Post on 21-Dec-2015
Using Google’s RSS Reader
Skills: subscribe to feeds, read feeds
IT concepts: none
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Where does this topic fit?
• Internet concepts– Applications (RSS)– Technology– Implications
• Internet skills– Application development– Content creation
Subscribing to an RSS feed
Look for the RSSsubscription icon
Subscribe using Google Reader
Google RSS reader screen
Bold: unread
Left column: subscriptions
Select one feed
Right column: received items (expand by hitting the Enter key)
View all items
Google Reader screen with item expanded
Either the first few lines or the entire post may be displayed, depending upon the was the feed is set.
Click the title to view the full item
Google RSS reader keyboard shortcuts
m: mark as read
n: next item
p: previous item
enter: toggle extended/list view
space bar: scroll down
More shortcuts
For podcasts, install a stand alone RSS reader like
A few questions
What happens when you click on the Google Reader Add a Subscription button?
How do you unsubscribe from an RSS feed when using Google Reader?
We discussed several handy keyboard shortcuts. What does the s key do?
Using Google’s RSS Reader
Skills: subscribe to feeds, read feeds
IT concepts: none
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.