Twilio is a paid SMS gateway solution with a large amount of features. Use this plugin to integrate Twilio messaging service in Moodle. Please note, this plugin uses Twilio Messaging API, not Verify API. Please visit https://www.twilio.com/ for more information.
Follow these steps to install Question to activity:
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Download the plugin to the {moodle directory}/sms/gateway/ directory as a new folder called twilio. This can be done in either of the following ways:
- With Git from within the /sms/gateway directory, running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/safatshahin/moodle-smsgateway_twilio - Or by downloading the code manually from https://github.com/safatshahin/moodle-smsgateway_twilio and extracting it to the question/bank/qtoactivity directory.
- With Git from within the /sms/gateway directory, running the following command:
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Access the Admin Dashboard from your Moodle site to automatically trigger the install, or use the cli.
Use the following URL to get started with messaging using Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/en-us/messaging. After creating the account and adding credits or selecting subscription, you will get Account SID and an Authentication from the console dashboard: https://console.twilio.com. You will need a twilio number or setup one as a part of the subscription. Navigate to the following URL to get one: https://console.twilio.com/us1/develop/phone-numbers/manage/search. After getting/setting up the phone number setup an SMS gateway from Moodle (Site administration > SMS > Manage sms gateways) and start using Twilio as your SMS gateway.