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How to install the Compilatio plugin for Moodle?

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1. Installation from the Moodle plug-in directory

This installation method requires the Moodle instance on which you wish to install the plugin to be registered with Moodle.

  1. Log in to Moodle with an administrator account
  2. Click on Site administration
  3. Click on Plugins
  4. Click on Install plugins
  5. Click on the Install plugins from the Moodle plugins directory
  6. Authenticate yourself on the moodle.org site if you are asked to do so by clicking on the button.Log in and enter your login details
  7. In the search field, type compilatio then press Enter on the keyboard or click on the magnifying glass icon
  8. Click on the search result showing the Compilatio plugin:

  9. Click on the Install now
  10. Click on the link Install now for the Moodle instance on which you wish to install the plugin
  11. On page Installing plugins from the Moodle plugins directory click on the Continue button
  12. Moodle checks that the plugin can be installed from the Moodle plugins directory. If there are no problems, click on the Continue.
    This step may fail due to overly restrictive rights on the plagiarism folder. To solve this problem, you need to authorize the web server to write to this folder.
  13. On page Current release information click on the Continue button
  14. On page Plugins check click on the Upgrade Moodle database now button
  15. On page Upgrading to new version click on the Continue button

 

2. Installation by dropping a zip file in the Moodle interface

  1. Go to the https://moodle.org/plugins/plagiarism_compilatio/versions
  2. Download the appropriate plugin version for your Moodle instance.
  3. Log in to Moodle with an administrator account
  4. Click on Site administration
  5. Click on Plugins
  6. Click on Install plugins
  7. In the Install the plugin from ZIP file section, add the zip file downloaded from moodle.org by clicking on the add file button or by dragging and dropping it into the appropriate area.
  8. Click on the Install the plugin from the zip file button
  9. Moodle checks that it is possible to install the plugin from the zip file. If there are no problems, click on the Continue button. It may happen that this step fails because you have restricted rights to the Moodle plagiarism directory. To resolve this, you need to authorize the web server to write to this folder.
  10. On page Current release information, click on the Continue button
  11. On page Plugins check, click on the Upgrade Moodle database now button
  12. On page Upgrading to new version, click on the Continue button

 

3. Copy-file installation

  1. In the file system of the server hosting your Moodle instance, go to the directory plagiarism to the root of the website file system.
  2. In this directory, copy or download the zip file of the plugin accessible from the page https://moodle.org/plugins/plagiarism_compilatio/versions.
  3. Unzip the zip file. All plugin files must be in the subdirectory compilatio directory plagiarism. Check that the web server has read access rights to these new files.
  4. Log in to Moodle with an administrator account
  5. Click on Site administration
  6. Moodle detects that a new plugin has been added and displays the page Current release information. click on the Continue button
  7. On page Plugins check, click on the Upgrade Moodle database now button
  8. On page Upgrading to new version, click on the Continue button

 

4. Allow access to plugin settings

Access to plagiarism detection plugin settings must be enabled for Moodle to display the link to Compilatio plugin settings in the plugin list. To do this :

  1. Log in to Moodle with an administrator account
  2. Click on Site administration
  3. Click on Advanced features
  4. Check box Enable plagiarism plugins
  5. Click on the Save changes button

 

5. Activating the plugin on the platform

To use the plugin, you need to enter an API key that has been communicated to you by our services.

  1. Log in to Moodle with an administrator account
  2. Click on Site administration
  3. Click on Plugins
  4. Click on Plugin overview
  5. Search for Compilatio, and click on the link Settings
  6. Enter the API key in the API key form field
  7. Check box Enable Compilatio
  8. Click on the Save changes button

The activation result is displayed in a message at the top of the page. You can also click on the Auto-diagnosis tab to get an overview of the plugin's status.

 

6. Make the plugin available in activity types

You can choose the type of activity (homework, workshop, forum, test) in which you want to activate the Compilatio plugin.
Making the plugin available in an activity type enablesteacher-publishers to configure the plugin in these activities. In concrete terms, this displays the plugin settings form in the activity settings page.

  1. Log in to Moodle with an administrator account
  2. Click on Site administration
  3. Click on Plugins
  4. Click on Plugin overview
  5. Search for Compilatio, and click on the link Settings
  6. In the Enable Compilatio for activities section, click on the checkboxes corresponding to the activities for which you wish to activate the plugin.
  7. Click on the Save changes button

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