facebook basics presentation
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FACEBOOK BASICSM U N C I E P U B L I C L I B R A RY
What is social media? What is Facebook? Why does it matter?
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA? • Social Media is a broad term that includes all types of websites where users
share information, ideas, personal messages, and multimedia with each other to form communities and relationships. *
• Content on social media sites differs from other websites in that it is dynamic, or constantly changing.
• Popular social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are well-known social media sites. However, many websites that are not considered to be social media sites, like Amazon.com, are becoming more and more social as they allow users to post their own information and reviews to sites.
• As social media continues to become more popular, it will become more and more integrated into the regular web. Understanding it will help you to become a more informed digital citizen.
*Based on definition in Merriam-Webster Dictionary
WHY DO PEOPLE USE FACEBOOK?• Keep in touch with friends and family• Organize and display photos and videos• To play games and utilize other applications• Job searching• To document important life milestones (timeline)
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http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline
WHAT DOES “TIMELINE” MEAN?
FACEBOOK TIMELINE (PUBLIC PROFILE DISPLAY)
A CLOSER LOOK
The “About” section displays basic information
Type an update about what you’re doing, where you’re at, and/or who your with. You can add photos , videos, and links, too.
View your friends’ pages here
See your photos and videos here
See what you’ve posted recently and update your “About” section
NEWS FEED & COMMUNICATIONS
Status update from a friend
Other peoples’ comments and “likes”
I can comment, too, by typing in this box
You can “tag” people, places, and groups in your status, which lets them know you’ve mentioned them
MESSENGER AND REAL-TIME CHAT
This is the chat window
This is a list of friends who might be online right now. Unlike status updates which are posted to the public wall, Facebook chat messages are private, 2-way conversations.
The green dots are your best bet at contact
MAKING IT YO
URS
S I GN I N
G UP F
O R A F
A C E B O O K AC C O U N T
HOW TO SIGN UPNot ready to sign up for your own account? Try out a sample account to
get practice:
Joe [email protected]: practice Jane [email protected]: practice2012
After you sign up for a new account, it’s important to fill it with some information (how much is up to you) to make it easier for potential friends to identify you.
Start by clicking on your namein the top right-hand corner.
Then, click “About”. Once you’re in the “About” page, click on the links and type in the boxes to add information about yourself.
Don’t forget to click “Save”!
PRIVACY SETTINGS
This is the “default” way to make blanket changes to your privacy settings. Public = anyone on the internet can see Friends = only friends can seeCustom = pick & choose on a more individual basis
PRIVACY SETTINGS: A CLOSER LOOK
You can also customize privacy settings more closely for different parts of Facebook by clicking “Edit Settings” in these categories.
PRIVACY SETTINGS: A CLOSER LOOK
When you click “Edit Settings” for any category in your privacy settings, a box like this one will appear. This allows you to customize who can access your profile, and determines how friends and strangers alike are allowed to interact with you.
ACCOUNT SETTINGS
ACCOUNT SETTINGS: A CLOSER LOOK
Account settings is a broad category. Theseare all the different types of settings you can change.
The center of the screen shows you the settingsthat are currently being used (or “enabled”). Click “Edit” to change them.
SECURITY SETTINGS: WHAT DO THESE MEAN?
SECURE BROWSING & LOG-IN INFORMATION
Active sessions shows the location of your current log-in. It is a useful security tool because it allows us to easily spot if someone in another location is logged into the account. For example, if the active session reads “Logged in from Honolulu, HI”, and you are not currently sitting in Honolulu, you can be fairly certain that someone is using your account without your permission.
By clicking “Edit” in the Secure Browsing option, you can have Facebook default to using a more secure connection when available. A secure connection will read “https” instead of “http”—this is always a preferable to connect to the Internet, especially if you link credit or debit card information to your Facebook account.
If you enable Login Notifications, you will receive an e-mail each time you log in to your account. Enabling Login Approvalmeans that Facebook will ask you to provide a security code (that it e-mails you) every time you try to log in from a newcomputer. These steps can help prevent other people from logging on to your account without you knowing.
NOTIFICATIONS
By default, Facebook will send you an e-mail notice anytime anything happens on Facebook that involves you. You can opt out of some or all of thesenotifications by clicking in the check boxes beside the itemsyou’d like to receive notifications on.
FACEBOOK ON YOUR PHONE
You can access Facebook from your mobile phone by utilizing the Mobile Settings. Simply click “Add a Phone” and follow the instructions from there.
ADDING FRIENDS
One of the easiest ways to search for friendsis to simply type a specific name into the search box, located at the top center of the screen.
Facebook might try and suggestpeople to you as you’re typing.
When you find who you’re looking for, click on their name to be taken to their page. Then, click the “Add Friend” button in the top right-hand corner to send them a friend request.
Remember, other users don’t have to acceptfriend requests. But you will be notified if they do.
ADDING FRIENDS: ANOTHER WAY
Want to add friends, but can’t think of anyone specific you want to add? Click on “Find Friends” and then scroll to the bottom for friend suggestions of people you might know.
BECOME A FAN OF SOMETHING
Becoming a fan of something is a way to interact with things that aren’t necessarily individual people—such as businesses, local organizations, products, or even ideas. Fan pages can interact with their fans in many of the same ways that a “friend” would. Simply type in what you’d like to become a fan of in the search box at the top center of the page.
Note that the “Pages” heading denotes fan pages. This can help youdistinguish between people and fan pages, when applicable.
Facebook will usually give you several suggestionsbased on what you type in the box. Each suggestionwill tell you how many other people “like” that page(i.e., are fans of it)
YOUR FIRST STATUS UPDATE
Updating your status to let your Facebook friends know where you’re at, what you’re up to, or what you’re thinking about is a key part of the experience. Simply start typing in the “update status box” and hit “Post” to update your status. By default, this will automatically post to your wall and your friends will be able to see it in their news feeds.
STATUS UPDATES: CUSTOMIZE IT
You can adjust how much information to share (and who can see it) when you update a status. Here are a few ways:
Click this to add a photo or video to your status.
“Tag” someone else in your status so that they know you mentioned them.
If you have Timeline, you can also “tag” a current location.
Want to change who can seea particular status update? You can customize who can seeeach individual status by choosingfrom the options in this menu.
Click on thisbutton to make your status public.
QUESTIONS & PRACTICE TIME
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