Activity Feed
The Activity Feed is a course homepage widget that provides a central location for learners and instructors to post messages that are visible to the entire class. For example, your instructor might post reminders about upcoming assignments and links to course materials. Instructors determine if learners can post Activity Feed messages. This feature may not be available in all courses.
You can add attachments by copying and pasting a web link or embed code, or using the attachment icons. For a rich and immersive experience, most attachments can be previewed, viewed, or interacted with directly in the feed. For example, web links show a thumbnail and description, if available. Images uploaded from your computer, remote plug-in attachments, and videos embedded from YouTube, Vimeo, and TED display directly in the feed and can be viewed without leaving the course homepage.
*Note: The Activity Feed only renders embedded material that administrators have set using the Trusted Sites tool. If you attempt to embed an untrusted site, the material is attached, but as a non-embedded web link.
This tutorial should help you with the following..
- How to Find the Activity Feed
- Adding a Post to the Activity Feed
How to Find the Activity Feed
Depending on how your course is set up by your instructor, the activity feed could be located anywhere on the home screen.
How to Post on the Activity Feed
Navigate to your course homepage with the Activity Feed widget available.
Click anywhere in the Create a post text box.
Enter a message
Optionally, you can add an attachment by doing one of the following:
Click the attach icon, and do one or more of the following:
To upload a file from your computer, click the file upload icon.
To attach a link to course materials, click the existing activity icon.
To attach a web link, click the weblink icon.
To attach a link to a Google Drive file from your Google account, click the Google Drive icon.
*Note: Before attaching the link, ensure that the file has proper visibility permissions in Google Drive.
To attach a link to a OneDrive file from your OneDrive account, click the OneDrive icon.
*Note: Before attaching the link, ensure that the file has proper visibility permissions in OneDrive.
To insert videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and TED, click the video icon and add a URL.
*Note: You may not see all the icons listed above. The attachment options are determined by the permissions and integrations available at your organization.
And finally, click Post.
