PebblePad
PebblePad is a higher education platform for learning, assessment and student engagement.
What PebblePad is
PebblePad is a higher education platform for learning, assessment and student engagement. Learners can plan and reflect on learning, then gather, organize, share and present evidence of their capabilities in ePortfolios. Educators can create workbooks and templates to structure activities, projects and placements, and use assessment tools to follow engagement and provide formative or summative feedback. Skills and competencies can be mapped against programme outcomes or professional frameworks, while progress dashboards help institutions set completion criteria and identify learners ready for assessment. The PebblePocket mobile app captures reflections, photos, videos and other evidence offline, then syncs it once reconnected. PebblePad connects with learning management systems for single sign-on, enrolment and grade synchronisation, and resource links; listed LMS options include Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas and Moodle. Institution-issued accounts are tied to each institution’s own installation. PebblePad is hosted on AWS and states a 99.9% uptime SLA. It is paid, with pricing on request.
Good
- Learners can collect and share evidence in ePortfolios.
- Workbooks guide activities, projects and placements.
- Dashboards help identify learners ready for assessment.
- PebblePocket captures evidence offline and syncs later.
- LMS integrations include single sign-on and grade synchronisation.
Watch out
- Accounts are issued by an institution.
- Each institution has its own installation.
- Pricing is available on request.
Who it suits
PebblePad suits higher education institutions, educators and learners who need structured learning activities, assessment and evidence portfolios. It may also suit programmes tracking skills against outcomes or professional frameworks.
Verdict
PebblePad brings learning records, feedback, assessment and skills tracking together for higher education. Its institution-issued access and on-request pricing are important considerations for prospective users.
Plans and prices
From PebblePad's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| PebblePad | Priced on request | Institutional pricing; contact PebblePad for details |
The facts
Each one read from PebblePad's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The PebblePad API connects and synchronises data between student management systems.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Assessment
- Built-in tools let educators monitor engagement and provide formative and summative feedback and assessment.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- PebblePad describes its platform as built for higher education institutions and their educators and learners.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Embedded services
- The integrations page lists supported embeds including YouTube, Kaltura, Credly, Badgr, OneDrive, Google Docs and Turnitin.checked 4 Oct 2026
- ePortfolio
- Learners can collect, curate, share and showcase evidence of their developing capabilities in ePortfolios.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Hosting and availability
- PebblePad describes the platform as fully hosted on AWS and states a 99.9% uptime SLA.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Hosting and uptime
- PebblePad describes its service as fully hosted on AWS and states it backs the platform with a 99.9% uptime SLA.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Institution access
- PebblePad accounts are issued by an institution, and each institution has its own installation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- PebblePad integrates with learning management systems for single sign-on, enrolment synchronisation, resource linking and grade synchronisation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Learning records
- Learners can plan, record and reflect on learning experiences, then collect, curate, share and showcase evidence of their capabilities.checked 4 Oct 2026
- LMS integration
- PebblePad describes LMS integrations for single sign-on, enrolment synchronisation, direct resource linking and grade synchronisation.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Offline mobile use
- PebblePocket lets learners capture reflections and evidence offline and sync content later.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Other integrations
- The integrations page describes connections to student management systems, identity providers, cloud storage and plagiarism detection services, and content providers including YouTube and Credly.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Progress dashboards
- Progress Tracking and Insight Dashboards let institutions define meaningful completion and identify learners ready for assessment.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PebblePad is a higher education learning, ePortfolio, workbook and assessment platform designed to support students from induction through graduation and beyond.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- PebblePad lists ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and TX-RAMP among its security certifications and compliance credentials.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- PebblePad lists Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001 and TX-RAMP among its security certifications.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security practices
- PebblePad says it conducts annual external penetration testing and continuous internal infrastructure vulnerability scanning.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Skills tracking
- The platform maps and tracks competencies, capabilities and skills for programme-wide assessment aligned with outcomes or professional frameworks.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- PebblePad offers institution-tailored onboarding, training, customer success support and a role-based Help Hub.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- PebblePad says it has built software for universities since 2004 and identifies Shane Sutherland and Colin Dalziel as its founders.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2004checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- The PebblePocket mobile app captures reflections, photos, videos and other learning evidence, including offline, and syncs content to PebblePad when reconnected.checked 4 Oct 2026
