Exabis AI Chat Block

Exabis AI Chat Block is a Moodle plugin that brings configurable, course-aware AI chat directly into your courses. It supports dynamic placeholders (e.g. user name, grades, current date), custom instructions per target group, and per-course API keys, while integrating with multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Ollama, Google Gemini and other OpenAI-compatible services).
Main Features:
Source of Truth Configuration:
Use contextualized Moodle course data—such as gradebook information, username, and other fields—to enrich AI responses. These can be injected using dynamic placeholders.
Dynamic placeholders:
Custom User Messages with dynamic placeholders: Each block instance can define an initial message sent to the AI. The message supports user- and course-based placeholders that are automatically replaced before the request is sent.
Example message template:
“My name is {user.fullname} and my final course grade is {grade:Final Grade}.”
These placeholders are replaced with actual user and course data before being sent.
As the AI is not aware of the current date/time, you can also add a placeholder for the current date/time, such as {userdate}.
Custom Instructions:
Define communication style or behaviour for different target groups within a course.
eg. act like a tutor: “Act as a patient, friendly teacher. Explain each concept as if to a beginner. Use plain words, short sentences, and real-world examples. Where appropriate, give step-by-step instructions and small practice tasks the student can try. Ask one follow-up question to check understanding.”
Course configuration:
Trainers can use their own API keys on a per-course level—no admin configuration needed.
Moodle AI Provider Integration:
All configured Moodle AI Providers can be used in the AI Chat Block
Users are able to switch between different AI Providers
Supported AI Providers:
Currently supported and tested AI Providers: OpenAI, Ollama, Google Gemini.