their courses just as they would with any other resource or module.

One of the major advantages of this integration is that it preserves the Moodle learning flow while embedding richer interactions through Teachfloor. 

Instructors can customize the embedded experience by choosing whether to show headers, navigation drawers, user menus, or even change the background color to match their course design. This level of control ensures that Teachfloor content feels native within Moodle’s structure.

Authentication is handled seamlessly through the LTI standard, meaning students and instructors can access Teachfloor content without needing to log in separately. 

Additionally, activity data remains in sync between both systems—submissions made on Teachfloor, for example, can trigger notifications or appear as completed tasks in Moodle.

In short, Teachfloor becomes an invisible layer of advanced functionality within Moodle: no extra tabs, no fragmented workflows, and no disruption to how courses are currently delivered—just a significantly more engaging and powerful set of tools.

To get started, visit the Teachfloor LTI integration page to learn more or request access for your institution. For a complete walkthrough, see the support guide: How to Embed Teachfloor Courses and Activities into Moodle Using LTI. 

Once enabled, you’ll be able to bring social learning features into Moodle in just a few steps—and completely change how your learners engage with content and each other.

Pre-Built Peer Review Sequences Available on Teachfloor

One of Teachfloor’s core strengths is its library of pre-configured peer review sequences designed to support a variety of instructional goals. 

These templates simplify the process of designing meaningful feedback activities and ensure a structured, consistent experience for both instructors and learners.

Each sequence is composed of interconnected activities that guide students through submission, evaluation, reflection, and—in some cases—instructor feedback. 

These flows are especially valuable in Moodle, where building such multi-step processes manually would be complex and time-consuming.

Here are the main peer review sequences available on Teachfloor:

Submission → Peer Review → Feedback Reflection

This sequence encourages students to submit their work, review peer submissions, and reflect on the feedback they receive. It promotes accountability and deeper learning through both giving and receiving feedback.

Best for: Individual assignments, creative projects, or writing exercises where each student submits their own work and reviews others independently.

Submission → Instructor Review with Rubric → Feedback Reflection

Ideal for instructors who want to use a formal evaluation process while still encouraging learner reflection. Feedback rubrics provide clear expectations, and reflections help students internalize the feedback.

Best for: Final projects, presentations, and assignments with strict assessment criteria.

Group Formation → Group Submission → Group Review → Group Feedback Reflection

This sequence enables collaborative learning through group work. Learners form their own groups, submit a collective assignment, review work from other groups, and reflect on the feedback received. It fosters communication, cooperation, and shared accountability.

Best for: Team projects, collaborative research, or any activity requiring group problem-solving.

Submission → Instructor Review with Chat → Peer and Self Review

This sequence introduces real-time or asynchronous chat between the instructor and student, followed by peer and self-assessments. It creates a rich feedback loop with both guided and collaborative elements.

Best for: Skill-based learning, coaching sessions, or iterative improvement processes.

Submission → Peer Review → Self Review → Feedback Reflection

Here, students first review peers, then evaluate their own work, and finally reflect on all feedback. It cultivates a deep sense of self-awareness and comparison, ideal for growing metacognitive skills.

Best for: Reflective disciplines like design, philosophy, or creative writing.

Submission → Self Review

A streamlined option focused solely on self-assessment. It helps learners develop autonomy and evaluate their own work critically before receiving any outside feedback.

Best for: Formative assessments, early drafts, or check-ins.

By offering these ready-to-use templates, Teachfloor removes the friction of designing peer review from scratch. Instructors can simply choose the flow that fits their learning objectives and embed it directly into Moodle, making it easier than ever to implement high-quality peer review at scale.

Case Study Example: Designing a Peer Review Sequence in Moodle

To illustrate how Teachfloor’s peer review system works within Moodle, let’s walk through a real-world example of designing and embedding a structured peer review sequence using the LTI integration. This scenario follows a course instructor who wants students to complete a creative writing assignment, review their peers’ work, and reflect on the feedback they receive.

Step 1: Create the Sequence in Teachfloor

The instructor logs into Teachfloor and selects the ready-made sequence. All steps are already connected and logically ordered, requiring no manual linking. The instructor only needs to configure each step with task-specific details.

• In the Submission step, they provide instructions for the assignment—for example, a 1,000-word short story.
  
• In the Peer Review step, they define how many submissions each student will review and configure the rubric by choosing from a variety of question types:
  
  • Open Question – Students write a free-text response.
    
  • Numeric Rating – A number scale to rate aspects of the work.
    
  • Text Scale – Predefined labels such as “Excellent,” “Needs Work.”
    
  • Yes/No – Binary questions for quick checks.
    
  • Information Section – Context or guidance that doesn’t require an answer.
    
• In the Feedback Reflection step, they add a prompt like: “What did you learn from the feedback you received?”
  

Step 2: Embed the Activity into Moodle

Once the sequence is configured, the instructor goes to the Moodle course, enables Edit mode, and adds a new External Tool. They select Teachfloor from the list, click Select Content, and choose the activity just created.

The instructor can customize the appearance (e.g., show/hide header or user menu, change background color) before saving the activity to the course.

Step 3: Student Experience

Students see the Teachfloor activity directly inside their Moodle course—no extra login needed. They submit their work, complete peer reviews as assigned, and respond to the reflection prompt. The entire sequence is presented in a clean, linear flow.

Step 4: Instructor Oversight

From Teachfloor’s backend, the instructor tracks participation and progress. They can view submissions, monitor completed reviews, read student reflections, and ensure all tasks are on track. Real-time status updates and automated notifications help manage the process without manual follow-up.

Other Social Learning Activities You Can Embed from Teachfloor

While peer review is one of Teachfloor’s most powerful features, the platform offers a broader set of social learning tools that can be embedded directly into Moodle. 

These activities allow instructors to create interactive, community-driven experiences without relying on additional plugins or complex setups.

Discussion Forum

Teachfloor’s Forum feature provides a lightweight, focused space for asynchronous discussions. Unlike traditional Moodle forums, which can feel cluttered or disconnected, these forums are embedded directly into the learning flow—making conversations more contextual and easier to follow.

Use cases: Topic-based discussions, question threads, collaborative brainstorming.

Group Activity

Teachfloor’s Group Activity enables learners to collaborate in small teams, submit joint assignments, and engage in group-based peer reviews. Unlike static group tools in Moodle, Teachfloor allows learners to create their own groups, empowering them to form teams organically around interests or working styles.

Use cases: Project-based learning, capstone tasks, group research assignments.

Self Reflection

This activity prompts learners to assess their own performance or understanding after completing a task. Reflections are visible to instructors and serve as a powerful tool for encouraging self-awareness and metacognition. Instructors can review responses to better understand student progress and tailor their support accordingly.

Use cases: End-of-module reflections, weekly learning journals, post-feedback analysis.

4. Live Meeting with Zoom

Instructors can schedule and host Zoom meetings directly from Teachfloor, then embed them into Moodle. This feature is ideal for live lectures, group check-ins, or office hours, all of which learners can access without leaving their LMS environment. 

Use cases: Real-time sessions, blended learning, virtual classroom discussions.

Each of these activities brings an additional layer of interactivity and connection to Moodle courses. 

Whether the goal is to promote collaboration, encourage introspection, or facilitate real-time engagement, Teachfloor makes it easy to enrich your Moodle course with modern social learning experiences—all within a single, unified interface.

Final Thoughts

Moodle has long been a trusted platform for managing and delivering online courses, but its built-in tools often fall short when it comes to promoting social learning and meaningful peer interactions. 

That’s where Teachfloor steps in—offering a powerful extension to Moodle through LTI integration that brings collaborative learning, peer feedback, and group engagement to the forefront.

More importantly, it transforms Moodle from a content delivery system into a vibrant, learner-centered environment where students take a more active role in their learning journey.

Whether you're looking to improve engagement, reduce grading workload, or introduce modern pedagogical practices, integrating Teachfloor into Moodle gives you the flexibility and tools to do it—all while keeping everything in one familiar place.