learning tools

Discussion Extractor

This tool addresses the problem of re-usability of student interactions in WebCT Discussions, and allows an instructor or a student to export a fully threaded discussion object from WebCT for re-use in course content, analysis/research, e-portfolios, record-keeping, etc.

FEATURES:

  • RSS feeds for each thread
  • export of SCORM 1.2 compliant Learning Objects
  • remove author identities
  • fully threaded discussion archive

EXAMPLES OF USE:

  • Completed class discussions can be saved and archived for future reference
  • Students can export their contributions and save them in threaded format.
  • Threads can be re-used and embedded in course content (i.e. "last year's students had the following discussion...")
  • RSS feeds from discussions can be imported into Weblogs, news aggregators, etc.

AUTHORS:

  • Warren Scott

NOTE:

Arts IS terminated development on this tool before its code was ready for an official release. If you would like to contribute to this tool or modify the existing code, please e-mail Arts IS at artsis(a)mail.arts.ubc.ca. We would be happy to provide you with the existing source code.