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RSS in Glossaries

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Moodle’s RSS feed works almost the same in the glossary module as it does in the forum module (see here for RSS in forums).

If RSS is enabled, you will see two additional fields under the glossary setup page:


RSS feed for this activity

This turns RSS on or off. When set to “None,” the RSS feed is disabled. When set to “Concepts with authors,” the RSS feed will send out the glossary entries with the name of the author. When set to “Concepts without authors,” the RSS feed sends out glossary entries without the name of the author.


Number of RSS recent articles

This number sets the number of entries that go out via RSS. If this number is set to 5, then the 5 most recent articles will be sent to subscribers. As new entries get added, the oldest entry gets replaced on the RSS feed. If your glossary gets a lot of posts every day, you will want to set this number high.

When RSS is enabled for your glossary, an orange RSS button appears on the main page (in the upper right-hand side). Notice the glossary description tells the users about RSS.

I do that in case students are not familiar with RSS. When you click on the RSS button, you should see a page something like this:

The stuff on the page is not important to you or your users (but Moodle needs it!). For the purposes of RSS feeds, you (or the user) would copy the URL (the web address) from the top of the browser, like this:

You (or your user) would then paste this address into an RSS aggregator. When I put the address into my test account at bloglines.com, it looks like this:

Now you (or your user) can get the latest posts or discussions along with all the other RSS (news) feeds that you are subscribed to.


Moodle’s RSS feed works almost the same in the Glossary module as it does in the Forum module. If RSS is enabled, you will see two additional fields in Glossary setup (Fig. 48). • RSS feed for this activity: This turns RSS on or off. When set to “None,” the RSS feed is disabled. When set to “Concepts with authors,” the RSS feed will send out the glossary entries with the name of the author. When set to “Concepts without authors,” the RSS feed sends out glossary entries without the name of the author. • Number of RSS recent articles: This number sets the number of entries that go out via RSS. If this number is set to 5, then the 5 most recent articles will be sent to subscribers. As new entries get added, the oldest entry gets replaced on the RSS feed. If your glossary gets a lot of posts every day, you will want to set this number high. When RSS is enabled for your Glossary, an orange RSS button appears on the main page (Fig. 49), just like when the Forum is enabled. Create a Glossary description that tells students about RSS. When a user clicks on the RSS button, they see the XML code displayed (Fig. 47), needed by the news-reader. Once a user has the RSS news-feed link, adding it to a reader (Fig. 50) is simple and will then display Forum and Glossary aggregated information, along with other information they subscribe to. Bloglines is an example of an online web-based RSS news-reader. Fig. 48 Fig. 49 Fig. 50 Course Management 39 http://moodle.org Fig. 55 Learner Management Features In this section of the manual you will be introduced to Moodle’s features for managing learner activity, including: • Groups • Activities block • Administration block