# Orthanc for Education

**URL:** https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-for-education/6296
**Category:** Releases
**Created:** [October 26, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-for-education/6296 "2025-10-26T10:15:06Z")
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### Author: ![jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/jodogne/32/1511_2.png) [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-for-education/6296/1 "2025-10-26T10:15:07Z")

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Dear Orthanc community,

I am pleased to announce the release of the **Education plugin for Orthanc** , the result of several months of dedicated development.

The Education plugin turns Orthanc into a tool for sharing medical images with students for **educational purposes**. The plugin also supports the **LTI 1.3 protocol** , allowing integration with Learning Management Systems such as Moodle.

The images can be displayed using the **Web viewers** that are integrated as plugins for Orthanc (i.e., Stone Web viewer, OHIF, and Kitware VolView). The plugin also includes support for **virtual microscopy** : It facilitates the DICOM-ization of whole-slide images and offers a Web-based viewer through an intuitive interface to the whole-slide imaging primitives of Orthanc.

Here are some links:

- [Demo video showcasing the integration of Orthanc with Moodle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD-oPukwxyc)
- [Documentation in the Orthanc Book](https://orthanc.uclouvain.be/book/plugins/education.html)

Version 1.0 of the Education plugin is [already available](https://orthanc.uclouvain.be/book/plugins/education.html#compilation) as precompiled binaries and in the `jodogne/orthanc-plugins` Docker images. It will soon be part of the official Microsoft Windows installers, as well as of the `orthancteam/orthanc` Docker images.

Enjoy,  
Sébastien-

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### Author: ![lee](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lee](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/lee)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-for-education/6296/2 "2025-10-28T22:07:22Z")

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This is so great (and timely) for us at NOSM.ca - we are currently setting up an official Orthanc that would integrate into Moodle.

The one thing I wish we had is some kind of overlay or window title for the WSI module that has some identifier (Case #, patient name, tissue type) that we could use.

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### Author: ![jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/jodogne/32/1511_2.png) [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-for-education/6296/3 "2025-11-07T17:46:04Z")

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Hello,

> [@lee](#):
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> This is so great (and timely) for us at NOSM.ca - we are currently setting up an official Orthanc that would integrate into Moodle.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

> [@lee](#):
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> The one thing I wish we had is some kind of overlay or window title for the WSI module that has some identifier (Case #, patient name, tissue type) that we could use.

With the just-released version 1.1 of the education plugin, you can see the title of the image in the WSI viewer.

Kind Regards,  
Sébastien-