Adding an RSS Feed to Your WebTycho Classroom Using Google Reader


Deborah Schroeder
Senior Instructional Support Specialist
Center for Support of Instruction
Published: March-April 2010

Category: » Tech-skills-software » Rss

This tutorial assumes that you have a Google Reader account and that you have subscribed to at least one RSS feed. If you have not done so, you will want to follow the How to Set up and Use Google Reader tutorial before completing this one.

1. Log into your Google Reader account and select one of your subscription links.

2. Locate the article you would like to share and click the Share link. (NOTE: You will need to do this for each of the article that you want to share with your class.)

3. Once you have selected all the articles you want to share, click the Sharing settings link.

4. Navigate to the bottom of the page and click the Add a Clip link.

5. Copy the embeded code by highlighting all the code in the box and then pressing Ctrl+C on your keyboard (Mac users press Command+C).

6. Navigate to your WebTycho classroom and create a new Course Content item (Faculty Center-->Create Text.) (NOTE: You can put your RSS feed in Conferences as well).

7. Add a title for your content in the Link Text field, then select View-->HTML View from the Text Formatting Editor menu bar.

8. Paste (Ctrl+V or Command+V) the Google embed code that you copied earlier into the text box and click the Submit button.

9. Click the link of your newly created item to ensure that the RSS feed is working correctly.

10. If your RSS feed is working correctly, you will see the embedded feed in your document.

If your RSS feed does not appear to be functioning properly, it is recommended that you return to Google Reader and copy the embed code again. Then return to your Course Content item and paste in the code you just copied.

About the Author(s)

Deb has been with UMUC for over 22 years. She spent four years in Undergraduate Admissions prior to moving to the Graduate School. While working in General Management Programs, Deb became fascinated with technology and pursued an education in computer science. Upon completing her degree in Management Information Systems, she became a Distance Education Coordinator in 1999. Deb now resides in the Center for Support of Instruction (CSI) as a Senior Instructional Support Specialist and is the site manager for the DE Oracle @ UMUC.

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