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Installation

Tutor AI can be installed in two ways: uploading a ZIP (recommended) or manual installation.

Install the Datacurso AI Provider first

Tutor AI 2.0.8 declares a dependency on aiprovider_datacurso 2026072300 or later. Moodle refuses to install local_dttutor if the provider is missing or older than that version. Install and license the Datacurso AI Provider before continuing (see Prerequisites).

  1. Log in to Moodle as an administrator and go to:
    Site administration → Plugins → Install plugins
  2. Upload the ZIP file that contains the plugin source. Moodle should only request extra details if it cannot detect the plugin type automatically.
  3. Check the validation report and finish the installation.

✅ Expected result: Moodle completes the installation and Tutor AI becomes available under Local plugins.

Option 2: Installing manually​

  1. Copy the plugin source into your Moodle installation folder:
{your/moodle/dirroot}/local/dttutor
  1. Visit Site administration → Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, run the CLI upgrade tool if you prefer the command line:

php admin/cli/upgrade.php

✅ Expected result: the upgrade completes without errors and Tutor AI is installed.

What the installation does​

  • Creates the plugin tables and gives local/dttutor:use to the Manager, Editing teacher, Teacher and Student roles in courses. See Permissions.
  • Enables the site setting Enable chat (local_dttutor/enabled) by default.

Next steps​

Tutor AI needs no extra connection setup: it reads the license from the Datacurso AI Provider. To make the chat visible in a course:

  1. Review the site settings (new courses, conversation retention, avatar, tutor name, welcome message, prompt, course material and grades): Site configuration
  2. Enable the tutor in each course (not needed if Enable the tutor in new courses is on) from More → AI Tutor Management: Teacher configuration