diff --git a/blocks/recent_activity/block_latest_activities.php b/blocks/recent_activity/block_latest_activities.php
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+++ b/blocks/recent_activity/block_latest_activities.php
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+<?PHP //$Id$
+
+class block_latest_activities extends block_base {
+    function init() {
+        $this->title = get_string('blockname','block_latest_activities');
+        $this->version = 2005031400;
+    }
+
+    function has_config() {return true;}
+
+    function applicable_formats() {
+        return (array('course-view-weeks' => true, 'course-view-topics' => true));
+    }
+
+    function get_content() {
+        global $CFG, $USER;
+
+        if ($this->content !== NULL) {
+            return $this->content;
+        }
+
+        $this->content = new stdClass;
+        $this->content->text = '';
+        $this->content->footer = '';
+
+        if (empty($this->instance)) {
+            return $this->content;
+        }
+
+        $course = get_record('course', 'id', $this->instance->pageid);
+
+        $activitiestosee = 5; //Activities default
+        if (isset($CFG->block_latest_activities_number)) {
+            $activitiestosee = $CFG->block_latest_activities_number;
+        }
+
+        $activities = get_records_sql("SELECT l.id, l.cmid, l.module, l.time
+                                       FROM {$CFG->prefix}course_modules m,
+                                            {$CFG->prefix}log l
+                                       WHERE l.cmid = m.id AND
+                                             l.userid = $USER->id AND
+                                             l.course = $course->id AND
+                                             m.visible = 1
+                                       ORDER BY l.time DESC ".
+                                       sql_paging_limit(0,$activitiestosee));
+
+        $modinfo = unserialize($course->modinfo);
+
+        if (!empty($activities) && !empty($modinfo)) {
+            foreach ($activities as $activity) {
+                $activity->name = urldecode($modinfo[$activity->cmid]->name);
+                $activity->timeago = format_time(time() - $activity->time);
+                $this->content->text .= '<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 0.75em; padding-top: 5px;">';
+                $this->content->text .= '<a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/'.$activity->module.'/view.php?id='.$activity->cmid.'" title="'.$activity->timeago.'">'.$activity->name.'</a>';
+                $this->content->text .= '</div>';
+            }
+        }
+        return $this->content;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/blocks/recent_activity/config_global.html b/blocks/recent_activity/config_global.html
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+++ b/blocks/recent_activity/config_global.html
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+<table cellpadding="9" cellspacing="0">
+<tr valign="top">
+    <td align="right">block_latest_activities_number:</td>
+    <td>
+    <input name="block" type="hidden" value="<?php echo intval($_REQUEST['block']); ?>" />
+    <input name="block_latest_activities_number" type="text" size="5" value="<?php 
+    if(isset($CFG->block_latest_activities_number)) {
+        p($CFG->block_latest_activities_number);
+    } else {
+        p(5);
+    } ?>" />
+    </td>
+    <td>
+    <?php print_string('numberofactivities', 'block_latest_activities') ?>
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td colspan="3" align="center">
+    <input type="submit" value="<?php print_string('savechanges') ?>" /></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
diff --git a/blocks/recent_activity/lang/en/block_latest_activities.php b/blocks/recent_activity/lang/en/block_latest_activities.php
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index 00000000000..ac5e19cda01
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+++ b/blocks/recent_activity/lang/en/block_latest_activities.php
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+<?php // $Id$
+
+$string['blockname'] = 'Latest Activities';
+$string['lastnactivities'] = 'last $a activities';
+$string['numberofactivities'] = 'Number of activities to be shown.';
+?>
diff --git a/blocks/recent_activity/lang/es/block_latest_activities.php b/blocks/recent_activity/lang/es/block_latest_activities.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3593ad60ca3
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+++ b/blocks/recent_activity/lang/es/block_latest_activities.php
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+<?php // $Id$
+
+$string['blockname'] = 'Últimas Actividades';
+$string['lastnactivities'] = 'últimas $a actividades';
+$string['numberofactivities'] = 'Número de actividades a mostrar.';
+?>