In the server administration block, you shall find the list of installed activity modules. The Workshop module is part of the standard distribution so unless you disabled it on your site, it should be there.
Sorry I do not understand that "so i downloaded the plug in from here". What did you downloaded and from where? The Workshop module has never been distributed separately... (confused)
Workshop
Workshop mod in moodle 2.0.1
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