Chapter 8. Moodle Plugins

Your system is now fully operational and has the look and feel to reflect the branding of your site. As with all complex software, there are a significant number of configuration activities that can be carried out to bring Moodle in line with your organization's needs and requirements.

One of Moodle's many strengths is its pluggable architecture. Moodle supports a wide range of plugins, which will be covered in this chapter. Some will only be dealt with in brief as they are described elsewhere, whereas others are covered in detail:

• Module plugins: This covers core functionality available in a course, the front page, My Moodle page, and the user profile pages. They include Activity modules, Blocks, and Filters.

• Repositories: Repositories allow incorporating data into Moodle, either from internal sources or from external sites.

• Portfolios: These are the opposite of repositories. Portfolios allow exporting content from Moodle to other applications or data storage...