diff --git a/course/classes/local/entity/content_item.php b/course/classes/local/entity/content_item.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Contains the content_item class.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @subpackage course
+ * @copyright  2020 Jake Dallimore <jrhdallimore@gmail.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+namespace core_course\local\entity;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * The content_item class.
+ *
+ * @copyright  2020 Jake Dallimore <jrhdallimore@gmail.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class content_item {
+    /** @var int $id the id. */
+    private $id;
+
+    /** @var string $name the name. */
+    private $name;
+
+    /** @var string $title the title. */
+    private $title;
+
+    /** @var \moodle_url $link the url for the content item's setup page (usually mod/edit.php). */
+    private $link;
+
+    /** @var string $icon an html string containing the icon for this item. */
+    private $icon;
+
+    /** @var string $help the description/help text for this content item. */
+    private $help;
+
+    /** @var int $achetype a module archetype, e.g. MOD_ARCHETYPE_RESOURCE, MOD_ARCHETYPE_OTHER. */
+    private $archetype;
+
+    /** @var string $componentname the name of the component from which this content item originates. */
+    private $componentname;
+
+    /**
+     * The content_item constructor.
+     *
+     * @param int $id Id number.
+     * @param string $name Name of the item, not human readable.
+     * @param string $title Human readable title for the item.
+     * @param \moodle_url $link The URL to the creation page, with any item specific params
+     * @param string $icon HTML containing the icon for the item
+     * @param string $help The description of the item.
+     * @param int $archetype the archetype for the content item (see MOD_ARCHETYPE_X definitions in lib/moodlelib.php).
+     * @param string $componentname the name of the component/plugin with which this content item is associated.
+     */
+    public function __construct(int $id, string $name, string $title, \moodle_url $link, string $icon, string $help,
+            int $archetype, string $componentname) {
+        $this->id = $id;
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->title = $title;
+        $this->link = $link;
+        $this->icon = $icon;
+        $this->help = $help;
+        $this->archetype = $archetype;
+        $this->componentname = $componentname;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the component with which this content item is associated.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_component_name(): string {
+        return $this->componentname;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the help description of this item.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_help(): string {
+        return $this->help;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the archetype of this item.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function get_archetype(): int {
+        return $this->archetype;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the id of this item.
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function get_id(): int {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of this item.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_name(): string {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the human readable title of this item.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_title(): string {
+        return $this->title;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the link to the creation page of this item.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_link(): \moodle_url {
+        return $this->link;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the icon html for this item.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_icon(): string {
+        return $this->icon;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/course/tests/content_item_test.php b/course/tests/content_item_test.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Contains tests for the \core_course\local\entity\content_item class.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @subpackage course
+ * @copyright  2020 Jake Dallimore <jrhdallimore@gmail.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+namespace tests\core_course;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+use core_course\local\entity\content_item;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the \core_course\local\entity\content_item class.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @subpackage course
+ * @copyright  2020 Jake Dallimore <jrhdallimore@gmail.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class content_item_testcase extends \advanced_testcase {
+
+    /**
+     * Test the content_item class.
+     */
+    public function test_content_item() {
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+
+        $contentitem = new content_item(22, 'Item name', 'Item title', new \moodle_url('mod_edit.php'), '<img src="test">',
+            'Description of the module', MOD_ARCHETYPE_RESOURCE, 'mod_page');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(22, $contentitem->get_id());
+        $this->assertEquals('Item name', $contentitem->get_name());
+        $this->assertEquals('Item title', $contentitem->get_title());
+        $this->assertEquals(new \moodle_url('mod_edit.php'), $contentitem->get_link());
+        $this->assertEquals('<img src="test">', $contentitem->get_icon());
+        $this->assertEquals('Description of the module', $contentitem->get_help());
+        $this->assertEquals(MOD_ARCHETYPE_RESOURCE, $contentitem->get_archetype());
+        $this->assertEquals('mod_page', $contentitem->get_component_name());
+    }
+}