CUL Activity Stream Block

A block that displays a feed containing the latest moodle messages. Part of the CUL Activity Stream suite.
Activity stream block
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The block has a dependency on moodle-message_culactivity_stream which creates and populates the table it uses.
The block selects and displays a list of the users messages from
the table {message_culactivity_stream}. Each message includes a link to
view the notification subject and one to remove the message from the
users feed. With JS enabled, the block checks for new notifications
every 5 mins. It also appends older messages as the users scrolls down
the list. If the block is displayed on the site page then all course
messages are included. If the block is displayed on a course page then
only course messages for the containing course are displayed.
The block identifies course messages by displaying a course image
(the first image file uploaded to the course summary files area) or a
gravatar (if the course has no course image). The messages are required
to include the course id for this to work. The event data sent to the
message lib does not always include the course id or any
useful/consistent way of identifying the course that the message
originated from. If the message cannot be linked to a course id, the
avatar will be the user from picture or a gravatar if none exists.