Installing Moodle Direct V1

The activity module is installed in the standard way; instructions on how to install an activity module in Moodle can be found here.

1. You must first unzip the plugin that you have downloaded before it can be installed.
   

   You can use any compression software to unzip the package, such as 7-Zip.

2. The unzipped file will contain a folder labeled turnitintool and a read me file. In the base directory of your Moodle installation, find the Mods folder.
3. Copy the turnitintool folder into the Mods directory. You may have to restart your web server service at this point.

The Turnitin plugin was not developed with support for third party plugins, therefore it cannot be guaranteed to function fully in conjunction with other assessment plugins.

Required PHP settings

In order for the module to work correctly you must enable support for cURL in your php.ini file. To do this, you need to locate the following line in your php.ini file:

;extension=php_curl.dll or ;extension=php_curl.so

1. Remove the semi-colon at the start of the line to activate the php cURL extension.
2. Once you have removed the semi-colon, the web server service will need to be restarted.

More information on cURL and more detailed instructions for installing it can be found here: http://uk3.php.net/curl.

Required Moodle Setting

Within your moodle installation, find a file named 'config.php'. The default setting for dbpersist needs to be set to false:

$CFG->dbpersist=false;