Without student feedback
- Rely on end-of-course evaluations weeks too late
- Students drop out without telling you why
- Update content based on assumptions and one loud voice
- Same confusion happens to the next cohort
Feedback for course content
Find out where your students actually get stuck
Add a feedback widget to your lessons. Students tell you which steps confuse them, where examples are missing, and which assignments don't make sense. Catch it during the course, not in the end-of-term survey.
Free up to 25 entries. No credit card. Works with Canvas, Moodle, Teachable, Thinkific, and more.
course/intro-to-stats/lesson-4
Lesson 4 of 5
Standard deviation
Formula
σ = √(Σ(xᵢ - μ)² / N)
How was this lesson?
Powered by PushFeedback
The formula came out of nowhere. Could you show how it's derived from variance first?
Used by educators and L&D teams worldwide
“We caught a confusing module before half the cohort hit it.”
End-of-course evaluations
are too late.
By the time the survey lands in their inbox, half your students have dropped out and the rest forgot what confused them in week 2. You update content based on a handful of vague responses, then watch the next cohort hit the same wall.
With PushFeedback
- Get feedback as students progress through each lesson
- See exactly which lesson confused them and why
- Fix issues before they affect more students
- Higher completion rates, better outcomes
Why this matters
See the lesson where your
students silently leave.
Most students don't fill out the exit survey. They just stop logging in. PushFeedback shows you the lesson where the drop-off happens, with the words students used right before they left.
Cohort completion · Spring 2026
Where 100 students went
Lesson 1: Intro100
Lesson 2: Mean & median94
Lesson 3: Distributions88
Lesson 4: Standard deviation63
25 students dropped here
Lesson 5: Z-scores63
What students said before leaving Lesson 4
“The formula came out of nowhere”
“I don't see how this connects to lesson 3”
“Need a worked example”
What happens next
→ next cohortYou see the drop-off. You fix the lesson. The next cohort goes through.
Add a derivation step
Connect lesson 3 → lesson 4
Insert a worked example
Before the formula appears
Re-publish
Watch next cohort completion rate
One fix per cohort. Compounding completion rates over time. That's the whole pitch.
What you actually find outFrom “what was confusing?”
From “what was confusing?”
to “fix this lesson.”
/01
Lessons ranked by confusion
A live ranking of which lessons need work. Sort by negative feedback, drop-off rate, or sentiment trend.
This week · most confusing
L4: Standard deviation-72%
L7: Hypothesis testing-58%
L2: Mean & median-31%
+ 3 more→
/02
Their words. Where they got stuck.
Students annotate the exact paragraph, video timestamp, or quiz question that lost them. No more guessing.
“This formula needs a worked example. I can't follow.”
Anonymous · Week 3
/03
AI groups what students said
AI clusters feedback into recurring themes so you see patterns, not 200 individual complaints.
Need worked example before formula31 mentions
Quiz Q4 ambiguous wording22 mentions
Video audio drops at 4:1214 mentions
+ 5 more themes→
/04
Anonymous, by default
Students share what they're really thinking when they don't have to attach their name. GDPR-ready, no tracking cookies.
Anonymous
Optional email
No cookies
GDPR ready
AI ReportsAI reads every comment.
AI reads every comment.
You teach the next cohort.
Every Monday, your team gets a report: top 3 confusing lessons, sentiment trend across the cohort, recommended fixes ranked by impact. The kind of analysis a senior instructional designer would do, except it doesn't take half a day.
Weekly report · Mar 17 - Mar 24
248 new feedback entries · 7 themes · 4 priority fixes
Cohort sentiment
+8%
Top recurring themes
P1
Lesson 4 jumps to formula without derivation
31 mentions · Standard deviation · sentiment: -72%
P1
Quiz 2 question 4 has ambiguous phrasing
22 mentions · 60% wrong answers
P2
Video audio drops out at 4:12
14 mentions · Lesson 6
Recommended actions
Add a derivation step between Lesson 3 and Lesson 4. Would resolve 31 mentions and likely save 25 students from dropping.
Rephrase Quiz 2 Q4. Current wording is being read two ways. 22 students confused, 60% scoring wrong.
Re-record Lesson 6 segment at 4:12. Audio gap loses listeners.
Built for everyone who teachesWhatever you teach,
Whatever you teach,
find what's not landing.
ONLINE COURSES
Self-paced learners
Spot the lessons where solo students get stuck and silently drop off. Improve completion rates lesson by lesson.
"This lesson is confusing"
"I need more examples here"
CORPORATE TRAINING
L&D and onboarding
See which modules new hires struggle with, where compliance training loses people, and which assignments need more practice.
"The quiz is too hard"
"Can we add more practice exercises?"
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Schools and universities
Catch unclear assignment instructions, broken reading links, and confusing rubrics before students email you about them.
"The assignment instructions are unclear"
"I can't access the reading materials"
Integrations
Works with your LMS.
Drop in via embed, plugin, or copy-paste. Most courses are live in under 10 minutes.
Plus Blackboard, LearnDash, Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, Podia, Mighty Networks, and any LMS that lets you embed a script tag. See all integrations →
Frequently asked questions
Yes by default. Students can leave feedback without an email or login. Students who want a follow-up can optionally include their email. You decide what to require.
Probably. We have native plugins for Canvas, Moodle, Teachable, Thinkific, and LearnDash. For anything else, paste a script tag in your LMS theme or HTML block. If your LMS supports custom HTML, PushFeedback works.
No. The widget loads asynchronously and adds under 30KB. It won't affect video playback, quiz timers, or any LMS functionality.
The free plan never expires. You get up to 25 feedback entries to test the widget on a single course. Upgrade when you're ready to roll it out across your catalog.
Built for GDPR compliance: a configurable consent checkbox you tie to your own privacy policy, no tracking cookies, and no personal data collected unless the user explicitly opts in. EU-hosted infrastructure available. For FERPA specifically, the anonymous mode means no PII is collected at all. Contact us for a DPA.
Yes. Match your colors, position, and copy. The widget can ask "How was this lesson?" or any custom question that fits your course style.
Students tell you what's confusing. You fix it.
Feedback appears right where students struggle, so you know exactly which lessons need work. Get the widget on your course in 5 minutes and have your first feedback by tomorrow morning.
- 25 entries free
- No credit card
- Works with Canvas & Moodle
- Cancel anytime