diff --git a/courseware/modules/template_module.py b/courseware/modules/template_module.py
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+import json
+import os
+
+## TODO: Abstract out from Django
+from django.conf import settings
+from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response, render_to_string
+
+from x_module import XModule
+from lxml import etree
+
+class Module(XModule):
+    def get_state(self):
+        return json.dumps({ })
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_xml_tags(c):
+        tags = os.listdir(settings.DATA_DIR+'/custom_tags')
+        return tags
+
+    def get_html(self):
+        return self.html
+
+    def __init__(self, xml, item_id, ajax_url=None, track_url=None, state=None, track_function=None, render_function = None):
+        XModule.__init__(self, xml, item_id, ajax_url, track_url, state, track_function, render_function)
+        xmltree = etree.fromstring(xml)
+        filename = xmltree.tag
+        params = dict(xmltree.items())
+        print params
+        self.html = render_to_string('custom_tags/'+filename, params)