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From Classroom to Clinical Confidence

Supporting every stage of the nursing journey

PebblePad is the only ePortfolio, workbook, and assessment platform designed to support the full learning experience—covering reflective practice, clinical placements, competency tracking, cultural responsiveness, employability, and beyond.

Our platform is built for the complexity of modern, competency-based nursing education, while delivering the simplicity educators need to streamline workflows and stay focused on what matters most: preparing confident, capable nurses.

Trusted by hundreds of institutions worldwide including:

“PebblePad and its reporting captures all our data—it’s a huge component that helps us meet students where they need us.”

Ohio State University

First Lecture to Final Placement

Disconnected systems and paper-based portfolios make it hard to deliver structured, connected nursing education.

PebblePad simplifies the process—cutting admin, saving time, and improving outcomes. Here’s how we do it in three steps that span the entire learning journey.

1.Connected Classrooms, Simplified Workflows

Supporting structured learning and standards-based assessment from day one.

PebblePad enhances classroom learning by integrating tools for assessment, reflection, and feedback to support structured, standards-aligned learning, all while ensuring student work is secure and accessible.

Integrated learning & assessment

Bring ePortfolios, templates, and assessment tools together in one place—no more bouncing between different solutions and tools.

Guided reflective learning

Use structured workbooks to scaffold reflection, collaboration, and critical thinking—anchored in evidence-based practice.

Progress tracking

Replace paper portfolios with a centralized platform that supports real-time visibility, timely feedback, and continuous assessment.

Secure student records

Protect student work from loss or damage with secure, recoverable digital storage—ensuring peace of mind for all.

“The immediacy that PebblePad offers has transformed the flow of the learning experience.”

University of South Australia

Standards, seamlessly met

PebblePad offers flexible, framework-aligned templates and assessment tools that help map student CBE evidence to national and institutional frameworks including AACN, supporting accreditation, employability, and outcome reporting with easeall at scale.

2.Real-World Learning, Real-Time Support

Empowering students and educators during placements and simulations.

PebblePad supports students during clinical placements with tools for real-time tracking, feedback, and simulation-based learning. It ensures continuity even in offline environments and improves communication through structured documentation.

Clinical placement tracking

Track, guide, and provide feedback in real time—as well as replace paper logs with structured digital placement workbooks, updatable even when offline.

Simulation-based learning

Support clinical readiness with scenario-based templates that simulate real-world practice when placements are limited.

Clinical documentation

Use structured templates to document patient care, incidents, and condition changes—improving communication across teams.

Capture learning, anytime anywhere

On placement, students often struggle to capture learning consistently—especially offline. The PebblePocket mobile app makes it easy, giving them tools to document experiences with photos, audio, video, or notes offline, and sync everything with PebblePad once reconnected.

“To be able to jump in, in real time, to see what is happening for students in practice and provide more timely support to them and their facilitating nurses has been a game changer.”

University of Tasmania

3.Smart Assessment, Trusted Outcomes

Supporting academic integrity, digital fluency, and lifelong learning.

PebblePad promotes academic integrity and efficient assessment through multimodal evidence collection and streamlined digital workflows, while helping educators maintain high standards and reduce admin burden.

Digital fluency for the workforce

Build digital literacy and reflective practice in an environment that mirrors modern healthcare settings.

Authentic, multimodal evidence

Encourage rich, verifiable submissions—video, audio, images—that build a traceable, trustworthy learning journey.

Streamlined digital workflows

Cut admin time with digital-first tools that simplify moderation and boost student engagement through interactive learning.

Lifelong learning continuity

Support alumni with ongoing access to their ePortfolios—making CE tracking for graduates seamless as they move through their careers.

“Utilizing PebblePad … serves as a powerful tool to showcase tangible examples of learning and growth throughout the entire nursing student journey.”

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Data, defended & delivered

PebblePad protects sensitive information with secure SaaS architecture, SSO, and role-based access—keeping data safe, accessible, and in your control.

Nursing Webinars

Watch PebblePad’s nursing webinar series to explore strategies from leading educators for building clinical confidence, bridging classroom learning with real-world practice, and preparing future-ready nurses for success in dynamic healthcare environments.

Nursing Videos

View our collection of videos from nursing educators as they reveal how PebblePad has transformed their processes.

Nursing Resources

Take a deep dive into how our nursing customers are leveraging PebblePad with our exclusive series of use cases and other resources.

Nursing guide: From classroom to clinical confidence

Remote clinical placements case study from Murdoch University

Smart practice checklist for Nursing practitioners

Discover more about how PebblePad, the ePortfolio, workbook, and assessment platform, can support your educators and students.

Curriculum Transformation at the University of Edinburgh: co-creation and the relationship between local innovation and institutional change

Talk description: I will use the themes of reflection and experiential learning, skills development and assessment (including programme level assessment and changes in assessment practice) to explore this process in more detail. This includes the link between disciplinary and institutional curriculum reform, learning from local innovations and changes, and using this to inform University level changes and support.

Bio: My current position is leading the University wide Curriculum Transformation Project. This is a major and long term initiative for the University considering all areas of the University’s undergraduate and taught postgraduate curriculum. Prior to this Jon set up and led the Institute for Academic Development (IAD) at the University of Edinburgh. The IAD provides University level support for teaching, learning and researcher development, including direct support for students and staff, and support for enhancement and innovation in curriculum development, the student and researcher experience. Jon has a PhD in petroleum geology.

Mission Possible: The DNA of a bespoke professional development program

Talk description: The diversity of students in higher education dictates that there cannot (and should not) be a single ‘silver bullet’ approach to address the complex challenge of career readiness learning. However, the reality of modern university structures is that delivering bespoke experiences for each student is a challenge in and of itself.  And yet, all things are possible with creative use of PebblePad to streamline delivery (for the university) and make it highly personalised (for the student). 

Bio: Gayle Brent is a Learning and Teaching Consultant (Employability) at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Gaye’s specialist area of interest is developing and implementing strategies to enhance staff and student understanding of employability in both curricular and extra-curricular contexts. She completed a Master of Education and Professional Studies Research to explore the potential barriers and challenges to embedding employability-based learning in higher education curriculum and is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy exploring the impact of an extra-curricular employability program on the individual student experience.

Dr Melissa Highton. Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh

Talk description: A journey through the stories told by wicca data. How a neglected research data set was used by students to overturn historic injustice and shed new light on the lives of women in Scotland.

Bio: Melissa has worked for many years in higher education at some of the UK’s finest and most ancient institutions. In each place she enjoys discovering the hidden histories and less heard voices which can be surfaced in new ways using the most up to date and open technologies. She is a champion of playful and curious approaches to engagement with audiences on campus and online, and is an invited speaker at events about dangerous women.

Education is an Experience That Should Be Designed

Talk description: We have any number of problems and opportunities as universities, and universities must adapt to help students from diverse backgrounds develop the knowledge and skills they need to thrive and make a positive impact in the world. Key to those adaptations is understanding that we provide students with an experience. We ought to design them with intention and purpose. This talk with take up this argument and ground it within a large educational transformation project at the University of Leeds.

Bio: Jeff Grabill is Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Education at the University of Leeds. Prior to joining the University of Leeds, Grabill was at Michigan State University (MSU) in the United States for nearly 20 years. He served Michigan State University as the Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. In that role, he was responsible for facilitating innovation in learning and educator professional development via his role as Director of the Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology. Grabill’s research focuses on how digital writing is associated with citizenship and learning. That work has been located in community contexts, in museums, and in classrooms at both the K-12 and university levels. Grabill is also a co-founder of Drawbridge, an educational technology company.

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