Repository RSS feeds
Repository RSS feeds provide notification support for workflow updates in local and harvested repositories.
Repository feeds update when any of the following events occur:
- A user publishes a new object.
- The status of an existing object changes from hidden to unhidden.
- An existing object moves from one repository to a different repository.
RSS feeds save time for users that manage learning object repositories and support efficient workflows. For example, content control specialists receive immediate notification of new publications to review versus spending time checking a repository for new learning objects.
Browse path RSS feeds
Browse path RSS feeds help you keep track of new learning objects published to classifications of your interest.
You can also use browse path RSS feeds to do any of the following:
- Track activity for all objects tagged with specific learning objectives.
- Help accreditation committees track new assessment materials.
- Make feeds available to students individually or within a homepage widget for remediation, enrichment, or general interest.
You can choose the degree to which your feeds are specialized, dependent on the granularity of the classifications specified by your institution.
Subscribe to a repository or browse RSS feed
- Navigate to the LOR.
- On the Search page, click RSS Feeds.
Figure: The RSS Feeds link in the Search tab.
- On the Feeds page, do one of the following:
- To subscribe to a repository feed, in the Repository Feeds area, click the link for the feed to which you want to subscribe.
- To subscribe to a browse path feed, in the Browse Path Feeds area, click the link for the feed to which you want to subscribe.
Figure: The Feeds page showing Repository Feeds and Browse Path Feeds.
- From the Subscribe to this feed using drop-down list, select how you want to receive updates.
- Click Subscribe Now.
Collection RSS feeds
Collection RSS feeds help you keep track of learning objects that have been added to collections that interest or impact you.
Subscribe to a collection's RSS feed
- Navigate to the LOR.
- On the Search page, in the My Collections area, click the collection to which you want to subscribe.
- Click the
View [collection's] RSS feed icon.
- From the Subscribe to this feed using drop-down list, select how you want to receive updates.
- Click Subscribe Now.