The tool of the week is Feedwind which is a free RSS widget that adds dynamic content from multiple RSS feeds from various sources utilising filters to focus on your preferred topics or keywords.
An RSS feed allows you to receive updates from various sources that is directly delivered to you without having to visit those websites.
In this blog I will show you how you can add an RSS feed in your Moodle module, meaning that you can have dynamic content that is changing on a regular basis in your module. Please remember that the frequency of the RSS feeds depend on how regular the source is updated, so choose a website that is active!
1. Navigate to your Moodle course and switch to editing mode.
4. Enter a title for the HTML block and then click on the edit HTML source icon < >.
For those of you who are regular readers of this blog will remember I wrote a blog post back in April for another RSS feed creator called Page2RSS which offered a simple solution to create RSS feeds for webpages however it lacked in offering RSS subscriptions. I feel Windfeed takes that extra step to offer something that is more dynamic, eye catching and customisable.
If you are not already using RSS feeds in your courses or website why not give Windfeed a try to see how your Moodle pages could be freshened up?