Edutor Theme Guide: Install and Activate for Moodle 5 and 4

Edutor is a premium Boost-based theme available for both Moodle 5.x and Moodle 4.x. It’s designed for higher education and professional training sites, offering a clean, modern user experience.

Follow the steps below to install the theme.

Step 1

After purchasing you will receive an email containing a download link to the theme zip file. Download the zip file to your computer and then unzip.

You should see two folders and a readme file as shown in the figure below. The “edutor” folder is the actual theme folder. The other folder “edutor-theme-demo-psd” contains useful Photoshop design templates for creating our demo images.

Zip File Content:

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Photoshop PSD files

Hero slideshow images:

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Promo images:

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Teacher profile image:

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Step 2

Upload the “edutor” folder to your server via a FTP program. Make sure you upload the “edutor” folder under your Moodle site’s theme folder. The correct path is: Your Moodle site > theme > edutor

FileZilla is a free FTP program for PC and Mac – https://filezilla-project.org

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Step 3

Log into your Moodle site and go to the “Theme Selector” page: Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme Selector

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Click the “Change theme” button next to the default Moodle theme and select the “Edutor” theme in the next page to activate the theme.

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To configure the Edutor theme you can head to the theme settings pages (figure below).

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