Written by 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:Â 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
I am new to Feedly, but successfully set up an account and imported the OPML. There was something truly satisfying when watching it load up all the blogs from my classmates. I hopped over to the Today tab and sure enough I could see posts that have been completed already. I really like the magazine layout, it definitely is a great way to keep up with everyone’s post!
@sweetmj So cool! Thanks for diving in!
Feedly is going to be so helpful! This is my first time using it, and I am glad I set up an account. It is so cool to see my classmate’s posts all in my feed. I loved reading through some of the posts before beginning my first blog post for this course.
I had never even heard to Feedly prior to this course, and it is going to make navigating and interacting with all of the individual student blogs in addition to course blogs incredibly helpful! I was already starting to feel the navigation overwhelm, and this brings some needed relief! Many thanks to @Michael for putting together the OPML file and making this first experience with Feedly so easy!
@juliakolman @alannahford Yay for your thoughts. I appreciate you both trying it out.
Just set up my Feebly account and uploaded the OMPL. I’ve never used a feed reader before and appreciate the tip! Looking forward to seeing everyone’s blogs 🙂
I’m new to Feedly, but somehow managed to sign up and download the OPML after a couple of minutes. I used my personal email since it locked me out with my SJSU email. This takes the pressure off of checking the website daily, and nice to have on a hand held device. Can’t wait to scroll through!
My thoughts at the beginning of this course, “how are we keeping track of all these blogs?” Insert feedly.”Oooh, this is cool.” Also, a first time user and this is a game changer.
@aroset @izgz @pythao Thanks for diving in! I think you will enjoy Feedly as an arenas tool for all of our class blogs.
I know this is late. I signed up for Feedly and I think I was able to download and add the OPML .
@christinew12 Great! Hope it is useful for your course workflows.