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Download and install

This page is for the Moodle administrator. It takes you from downloading the plugin to the point where it is installed and waiting for its connection code.

At a glance

Section titled “At a glance”
  • The file is block_learnboard-2026103103.zip, version 1.1.21, about 122 KB.
  • Install it from Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins, or copy the folder to blocks/learnboard.
  • Finish the install on Site administration > Notifications.
  • No setting needs filling in during the install. You connect it afterwards with one code.

Where to download it

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In LearnBoard, open Admin, Data sources. Under Connect with the Moodle plugin, step 1 Download the plugin has a LearnBoard for Moodle button. Click it to download the ZIP. If you already have it, click I already have it.

The Connect with the Moodle plugin guide in LearnBoard, with step 1 Download the plugin open and a LearnBoard for Moodle download button
The four steps in LearnBoard, Admin, Data sources. Each step opens when the one before it is done.

Install by uploading the ZIP

Section titled “Install by uploading the ZIP”

  1. Sign in to Moodle as a site administrator.

  2. Go to Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins.

  3. Under Install plugin from ZIP file, drop the ZIP on ZIP package or click Choose a file… and pick it.

    Moodle's Plugin installer page with the LearnBoard plugin ZIP chosen as the ZIP package
    Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins, with the LearnBoard ZIP chosen.

  4. Click Install plugin from the ZIP file. Moodle checks the package and shows Validation successful, installation can continue. Click Continue.

    Moodle validating block_learnboard and reporting Validation successful, installation can continue
    Moodle validates the package. On an upgrade it warns that the old folder will be replaced.

  5. Moodle opens Plugins check with LearnBoard under Blocks. Click Upgrade Moodle database now.

    Moodle's Plugins check page listing LearnBoard in /blocks/learnboard, to be installed or upgraded, requiring Moodle 400 to 503
    Plugins check lists LearnBoard under Blocks.

  6. When you see Success, click Continue.

    Moodle's upgrade screen showing block_learnboard Success

The install stores every setting’s default for you, so Moodle does not stop on a long page of optional settings. The next thing to do is paste the connection code.

Install by copying the folder

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If your Moodle does not allow installing plugins from the browser, copy the files yourself.

  1. Unzip the file. It holds one folder, learnboard.

  2. Copy that folder into your Moodle’s blocks folder, so the plugin sits at blocks/learnboard (on Moodle 5.1 and later, public/blocks/learnboard).

  3. Sign in as a site administrator and go to Site administration > Notifications. Moodle lists LearnBoard on Plugins check.

  4. Click Upgrade Moodle database now, then Continue.

Check it is installed

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Open Site administration > Plugins > Plugins overview. LearnBoard is listed under Blocks as block_learnboard, with its version number and a Settings link.

Moodle's Plugins overview with the LearnBoard row: block_learnboard, its version, Enabled, Settings, Uninstall, Additional

Under Site administration > Plugins > Blocks you now have three pages:

  • LearnBoard: the plugin’s settings. See Plugin settings.
  • Connect to LearnBoard (listed first): where you paste the connection code. See Connect to LearnBoard.
  • LearnBoard advanced settings: technical fields. Change them only if support asks.
  • Role mapping: which LearnBoard role each Moodle role receives. See Role mapping.
The Blocks list in Site administration, Plugins, showing LearnBoard, Connect to LearnBoard and Role mapping
Section titled “Related”
Connect to LearnBoardThe next step: paste the connection code.
RequirementsVersions, HTTPS and database support.