moodle-ai-skill-navigator

AI Skill Navigator

🏆 AI Skill Navigator is currently the 6th most-starred Moodle plugin repository on GitHub.

AI-powered Moodle learning tools: course-aware tutoring, quizzes, mind maps, assessment, adaptive review, RAG, analytics and course-building helpers.

🚀 Make your first open-source PR in 2–5 minutes

New to open source? Start with a browser-only micro-contribution.

• ✅ No Moodle installation.
• ✅ No local development setup.
• ✅ No coding required for many tasks.
• ✅ One tiny JSON file per issue.
• ✅ Small first-time-contributor PRs are prioritized.

Browse 2–5 minute issues

Pick an issue → Fork → Create one tiny file → Pull Request → Contributor

⭐ If the project is useful to you, a star helps other Moodle developers discover it. Stars are appreciated, never required.

AI Skill Navigator is a Moodle plugin suite that adds course-aware AI learning tools for students and teachers.

The package contains:

• local_aiskillnavigator: the main local plugin with AI tutor, quiz generation, mind maps, assessments, material/RAG tools, learning-gap analysis, simulator suggestions and course-building helpers.
• block_aiskillnavigator: an optional course block that links users to the tools available for their role.

Production defaults

The plugin is designed to install safely with conservative defaults:

• The default AI provider is prototype, which performs no external AI calls.
• External AI use for course materials is disabled until an administrator enables it.
• Per-material approval is required before teacher materials can be sent to external providers.
• Destructive AI Course Builder actions are disabled by default.
• Automatic course-resource synchronisation on Moodle events is disabled by default.
• Automatic block insertion into courses is disabled by default.
• External MathJax CDN loading is disabled by default.

Administrators can enable optional external services from the plugin settings.

Main features

• Course-aware AI Tutor.
• AI Quiz Generator.
• AI Mind Map Generator.
• Initial and final assessments.
• Adaptive review for weak skills.
• Teacher dashboard and tutor analytics.
• Course Materials / RAG management.
• Learning-gap analysis.
• AI Course Builder with production safety gates.
• Simulator Finder and saved simulation activities.

Installation

Install the local plugin in:

local/aiskillnavigator

Install the optional block in:

blocks/aiskillnavigator

Then visit:

Site administration > Notifications

Configuration

Open:

Site administration > Plugins > Local plugins > AI Skill Navigator

Important production settings:

• Provider: keep prototype for first installation checks.
• Approve external AI for teacher materials: disabled by default.
• Allow destructive AI Course Builder actions: disabled by default.
• Automatically sync course resources on Moodle events: disabled by default.
• Automatically add the AI Skill Navigator block to courses: disabled by default.
• Enable external MathJax CDN: disabled by default.

Privacy

The plugin stores course materials, quiz attempts, assessment attempts, saved simulations and tutor interaction signals. It implements Moodle’s Privacy API for metadata, export and deletion of user data. External AI providers are optional and disabled for course materials unless explicitly approved.

Requirements

• Moodle 4.4 or later.
• PHP version supported by the target Moodle version.
• Optional cURL support for external AI/search providers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Moodle versions are supported? Moodle 4.4 or later.

Is external AI mandatory? No. The default AI provider is prototype, which performs no external AI calls. External AI is disabled by default and requires an administrator to explicitly enable it.

Where can course data be sent? Course data is never sent to external AI providers unless an administrator explicitly approves it. Per-material approval is required before any teacher materials can be forwarded to external providers.

Where should I start as a first-time contributor? Start with our good first issues or read BEGINNER_CONTRIBUTING.md for a step-by-step walkthrough.

Development validation

The repository includes automated checks for PHP 8.1-8.3, XMLDB parsing, JavaScript syntax, UTF-8 BOM regressions, RAG API compatibility, and safe embedding defaults. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the local commands and docs/manual-test-checklist.md for Moodle runtime scenarios.

Packaging

For a Moodle installation package, place plugins/aiskillnavigator at local/aiskillnavigator and plugins/block_aiskillnavigator at blocks/aiskillnavigator. Do not package the repository root as a single Moodle plugin directory.

License

GPL v3 or later.

This site is open source. Improve this page.