- Moodle
Kickstart
Simplify course creation with templates.
- Basic free
- Pro from €199 / year
Key feature 01 / 04
Template management
Centrally managed templates ensure consistency, brand conformity and quality of your courses. All important settings are already preset. With Pro, templates are unlimited, can be created from existing courses and restricted by users, roles, cohorts or categories.
Key feature 02 / 04
Course creation workflow
Teachers browse, preview and select templates in a template library, with a help page and a student view one click away. With Pro, a guided course creator and default templates for new courses reduce repetitive configuration.
Key feature 03 / 04
Course library
With Pro, a course library with real-time search, custom filters, sorting and rich previews lets teachers import content from other courses in one click.
Key feature 04 / 04
Empty course handling
Instructions for teachers and a welcoming fallback page for students address empty or underdeveloped courses.
Kickstart at a glance
High-quality courses, consistently
Building courses based on templates makes course creation easier and faster, so teachers can focus on content and teaching.
Everything about Kickstart
Overview
A course template engine for Moodle
Kickstart adds a course template engine to Moodle. Building courses based on templates makes course creation easier and faster: all important settings are already preset, and centrally managed templates ensure consistency, brand conformity and quality without additional effort.
The Pro version adds unlimited templates and simplifies importing content from other courses. Access to templates can be granted per cohort, category, role or individual user — useful for larger organizations with different course types. Kickstart also provides instructions for teachers and students and a welcoming fallback page for empty courses.
Management summary
Value, cost and rollout on a single page. Export as PDF for your committee.
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Scale
Consistency across courses
Scale your site while every course follows the same standards.
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Quality
Less quality assurance
Automated course configuration minimizes manual checks.
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Time
Focus on teaching
Repetitive setup and layout tasks are reduced significantly.
Features & pricing
Browse, preview and select templates in a responsive interface.
Contextual, step-by-step help built into the navigation.
Default templates for new courses.
Improved in 1.6: also applies to site administrators when restrictions apply to managers.
A minimal, guided setup designed for instructors.
Up to 4 course templates with preset settings.
Templates include guidance and classification.
Preview the course layout before selecting a template.
No limit on the number of templates.
Turn any course into a reusable template.
Capture title, description, tags and visuals in a few clicks. Each template includes an auto-generated course backup and a live preview, and Kickstart warns if a duplicate already exists.
Restrict by users, roles, cohorts, categories or combinations.
Improved in 1.6: restrictions can also apply to managers and site administrators; a Restricted badge shows which templates have restrictions.
Combine roles, cohorts, course categories and individual users — e.g. a trainer creates a template, and an admin reviews it and expands its availability.
Real-time search, custom course field filters and sorting.
Instant search results, admin-defined filters such as name, tags and custom course fields, and sorting by relevance, name or recent activity.
An expandable view with customizable information.
Import full courses or single activities into a chosen section.
Editable default text for empty courses.
A friendly placeholder while the course is being set up.
Encourages teachers to build their course.
Instructor information shown by default.
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Use cases & screenshots
Scale
Consistent courses at scale
Roll out standardized templates so new courses start with the right settings and structure.
Multi-tenant
A distinct look per tenant
Restrict templates by cohort, category or role so each organization gets its own course designs.
Reuse
New courses from existing content
Find courses in the course library and import their content in one click.
Tech & compliance
Running it
Requirements
Moodle 5.0 to 5.2 (Kickstart 1.6); Moodle 4.5 with Kickstart 1.5.
Installation & updates
Basic and Pro are installed as described in the Help Center.
Reviewing it
Data protection & hosting
Your data stays in your Moodle. Kickstart runs entirely inside your Moodle site and stores its data in your Moodle database and file storage, on your own server. bdecent does not run a cloud service for it, and the plugin never contacts bdecent: no licence checks, no telemetry, no usage tracking. Access is controlled by Moodle roles and capabilities, so only the people you authorise can see or change it. Kickstart stores no personal data apart from one user preference, the number of templates per page in template management (declared through Moodle's Privacy API). Kickstart carries Moodle's Privacy friendly award.
Accessibility & license
Kickstart is built with Moodle's own templates and the components of Moodle's standard theme Boost, so it follows your theme's colours, fonts and accessibility settings. Spotted a barrier? Tell us and we fix it with priority. Open source under GPLv3, the same licence as Moodle.
Part of two bdecent solutions
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Solution · Automation
Moodle that runs on schedule
Reminders, approvals and enrolments that happen on time without anyone clicking.
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Solution · Design
Courses that look like they were made for you
Layouts, styling and page building that give Moodle your own look.
Awards
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Reviewers’ ChoiceMoodle award
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Security reviewMDL Shield · grade A