How do I add an RSS news feed to my course?

From BbWiki

Many publications, journals and weblogs offer headlines, summaries and links to updated content and news in the form of an RSS feed. A good search engine for RSS feeds is http://www.feedster.com/advanced.php. Contact the computing center or your librarian for more resources.

Once you have identified an RSS feed that you would like to present within your Blackboard site, copy the link (URL) for the feed from your web browser. In your Blackboard control panel, navigate into the content area where you want to display the item. In the upper right hand corner of the content area control page, choose ‘RSS Content’ in the SELECT pull down menu, and click GO.

Title - The name of the RSS Content you are posting into your course

Feed URL - The feed url is the web address of the RSS feed you wish to display. (Note: The URL must begin with http://)

Number of Headlines - The number of news items from the feed you wish to display.

Number of Hours Cached - This setting tells the server how long until the RSS Content is updated. Caching the feed will not only help the content to display more quickly, but also reduce the strain on the server that is providing the feed.

Open in New Window - When checked, this will cause a linked headline to open a new browser window.

Display in Folder - When checked, this will cause the feed to be displayed directly in the content area. When not checked, a link will appear in the content area and the feed will be viewable when the link is clicked.

Show Summaries - When checked, summaries or details from the news item will be displayed. Uncheck this to only display headlines.