Quiz

Russel,

here are three suggestions for how to uninstall the HotPot module from your Moodle site. I recommend you go straight to Method 3, but I put Method 1 first because that follows the flow of the thread, and answers the immediate question you asked.

Method 1

if you have access to the Moodle database, then you can use your favorite database admin tool (e.g. phpMyAdmin) to remove some of the HotPot settings by running the following SQL queries:

• DELETE FROM mdl_config WHERE name LIKE 'hotpot%';
  
• DELETE FROM mdl_config_plugins WHERE plugin LIKE '%hotpot';
  
• DELETE FROM mdl_log_display WHERE module LIKE '%hotpot';
  

Even having deleted the settings, Moodle may remember some of them because they are stored in a cache. You may be able to delete the cache if you log in to Moodle as admin, and purge caches:

• Site administration -> Development -> Purge all caches
  

But this is all very messy.

There may be a cleaner way ...

Method 2

1. log in to Moodle as admin
2. navigate to the Activity plugins page (as shown in your initial post to this thread)
3. right-click on on the link to uninstall the Workshop module, and copy the URL
4. open a new browser tab/window and paste the URL into the address bar - don't hit return yet
5. in the URL, change "mod_workshop" to "mod_hotpot", now hit return
6. you should see a page asking you to confirm that you wish to delete the HotPot module
7. follow on-screen directions to remove the HotPot module

Method 3

The best way to remove the HotPot modue would be using Moodle's standard uninstall procedure. To do that you need to: 

1. download the HotPot scripts, put them on your server in the "mod/hotpot" folder
2. login to Moodle as admin and follow instructions to install/update the HotPot module
3. go to the Activity plugins page and click the uninstall link for the HotPot module
4. follow on-screen instructions to remove the HotPot module
5. remove the HotPot scripts from the "mod/hotpot" folder