Owlia Notes
Hand-drawn notes and diagrams — no AI, nothing leaves your Moodle.
Owlia Notes adds a drawing canvas to Moodle's text editor. Sketch notes, diagrams and worked examples with a pen, eraser and fifteen colours — by mouse, pen or touch — and insert the drawing as an image into any page, label, forum post or feedback.
Every drawing needs a description, or must be marked decorative, before it can be inserted. Notes uses no AI and no external service, and works without the Owlia suite.
The value for learners and instructors
Where this plugin genuinely supports learning — and where it does not.
Accessible images
SupportingAlt text is mandatory, so every hand-drawn diagram is described for screen-reader users.
Visual expression
SupportingInstructors can add quick diagrams without an external tool; when allowed, learners can answer visually in forum posts or online text submissions.
What it does not do
A small utility rather than a learning activity: there is no handwriting recognition, it draws on a blank canvas only (no annotating existing images), and drawing itself needs a pointer device.
Install in a few minutes
Requirements
- Moodle
- 4.5 – 5.3
- Component
tiny_owlinotes- Folder
lib/editor/tiny/plugins/owlinotes- Interface
- English
Dependencies
- Owlia Connect SuiteOptional
local_owliasuiteOptional: only lists the plugin in the suite's plugin catalogue.
- 1
Install Owlia Notes
Upload the ZIP in Site administration → Plugins → Install plugins (or copy the folder to lib/editor/tiny/plugins/owlinotes), then complete the upgrade from Site administration → Notifications.
- 2
Nothing to configure
The drawing button appears in the TinyMCE toolbar and the Insert menu for Moodle's Teacher, Editing teacher and Manager roles.
- 3
Optional: open it to learners
Allow the tiny/owlinotes:use capability for the Student role, site-wide or per course.
Data & privacy
- No AI and no external service: drawings are saved in your Moodle with the content they belong to.
- The plugin stores no personal data of its own.
Help when you need it
Email support
support@mysleipnir.com
Account & API key
Plans, usage and keys on account.mysleipnir.lu
Suite install guide
Set up the foundation hub once for every plugin.
Security & trust
Gateway, pseudonymisation and guardrails.
Download
Owlia Notes will be available from the Moodle plugins directory and from its public GitHub repository in the near future.