Configuring Moodle Mobile Plugin

Moodle Mobile plugin allows the Moodle app to interact a Moodle website. This requires a few basic configuration on the Moodle website.

1. Go to Site administration > Plugins > Web services > Mobile, enable “Enable web services for mobile devices”
2. Save changes.
3. Go to Site administration > Plugins > Web services > External services, edit “Moodle Mobile additional features service” and check the “Enabled” field.
4. Save changes.
5. Go to Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles, edit “Authenticated user” by clicking the cog  icon.
6. Allow the capability “moodle/webservice:createtoken”. To quickly find this capability, copy “moodle/webservice:createtoken”, press “ CTRL+F ” [ Command + F on Mac] on your web browser and paste “moodle/webservice:createtoken” on the search field. 
7. Save changes.

To be able to use the Mobile app by admin users, few additional configuration is needed.

1. Go to Site administration > Plugins > Web services > Manage tokens, add a new token.
2. On the Username / User id input field enter admin
3. On the Service drop-down field select change to Moodle Mobile additional features service from the default Moodle mobile web services.
4. The rest of the fields can be left as it is.
5. Save changes.

Your Mobile app should now be able to connect to your Moodle website.