Chapter 14. Installing Third-party Add-ons

There are a plethora of third-party Moodle software that add new functionality, fix problems, or integrate Moodle with external systems. In this chapter, you will learn the following essentials about installing third-party add-ons:

• Good, bad, and ugly third-party add-ons: As externally developed software is not scrutinized by Moodle's quality assurance process, you will have to make your own judgment about the trustworthiness of non-core add-ons. A checklist of criteria is provided to make this decision a bit easier.

• Popular third-party add-ons: There are over 800 titles to choose from. For your convenience, we will discuss the most popular ones.

• Installing third-party add-ons: We will describe the manual installation process for the popular Configurable Reports custom reports builder and the Book module, via GIT.

• Uninstalling third-party add-ons: Here, we'll show you how to uninstall unwanted add-ons.

Let's start with an overview of third-party...