The effective practice of embedding iframe news ticker or news wall feeds into discussions or assignments addresses the need to update resources for case study or discussion assignments using real world examples. Also known as RSS feeds, these services are also incredibly cost efficient, because a single licensed user can create the requested RSS feed topic in just minutes and then share back the iFrame code or embed it in behalf of the instructor. Using this content in course discussion boards is a highly effective practice in familiarizing students with current events within a topic or industry, since they will not only read and write about a current news event, but will also read and respond to classmates who are contributing current events summary and analyses.

I recommend the service RSS.app because of the RSS feed generator tool, which collects news sources for you with their automatic generator tool, offers many customization tools within the product, has multiple layout formats that you can embed in multiple computer environments (such as iframe, javascript, wix, etc), and one paid license costs about $120 a year and permits 100 custom RSS feeds.

The attached screenshots demonstrate the different layouts and some of the discussion board prompts, but these news feeds can be used in countless ways in your Brightspace course environments.