diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/setup.py b/common/lib/xmodule/setup.py
index c867fca228..8deb2a7ce5 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/setup.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/setup.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ setup(
             "videodev = xmodule.backcompat_module:TranslateCustomTagDescriptor",
             "videosequence = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
             "discussion = xmodule.discussion_module:DiscussionDescriptor",
+            "gst = xmodule.gst_module:GSTDescriptor",
         ]
     }
 )
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/gst_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/gst_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8847a5224c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/gst_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+"""
+GST (Graphical-Slider-Tool) module is ungraded xmodule used by students to
+understand functional dependencies
+"""
+
+# import json
+import logging
+
+from lxml import etree
+
+from xmodule.mako_module import MakoModuleDescriptor
+from xmodule.xml_module import XmlDescriptor
+from xmodule.x_module import XModule
+from xmodule.progress import Progress
+from xmodule.exceptions import NotFoundError
+from pkg_resources import resource_string
+from xmodule.raw_module import RawDescriptor
+
+# log = logging.getLogger("mitx.common.lib.seq_module")
+
+
+class GSTModule(XModule):
+    ''' Graphical-Slider-Tool Module
+    '''
+    # js = {'js': [resource_string(__name__, 'js/src/gst/gst.js')]}
+    # #css = {'scss': [resource_string(__name__, 'css/capa/display.scss')]}
+    # js_module_name = "GST"
+
+    def __init__(self, system, location, definition, descriptor, instance_state=None,
+                 shared_state=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        pass
+    #     Definition  should have....
+    #     sliders, text, module
+
+    #     Sample file:
+
+    #     <gst>
+    #         <h2> Plot... </h2>
+    #         <slider name="1" var="a"/>
+    #         <number name="1" var="a"/>
+    #         <plot/>
+    #         <sliders_info>
+    #         <sliders/>
+    #         <numbers_info>
+    #         </numbers_info
+    #         <plot_info>
+    #         </plot_info>
+    #     </gst>
+    #     """
+    #     XModule.__init__(self, system, location, definition, descriptor,
+    #                      instance_state, shared_state, **kwargs)
+    #     import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+    #     self.rendered = False
+
+    # def get_html(self):
+    #     self.render()
+    #     return self.content
+
+    # def render(self):
+    #     import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+    #     if self.rendered:
+    #         return
+    #     ## Returns a set of all types of all sub-children
+    #     contents = []
+    #     # import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+    #     for child in self.get_display_items():
+    #         progress = child.get_progress()
+    #         childinfo = {
+    #             'gst': child.get_html(),
+    #             'plot': "\n".join(
+    #                 grand_child.display_name.strip()
+    #                 for grand_child in child.get_children()
+    #                 if 'display_name' in grand_child.metadata
+    #             ),
+    #             # 'progress_status': Progress.to_js_status_str(progress),
+    #             'progress_detail': Progress.to_js_detail_str(progress),
+    #             'type': child.get_icon_class(),
+    #         }
+    #         # if childinfo['title']=='':
+    #             # childinfo['title'] = child.metadata.get('display_name','')
+    #         contents.append(childinfo)
+
+    #     params = {'items': contents,
+    #               'element_id': self.location.html_id(),
+    #               'item_id': self.id,
+    #               'position': self.position,
+    #               'tag': self.location.category
+    #               }
+
+    #     self.content = self.system.render_template('seq_module.html', params)
+    #     self.rendered = True
+
+
+class GSTDescriptor(RawDescriptor):
+    mako_template = "widgets/html-edit.html"
+    module_class = GSTModule
+    template_dir_name = 'gst'
+
+    # @classmethod
+    # def definition_from_xml(cls, xml_object, system):
+    #     """
+    #     Pull out the data into dictionary.
+
+    #     Returns:
+    #     {
+    #     'def1': 'def1-some-html',
+    #     'def2': 'def2-some-html'
+    #     }
+    #     """
+    #     import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+    #     children = []
+    #     for child in xml_object:
+    #         try:
+    #             children.append(system.process_xml(etree.tostring(child)).location.url())
+    #         except:
+    #             log.exception("Unable to load child when parsing GST. Continuing...")
+    #             continue
+    #     return {'children': children}
+
+    # def definition_to_xml(self, resource_fs):
+    #     '''Return an xml element representing this definition.'''
+    #     import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
+    #     xml_object = etree.Element('gst')
+
+    #     def add_child(k):
+    #         # child_str = '<{tag}>{body}</{tag}>'.format(tag=k, body=self.definition[k])
+    #         child_str = child.export_to_xml(resource_fs)
+    #         child_node = etree.fromstring(child_str)
+    #         xml_object.append(child_node)
+
+    #     for child in self.get_children():
+    #         add_child(child)
+
+    #     return xml_object
+
+
+    # def __init__(self, system, definition, **kwargs):
+    #     '''Render and save the template for this descriptor instance'''
+    #     super(CustomTagDescriptor, self).__init__(system, definition, **kwargs)
+    #     self.rendered_html = self.render_template(system, definition['data'])
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