Log in as an admin or a teacher in a course. Create a feedback activity in a course. Under " Question and submission settings ", set the following values: Record user names User's name will be logged and shown with answers Allow multiple submissions Yes Add a short text answer question. As a student, fill in the feedback (adding, at least, the following characters: ' &  " < and >) and submit. Go back to the course. As a student, click the "Answer the questions" button again, to edit your responses. Confirm  - Special characters appear properly.