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Categories
Activities (308)
Learning activities in courses
Assignment (26)
Different types of assignments
Database (4)
Plugins for the database activity module
Workshop (3)
Workshop has a number of plugin types
Quiz (93)
Ways to extend quizzes
SCORM (1)
New reports for SCORM
Book (4)
The book activity that is in core. It can have sub-plugins.
LTI (0)
Integration with external tools via IMS Learning Tool Interoperability standard.
Blocks (297)
Useful tools to add to courses or home pages
Themes (127)
Change the look and feel of your site or course
Users (77)
Tools for managing users
Authentication (36)
Different methods of identifying users
Enrolment (30)
Customise how people get enrolled in courses
User profile fields (11)
Add new fields to user accounts
Course formats (27)
Change the structure/layout of course pages
Filters (60)
Filters can process and change text
Reports (30)
Report plugins for administrators, teachers and general users.
Admin reports (0)
See reports about site activity. Replaced by the generic Report plugin type in Moodle 2.3.
Course reports (0)
See reports about course activity
Gradebook (14)
There are several ways to extend the gradebook
Grade reports (7)
Interfaces to view and manipulate grades
Exports (4)
Export grades to files or other systems
Imports (0)
Import grades from files or other systems
Grading methods (3)
Advanced grading methods (also known as grading forms) provide new interfaces for grading items in Moodle.
Admin tools (28)
Provides utility scripts useful for admins to examine and modify a Moodle site (2.2+)
Log storage (2)
Located in admin/tool/log/store (subplugins of tool_log core admin tool)
General plugins (Local) (110)
General plugins go into the /local directory and do not fit into any particular category.
Allow to restrict an activity or section so that only certain users can access it.
Portfolios (2)
Export user content to other systems
Plagiarism (13)
Connect to different plagiarism services
Beyond REST, SOAP, AMF and XML-RPC ...
Calendars (3)
Various types of calendar systems
Search engines (0)
Search engine backends to index Moodle's contents.
Data formats (1)
Formats for data exporting and downloading
Antivirus (0)
Antivirus scanner plugins provide virus scanning functionality using third-party virus scanning tools.
MNet services (0)
Allows to implement remote services for the MNet environment.
Other (33)
Useful code that does conform to any standard plugin type
Utilities (1)
Various software that is not implemented as a Moodle plugin yet may provide useful functionality related to Moodle.
Experimental (6)
Moodle plugins that require specific environment, extra attention during the installation, or custom core patches applied to make them work.
Incubating (7)
Moodle plugins that do not yet meet all the different standards and criteria to be listed in the matching plugins category.
Recently added plugins 
qtype_wordselect
A very easy to use "select the words" Moodle question type.
Latest release: Thursday, September 8, 2016, 2:14 AM
mod_recommend
Allows participant to request recommendations, recommending person to fill recommendation online without login. Teacher can set up questions, view and accept recommendations.
Supports Moodle 3.1
Latest release: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 9:23 PM
block_edusharing_workspace
A block with a button taking you to the edu-sharing workspace and the edu-sharing search engine. The workspace provides the graphical user interface of the edu-sharing repository that allows users, departments or project groups to manage their content, arrange it in folders or share it with peers. It offers your users the following features:
- content licenses (creative commons)
- freely configurable folder structures
- meta-data editing and inheritance
- version management
Latest release: Monday, August 22, 2016, 8:44 PM
mod_edusharing
The edu-sharing activity module adds a new option to the activities/resource menu. Using the edu-sharing resource allows you to either pick content from the repository or upload it to a folder of the repository. You may pick which version of the content you would like to provide in the course (always the latest vs. the version you just picked).
Latest release: Monday, August 22, 2016, 8:37 PM
block_savapage
This block shows a button on the dashboard to open the SavaPage Libre Print Management Web App, so printed documents can be previewed and forwarded. The credentials of the authenticated Moodle user are trusted so no extra login is needed (single sign-on).
Latest release: Monday, August 22, 2016, 5:31 PM
