Saving or exporting student discussion forum posts as a text file

Saving or exporting student discussion forum posts as a text file

by Mark Matsune -
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I would like to save or export the complete set of student postings from a course discussion forum as a bulk text file. The discussion forum is located on my website’s frontpage. I plan to use the student postings as data for my research.

 

I have already saved backup zip files of the forums (including the moodle xml document), but cannot regenerate the complete set of topics and replies in a text file form.

 

I have checked various references, but have not found a simple solution. Can someone tell me if this is possible? I would really appreciate any advice.

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Re: Saving or exporting student discussion forum posts as a text file

by Helen Foster -
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Hi Mark,

If you're using Moodle 2.0, you can enable portfolios then make use of the export to portfolio feature to export forum posts.

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Re: Saving or exporting student discussion forum posts as a text file

by Mark Matsune -

Hi Helen,

Thanks very much for the quick response. Unfortunately my web hosting service is using Moodle 1.9.10.

Can I enable portfolios with this version?

Again, thanks for any advice you can offer.

Cheers,

Mark

 

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Re: Saving or exporting student discussion forum posts as a text file

by Helen Foster -
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Portfolios are a new feature in Moodle 2.0 onwards, so for 1.9.10 you'd need to look for a custom solution, perhaps MDL-9469.

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Re: Saving or exporting student discussion forum posts as a text file

by Mark Matsune -

Hi again Helen,

I appreciate the new advice. Unfortunately I don't think I have the confidence or proficiency to try the custom solution listed above. I think I will wait until my web hosting service upgrades to Moodle 2.0 and then I will try your initial suggestion. Thanks again for your responses.

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