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SAML2 Single sign on
auth_saml2
SAML done 100% in moodle, fast, simple, secure
Latest release: 4111 sites 2k downloads 95
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5
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Enrolment key based self-registration
auth_enrolkey
This auth plugin combines the best of both email based signup and self enrolment keys into a streamlined process making it much faster for students to get into a course. For the student it saves around 9-10 clicks and avoids context switching between a browser and their email client where they can become easily become disengaged or run into issues if their email is unavailable.
Latest release: 548 sites 101 downloads 73
Supports Moodle 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11
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User key authentication
auth_userkey
Log in to Moodle using one time user key based login URL. Auth plugin for organising simple SSO (single sign on) between moodle and your external web application.
Latest release: 1807 sites 507 downloads 54
Supports Moodle 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2
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oEmbed Filter
filter_oembed
A filter that will swap hyperlinks pointing towards supported websites with an embedded version using code retrieved from the site using the oEmbed protocol. An option for "Lazy" loading of some sites is also available.
Latest release: 1319 sites 917 downloads 49
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9
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Outage manager
auth_outage
A plugin to manage outage periods, such as scheduled maintenance, including CLI tools to embed in your scripting.
Latest release: 432 sites 157 downloads 45
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4
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Multi-factor authentication
tool_mfa
This is a Moodle plugin which adds Multi-Factor authentication (MFA), also known as Two-factor authentication (2FA) on top of your existing chosen authentication plugins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication
Latest release: 932 sites 504 downloads 42
Supports Moodle 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2
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Link crawler robot
tool_crawler
An admin tool robot crawler which scans your moodle for broken, large or slow links.
Latest release: 164 sites 96 downloads 37
Supports Moodle 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
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Cron lock statistics
tool_lockstats
A lock statistics admin tool, specifically tailored to report on cron task timings. This tool exposes which tasks are currently running and where, and also shows a detailed history of how long each task has taken in the past.
Latest release: 265 sites 22 downloads 35
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11
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Data cleaner
local_datacleaner
This local plugin allows you to sanitise data from a production environment for use on testing/dev environments.
Latest release: 386 sites 47 downloads 27
Supports Moodle 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11
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Environment bar
local_envbar
Warn users with a notification block across the top of the screen when you're browsing a non-production server like staging or a local development box.
Latest release: 338 sites 91 downloads 24
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
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Content security policy
local_csp
This plugin allows an admin to create a Custom Security Policy (CSP) in both reporting mode and enforcing mode. A simple use case is to detect and cleanup issues with non secure content after a migration from http to https, through to advanced policies to mitigate from XSS attacks.
Latest release: 1003 sites 699 downloads 17
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4
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Heartbeat check (eg Nagios / Icinga)
tool_heartbeat
A load balancer heartbeat / health checker url, and also a configurable nagios compliant cron health checker. This should work out of the box with most load balancers, eg Amazon ELB, F5, HA proxy etc as most of these simply check the http status for 200 or non-200 response codes.
Latest release: 920 sites 778 downloads 15
Supports Moodle 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
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Speed Test
tool_speedtest
This is a network speed tester for embedding directly inside your moodle.
Latest release: 318 sites 28 downloads 15
Supports Moodle 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8
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QR Links
local_qrlinks
QR code generator that provides a direct link to the page specified. When someone scans the generated QR code it will try to log them in via guest access to the specified link.
Latest release: 99 sites 13 downloads 15
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1
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HTTP Basic authentication
auth_basic
Enable services and users to authenticate using basic auth.
Latest release: 378 sites 89 downloads 12
Supports Moodle 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
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Security Questions
tool_securityquestions
This plugin adds a framework for adding and enforcing security questions for users to perform a password reset. Currently it only operates on the Moodle Core 'Forgot Password' page, however it is easily extensible to other forms. NOTE: This plugin only has native compatability with Moodle 3.8. For Moodle 3.7, MDL-66173 must be cherry-picked to allow the plugin to interact with Moodle. See Readme for more detailed instructions
Latest release: 75 sites 20 downloads 8
Supports Moodle 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3
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Password Validator
tool_passwordvalidator
A tool for enforcing various security standards and guidelines for passwords for Moodle. This plugin aims for compliance with the Australian Information Security Manual (currently May 2019), and above that, the NIST standards from the document 800-63B. Many of the controls are optional and user configurable, with the most safe values set by default, but allow for great customization for any configuration, while enforcing safe, sensible guidelines for passwords. This password checks also include securely testing for potentially compromised passwords using: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Latest release: 33 sites 30 downloads 7
Supports Moodle 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
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Enrol key
block_enrolkey
An easy way to enrol using an enrolkey from anywhere within moodle.
Released: 31 sites 6 downloads 6
Supports Moodle 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7
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A/B config
tool_abconfig
A way to A/B test config, or slowly turn on config for certain audiences or % of traffic.
Latest release: 34 sites 16 downloads 3
Supports Moodle 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
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CQU MyMoodle
block_cqumymoodle
Allows staff and students to see enrolments they have in external systems (or other Moodle's). This was predominately created to allow links between archived and separated instances of Moodle, but keep the separation hidden to the users. Handy if you also have single-sign on between the systems, as it allows them to jump to external courses without having to login again.
Latest release: 2 sites 13 downloads 3
Supports Moodle 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0
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