Add an External RSS Feed to an Announcement

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Last updated: Oct 15, 2024 by Elizabeth Ellison
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You can add an external RSS feed to a course announcement. Adding an RSS feed will create an announcement for every new item added to that feed.

Open your course and select Announcements. Click on External Feeds.

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Click on Add External Feed. Paste the feed URL in the Feed URL field. You can select the content that

users can view in Announcements:

 

To view the entire article, select the Full Article option. To view a shortened version of the article,

select the Truncated option. To view a link to the selected article, click the Link option.

 

You can choose to add only posts with a specific phrase in the title. Select the Only add posts with a

specific phrase in the title checkbox. Type key words or phrases in the text box.

Click the Add Feed button.

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