diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
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+# .env
+STUDY_MATERIAL_ROOT_DIR=YOUR_STUDY_MATERIAL_ROOT_DIRECTORY
+MOODLE_USERNAME=YOUR_MOODLE_USERNAME
+MOODLE_PASSWORD=YOUR_MOODLE_PASSWORD
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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 # Temporary files
 **/*.log
 **/data
+**/out
 
-**/.env
+**.env
+**!.env.example
 
 # IDE
 **/.idea/
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 # Latex
 !**/out/*.pdf
 **/auxil/*
+
+# python
+**/__pycache__/
+**/.pytest_cache/
+**/.mypy_cache/
+**/.coverage
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Moodle Scraper
+## Installation
+
+### Windows
+```bash
+python -m venv .venv
+.venv\Scripts\activate
+```
+
+### MacOS/Linux
+```bash
+python -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Usage
+1. Make a .env file in which you specify the path to save the files and the username and password for your moodle account.
+
+2. Run the program with:
+```bash
+python main.py
+```
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+Requests==2.32.3
+selenium==4.28.1
+webdriver_manager==4.0.2