Remote RSS feeds block: Difference between revisions

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Note: The Remote RSS feeds block is disabled in new installations of Moodle 4.x.

Enabling the Remote RSS feeds block

An administrator can enable the block from Site administration > Plugins > Blocks and opening the 'eye' of Remote RSS feeds.

From the Settings link, certain defaults may be specified:

block_rss_client_num_entries - The default number of entries to show per feed shown in the block. This can be overridden when you actually set up a block in a course.
block_rss_timeout - The time in minutes between a reread of the feed by Moodle. Since some feeds on busy sites can take long to load, it can slow down the load of your course page. Therefore, it is wise to set this time rather high, so only every now and then a visitor of your course is the victim of the slow remote server. Time is in minutes here.

Using the Remote RSS feeds block

A course teacher can add the block by enabling Edit mode, and adding the Remote RSS feeds block from the block drawer.

Configuring the Remote RSS feeds block

After adding the block, click the action menu and select Configure Remote news feed blcok.

Display each link's description?: Choose yes or no from the drop-down menu to determine whether the block will display a description of each article, or just the title of the article. Both the title and description are generated by the external feed.

Max number of entries to show per block: Determines how many articles will be displayed. The most recent will be displayed first.

Choose the feeds to make available: Check the box next to each feed you would displayed in this block. You can have more than one instance of the RSS feed block if you would like to break them up.

Title: Enter a title for the block. If you leave this blank a title will be taken from the RSS feeds, which can be confusing if there are multiple feeds in one block.

Display a link?: Each article headline should link to the full article, but you can also display a link to the original site where available.

Show channel image?: Some feeds supply an image or logo from the original site which you can choose to display when available.

Add/Manage all RSS feeds

All the Moodle site's RSS feeds can be managed on the Manage all my feeds tab in the RSS News Feed edit menu. The site administrator may give other roles permission to use this tab. This tab creates a list of RSS feeds that can be selected for display in every course on the Moodle site.

Copy and paste (or type) the URL address of the RSS feed in the space provided. This the generating site's actual RSS page address. For example, here is a Moodle RSS feed address : http://moodle.org/rss/file.php/1/1/forum/1/rss.xml

Adding a custom title will take the place of the one supplied by the generating site.There is a validation tool included to confirm the feed URL is accurate.

When checked, the Shared Feed checkbox makes the feed available (although not necessarily visible) to all courses on the Moodle site. This would be useful, for example, when a college has an urgent announcements feed that would be of interest to all students, regardless of the Moodle course in which they are enrolled. Leave unchecked if the feed is of interest only to a single course.

Click the Add button to submit the feed.

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-RSS is a technology where visitors to your site can choose to have the site send new postings to an RSS reader. RSS allows a user to build a custom news service. When users “subscribe” to your RSS-enabled page, they will get new postings from Forums and/or new entries in Glossaries, without having to visit your Moodle. Moodle has an RSS aggregator (collector) for these modules.
+{{Blocks}}
-The end user does need a way to display the news-feed. Windows and Macintosh RSS news readers can be found at:
+{{Note|The Remote RSS feeds block is disabled in new installations of Moodle 4.x.}}
-• http://www.bloglines.com/ (web based)
+==Enabling the Remote RSS feeds block==
-• http://www.fastbuzz.com/main.jsp (web based)
+An administrator can enable the block from ''Site administration > Plugins > Blocks'' and opening the 'eye' of Remote RSS feeds.
-- or you can put RSS into a search engine to find more.
-Why use RSS? If you normally try to keep updated on what is happening on say 10 or 15 different websites, RSS can help. If all these web pages are RSS enabled, then you can put all 15 RSS feeds into your RSS news-reader, and see all the new things going on in one place.
+From the Settings link, certain defaults may be specified:
+* ''block_rss_client_num_entries'' - The default number of entries to show per feed shown in the block. This can be overridden when you actually set up a block in a course.
+* ''block_rss_timeout'' - The time in minutes between a reread of the feed by Moodle. Since some feeds on busy sites can take long to load, it can slow down the load of your course page. Therefore, it is wise to set this time rather high, so only every now and then a visitor of your course is the victim of the slow remote server. Time is in minutes here.
+==Using the Remote RSS feeds block==
+A course teacher can add the block by enabling Edit mode, and adding the Remote RSS feeds block from the block drawer.
+==Configuring the Remote RSS feeds block==
+After adding the block, click the action menu and select Configure Remote news feed blcok.
+;Display each link's description?
+:Choose yes or no from the drop-down menu to determine whether the block will display a description of each article, or just the title of the article. Both the title and description are generated by the external feed.
-RSS Feeds Moodle supports outgoing (out of Moodle) RSS feeds. This option needs to be enabled by your Moodle administrator. Once enabled, RSS is available in the Forum and Glossary modules.
+;Max number of entries to show per block
+:Determines how many articles will be displayed. The most recent will be displayed first.
-More about RSS in Glossaries you will find [[RSS in Glossaries|here]]. More about RSS in Forums you will find [[RSS in Forums|here]]
+;Choose the feeds to make available
+:Check the box next to each feed you would displayed in this block. You can have more than one instance of the RSS feed block if you would like to break them up.
+;Title
+:Enter a title for the block. If you leave this blank a title will be taken from the RSS feeds, which can be confusing if there are multiple feeds in one block.
-And [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=6781 here] is a link to a forum, in which you will find a link to an article about RSS.
+;Display a link?
+:Each article headline should link to the full article, but you can also display a link to the original site where available.
+;Show channel image?
+:Some feeds supply an image or logo from the original site which you can choose to display when available.
+==Add/Manage all RSS feeds ==
+All the Moodle site's RSS feeds can be managed on the ''Manage all my feeds'' tab in the RSS News Feed edit menu. The site administrator may give other roles permission to use this tab. This tab creates a list of RSS feeds that can be selected for display in every course on the Moodle site.
+Copy and paste (or type) the URL address of the RSS feed in the space provided. This the generating site's actual RSS page address. For example, here is a Moodle RSS feed address : http://moodle.org/rss/file.php/1/1/forum/1/rss.xml
+Adding a custom title will take the place of the one supplied by the generating site.There is a validation tool included to confirm the feed URL is accurate.
+When checked, the Shared Feed checkbox makes the feed available (although not necessarily visible) to all courses on the Moodle site. This would be useful, for example, when a college has an urgent announcements feed that would be of interest to all students, regardless of the Moodle course in which they are enrolled. Leave unchecked if the feed is of interest only to a single course.
+Click the ''Add'' button to submit the feed.
+== See also ==
+[https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=448097#p1800877 Showing announcements from a course on the site homepage with an RSS feeds block] (forum discussion)
+[[Category:RSS]]
+[[Category:Site administration]]
+[[de:RSS Feeds Block]]
+[[eu:RSS jarioak blokea]]
+[[fr:Bloc Flux RSS]]
+[[es:Bloque de canales RSS remotos]]

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