Hello everyone! We just finished the OPML for all the blog URLs.
I am super excited to read your intro posts via all the feeds I just added to my Feedly. All the course activity and posts can seem like a raging waterfall but utilizing a feed reader will help you! And savvy information professionals use news aggregators such as Feedly to stay current on topics of interest.
If you are using a feed reader (like Feedly), you can easily import this into your reader and have access to all the student blogs in our section of INFO 200. Also, there could be additions, but I will post those individually for you to add. And let me know if your blog is not listed!
The OPML populates your reader with a collections of feeds made up of student blogs from my sections of 200 and our Section Site course blog newsfeed and activity feed.
I would suggest downloading it to your desktop (via whatever method of mouse clicks you use on your computing platform) and then importing the file into reader of your choice. I suggest Feedly and use it in the steps below.
Follow these steps if you are using Feedly:
- Set up an account with Feedly
- Read over this helpful page: https://blog.feedly.com/opml/
- Click on your user profile pic and select Organize Sources
- In the Organize Sources window locate the import OPML button
- Click on Import OPML and locate the file you saved above or drag and drop the file if your browser supports that functionality.
- Follow the directions on the import screen: Choose file and Import
- You are ready to go!
So here’s the challenge to some fearless INFO 200 student – please add the OPML to your reader and report back here in a comment!
For some background, view this video:
Other sites will import differently but the OPML is a standard file type.
Image: Snoqualmie Falls, Washington in the 70s
Hello, thank you for the recommendation of Feedly. Setting up an account and importing the OMPL file for all my classmates blog’s was quick and easy!
@agroves Thanks for diving in!
Getting set up with Feedly was easy. It’s fun to see the many information communities people posted about.
I also made a feedly, what a cool site! I haven’t had time to really dig into it but I love the idea of using it to streamline how I consume media.
@esapien @kameronm Yay! Thanks for jumping in!
Creating a Feedly account and importing the OMPL was quick and easy. I look forward to reading and keeping updated with everyone’s blogs.
I love that Feedly houses all the blogs in one spot. Thanks for sharing this resource with us!
@janetkong @hellodaniel I really think Feedly or similar readers are invaluable for current awareness and monitoring sites.