The answer is a resounding NO. This WordPress (http://glassrmat101.wordpress.com) site and my assignments are accessible through a RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed. What this means is that if you use News feed aggregator in your browser, an Optimum Online, a Google, Yahoo or similar third party home page, or have installed a news feed reader on your local work station chances you can view this site add this site and the homework without ever remembering the web address.
One can always tell when a website offers a newsfeed, they are denoted by those cute little orange images such as
or 
or 
. You may have clicked on one of these and received a whole mess of junk. That junk is XML and you really don‘t need to know anything about that. What you need is the URL or the address in the location field of your browser.
For example, from the blog page, you will notice a next to the word Assignments. If you click on that image, the URL or address you are taken to is the following: http://www.matcmp.sunynassau.edu/~glassr/rss/mat101/MAT101-Assignments.xml. This is the address you need to read the assignments.
To read the entire blog as a feed, the URL is http://glassrmat101.wordpress.com/feed.
For example, if you use Optimum Online, you can read the feeds by doing the following:
- Click on the feed and copy the URL from the location bar.
- Go to your Optimum Home page and click on personalize content. Remember, log in first.
- Click on RSS Headlines on the right hand side.
- Where it says Add Your Own, paste the RSS feed there.
- Click on Add then Save All at the bottom. Make sure you choose the Display radio button.
Remember, you can add any feed to your home page, not just my assignments.
NOTE: I will give one point extra credit on your final average (to a maximum of 2 points) for instructions on how to add RSS feeds to your browser or other home pages.
