Discussions

WebCT has two default Topics: Main and Notes

WebCT exports:

a DIS_xxxxxx.xml for each Topic
a related properties_DIS_yyyyyy.xml
the relationship between Topic and it's properties is in a sub manifest within imsmanifest.xml; see
section "Start of sub manifest for T (BULLETIN_BUTTON)"

Caveat:

WebCT only exports the first message in the Topic. So we will LOSE data when migrating via the course export.

Example: Main Topic

DIS_xxxxxx.xml


<topic xmlns="http://www.webct.com/IMS">
  <title>Main</title>
  <thread>
    <message identifier="DIS_4868015">
      <title>Subject1</title>
      <messagetext>Message1-line1
Message1-line2
Message1-line3</messagetext>
      <datetime>
        <createtime>2006-12-07T06:51</createtime>
      </datetime>
      <user>
        <identifier>test001-basic</identifier>
        <name>Ian Goh</name>
      </user>
    </message>
  </thread>
</topic>

properties_DIS_yyyyyy.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--
**************************************************
WebCT Discussions Properties
generated by WebCT Content Packaging API
**************************************************
-->

<properties xmlns="http://www.webct.com/IMS"
            type="Discussion Topic Properties">

  <restriction isprivate="no"/>
  <anonymous allow="no"/>
  <accessibility locked="no"/>

</properties>

How it looks in WebCT?