(Copied from MDL-70293 ) RSS URL http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml Blogs Login as admin Press Preferences from your user menu Press Blogs > Register an external blog Paste in the RSS URL to the RSS feed URL field and press Save changes Navigate to <WWWROOT>/blog Confirm you see blog posts from the RSS URL Navigate back to the previous page Confirm you can edit and delete the blog feed Third party libraries Login as admin. Navigate to Site Administration > Development > Third party libraries. Verify that the version of SimplePie is 1.8.0 RSS Block Ensure Remote RSS feeds is enabled in Site Administration > Plugins > Blocks > Manage blocks Create a new course Turn editing on in the new course Add the Remote RSS feeds block in your right-hand drawer (Boost theme) Configure the new block Press Add/edit feeds Press Add a new feed Paste in the RSS URL to the Feed URL field and press Add a new feed Go back to the block configuration page and select the new feed Go back to the course page Confirm you can see items in the RSS feeds block Configure the block Press Add/edit feeds Confirm you can edit and delete the RSS feed