Pete Cranston's document discusses using iGoogle as a personal dashboard, specifically focusing on how to add feeds from sources like blogs, newspapers, and departments to different tabs in iGoogle like eDiplomacy. It explains that iGoogle users can cut and paste RSS URLs or use menu-guided options to add feeds from sources to their personalized dashboards. The document also notes that there are other tools within the different tabs in iGoogle and asks if attendees have any other questions.

1. iGoogle as a personal dashboard
Pete Cranston
Diplo social media introduction
April 2012

2. Using iGoogle
• What is iGoogle
– We will use Pete’s iGoogle pages
– eDiplomacy tab (one of several tabs)
• How does it work?
– Using feeds and gadgets
• How do I add feeds?
– cut and paste RSS URL (eg Diplo blogs, State Dept blogs
– Menu guided addition (eg NYT -Middle East)
• There are other tools in the dashboard (se PC Mail tab)
• Questions
• If time, Netvibes demo

3. Joining iGoogle
• www.google.com/ig
– You need a Gmail or Google account

4. Where do you find feeds?

5. How do you add feeds - 1

6. How do you
add feeds – 2

7. How do you add feeds - menus

8. How do you
add feeds –
menus - 2

9. How do you add feeds – menus – 3

10. Questions