Install Motrain Plugins on Totara

Modified on Mon, 09 Nov 2020 at 02:54 PM

You may want to have a look at our article on how to install Motrain on Moodle HERE.


The plugin installation on Totara is done manually.  Please follow these steps:


For manually installing the PLUGIN on Totara:

Motrain is a Totara plugin of type local, therefore it needs to be extracted in the local/ directory. Here is how to manually install it.

  1. Download the zip file of the latest version of the plugin here.  It should be named local_mootivated.zip.
  2. Extract the content of the zip file in the folder local of your Totara installation.
  3. If you have extracted the content at the right place, the following file should be present: local/mootivated/version.php.
  4. Visit the admin notifications page to trigger the installation.
    • Navigate to Site administration > Notifications.
  5. Follow the Totara installation process.

For manually installing the BLOCK on Totara:

Motrain is a Moodle plugin of type block, therefore it needs to be extracted in the block/ directory. Here is how to manually install it.

  1. Download the zip file of the latest version of the plugin here.  It should be named block_mootivated.zip.
  2. Extract the content of the zip file in the folder block of your Totara installation.
  3. If you have extracted the content at the right place, the following file should be present: block/mootivated/version.php.
  4. Visit the admin notifications page to trigger the installation.
    • Navigate to Site administration > Notifications.
  5. Follow the Totara installation process.

For more information on installing plugins, please visit the official Moodle documentation.

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