Moodle Forum MOD Element Example

<!-- 'forum' module examples. Forums seem to be used quite heavily in the examples we've seen. -->
      <!-- This particular forum module is referenced by a gradebook entry above. Note the
           usual URL references to course content as well as references to specific forums
           instead of generic course content blobs: http://some.domain.edu/moodle/mod/forum/view.php?id=42111.
           The interesting thing about that URL is that in the archive from which it was
           taken, it actually seems to reference the module's placement in a section 
           rather than a module directly (/MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/SECTIONS/SECTION/MODS/MOD[ID = '42111'] rather
           than /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD[ID = '42111']). Also note this URL:
           http://some.domain.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=1963#1. Our best guess at this
           point is that this syntax treats each section _ordinal_ in a course as an addressable 
           anchor. Theoretically, if each Moodle section were mapped to a Sakai resource of some sort,
           these URLs could be transformed reasonably. 

           Not shown here, but we see other forum INTROs with URLs like $<at:var at:name="FILEPHP" />$/Connecting_With_Arts_Syllabus_8_07.doc.
           Presumably $<at:var at:name="FILEPHP" />$ should expand to the equivalent of http://some.domain.edu/moodle/file.php/XXXX
           where XXXX is the Moodle course ID. 

           We also see URLs like this: $@RESOURCEVIEWBYID*45280@$. This seems to be a means by which Moodle
           references a module in the context of a session. So in the manifest from which this example was
           taken, we believe this macro refers to /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/SECTIONS/SECTION/MODS/MOD[ID = '45280']-->
      <MOD>
        <ID>10176</ID>
        <MODTYPE>forum</MODTYPE>
        <TYPE>general</TYPE>  <!-- We also see "teacher" forums. See below -->
        <NAME>&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;Workshop 1: Discussion</NAME>
        <INTRO>&lt;table width=&quot;740&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;10&quot;&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt; 
    &lt;td width=&quot;50%&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
      &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;990033&quot; size=&quot;+1&quot; face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Workshop 1: Discussion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
     &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;
        &lt;img src = &quot;http://some.domain.edu/moodle/file.php/1963/science_1.jpg&quot;&gt; 
      &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;black&quot; size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;In the video what skills and strategies did you notice that Audrey used to engage her students in science learning?
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Use the &lt;b&gt;Add a new discussion topic&lt;/b&gt; link below to enter your response and comment on at least two other colleagues' response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Your ASSET Navigator will evaluate your discussion participation according to the rubric in the course syllabus.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;      &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Proceed         to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://some.domain.edu/moodle/mod/forum/view.php?id=42111&quot;&gt;Workshop 1: Response to Reading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot; face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;         &lt;font color=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;Return to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://some.domain.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=1963#1&quot;&gt;Lesson         Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</INTRO>
        <OPEN>2</OPEN>
        <ASSESSED>2</ASSESSED>  <!-- Unsure of meaning. Also see values of '0' -->
        <ASSESSPUBLIC>0</ASSESSPUBLIC>
        <ASSESSTIMESTART>0</ASSESSTIMESTART>
        <ASSESSTIMEFINISH>0</ASSESSTIMEFINISH>
        <MAXBYTES>10485760</MAXBYTES>
        <SCALE>-1577</SCALE> <!-- Why this is a _negative_ int we have no idea. In the archive from which this example
                                  was taken, 1577 was a valid scale id (/MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/SCALES/SCALE/ID), so
                                  presumably this is how modules and scales are linked. We also see forum modules 
                                  where this element = '0', which presumably means 'no link' -->
        <FORCESUBSCRIBE>0</FORCESUBSCRIBE>
        <TRACKINGTYPE>1</TRACKINGTYPE>
        <RSSTYPE>0</RSSTYPE>
        <RSSARTICLES>0</RSSARTICLES>
        <TIMEMODIFIED>1182643206</TIMEMODIFIED>
      </MOD>

      <!-- A "teacher" forum example -->
      <MOD>
        <ID>11007</ID>
        <MODTYPE>forum</MODTYPE>
        <TYPE>teacher</TYPE>
        <NAME>Teacher forum</NAME>
        <INTRO>A forum for teacher-only notes and discussion</INTRO>
        <OPEN>2</OPEN>
        <ASSESSED>0</ASSESSED>
        <ASSESSPUBLIC>0</ASSESSPUBLIC>
        <ASSESSTIMESTART>0</ASSESSTIMESTART>
        <ASSESSTIMEFINISH>0</ASSESSTIMEFINISH>
        <MAXBYTES>0</MAXBYTES>
        <SCALE>0</SCALE>
        <FORCESUBSCRIBE>0</FORCESUBSCRIBE>
        <TRACKINGTYPE>1</TRACKINGTYPE>
        <RSSTYPE>0</RSSTYPE>
        <RSSARTICLES>0</RSSARTICLES>
        <TIMEMODIFIED>1184692348</TIMEMODIFIED>
      </MOD>