What is RSS?

Do you like getting the most up-to-the-minute news but don't want to have to browse around websites in order to hunt it down? Then RSS might be for you.

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication," and is a popular way to easily distribute news on the Web. It allows users to "subscribe" to a web-site as one would subscribe to a newspaper and then receive the latest information published from that site. Don't worry, there are no forms to fill out, usernames and passwords to remember, or email and spam involved.

To Start Using RSS

To start viewing RSS feeds from UMass Dartmouth, you generally need a news reader. These are usually available for all platforms and come in a variety of styles. Some are their own applications, and others are plugins or built into browsers (such as Safari for Mac OS X). Some other examples of RSS applications are...

Awasu (Win)
NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)
Straw (Linux/Gnome)
Bloglines (Web-based)
Google Reader (web-based)

Next subscribe to the RSS feed by dragging the URL from the orange RSS icon on the homepage onto your news reader. Or, copy and paste the URL into your news reader.
For example:

http://www.umassd.edu/calendar/rss/umdrss.xml

Then you are in business. You will receive the latest upcoming events from UMass Dartmouth as they are published.

Available RSS Feeds

Feed	Google Reader	My Yahoo	Bloglines
News / Press Releases
Calendar of Events
Newest Videos