News feed

News feed

Overview

The news feed aggregates the main contents of your course feeds, group feeds, announcements, events, and to-do list.

To see the news feed:
  1. Access the Home tab.
  2. Click News.
Home Dashboard with the News tab highlighted

When you first open the news feed, the latest items display.
As you scroll down the page, more items automatically display. An arrow will display at the bottom of the feed that you can click to view more posts. 
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Please note the news feed displays posts up to six months.

Home, News feed

Configuring the news feed

The home page news feed can be configured to display various feeds:

  1. Friends: Posts from your friends.
  2. Courses: Assessment notifications, module notifications, calendar events, announcements and instructor posts from your courses.
    1. Note that student posts and course blog entries are not included in the home page feed, but are included in the course's news feed.
  3. Groups: Group announcements and calendar events.
    1. Note that member posts and group blog entries are not included in the home page feed, but are included in the group's news feed.
  4. Business: Business announcements and calendar events.

To configure your feed, click the cog icon.

Home, News feed with the Configure icon highlighted

The Configure pop-up displays.

  1. Select the feeds to be displayed on your news feed.
  2. Click Save.
News feed Configure pop-up with options to enable feeds in Courses, Groups, Business, and Friends areas

Posting to the feed

At the top of the feed, you will see the following posting options depending on your platform's settings and your account type:

  1. Learner: Post a personal message if enabled.
  2. Instructor: Post a personal message.
  3. Administrator: Post a personal message or business announcement.

To post a personal message:

  1. Click + Post.
  2. Enter your message.
    1. Any URLs that begin with http(s):// in the posting are automatically hyperlinked.
  3. Click Send. 

Liking and commenting on a feed item

  1. Click the heart icon to like a news feed post.
  2. If other users have liked a post, you can click on the Likes number to view the users.
  3. Type into the Write a comment bar to add a comment to a post.
  4. Click Reply to comment on a reply.
  5. Click Delete to delete your comment. 

News feed Like, comment, and reply sections

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