Requirements Ability to install a particular version of the moodlemlbackend python package. You may wish to make use of https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html Set-up Set the correct path to the Site administration > Server > System paths > Path to Python On a stable branch Install the moodlemlbackend 0.0.5 package: pip install -I moodlemlbackend==0.0.5 Attempt to set Site administration > Analytics > Analytics settings > Default predictions processor to the Python machine learning backend TEST : The backend can be selected and no error is displayed Repeat the above steps, replacing the version with "0.37.0" and then "1.0.0". Stable versions are supposed to work with any of them. On master (3.7dev) branch Install the moodlemlbackend 0.0.5 package: pip install -I moodlemlbackend==0.0.5 Attempt to set Site administration > Analytics > Analytics settings > Default predictions processor to the Python machine learning backend TEST : The backend can't be selected in the latest Moodle 3.7 and the error message suggests to update the package. Repeat the above steps, replacing the version with "0.37.0". Even that version is still not enough. Repeat the above steps, replacing the version with "1.0.0". TEST : The backend can be selected and no error is displayed