social media guide : flickr for higher/further education colleges & training providers
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Social media guide to Flickr for UK further/higher education colleges & training providers in the UK.TRANSCRIPT
Social media guide for higher education colleges & training providers on how to use Flickr effectively.
What is flickr?Flickr is an image and video hosting service that lets you manage and share images and videos. It allows you to give each image a title, add a description and tags which make it easy for people to search for images by keywords. The popularity of photo sharing is huge so the potential traffic is very high. You can choose to make images private or public so anyone can see them, opening up your images to a wide audience, and providing an opportunity to engage with people.
Flickr allows you to store images in different folders, sets or collections. You might set up different folders for each course or event. You can also create an open group which other users can add images to. Sign up for an account at www. flickr .com/ signup / . You can…
Search for images using flickr Creative Commons Add title, details, change date and tag photos (use an anchor tag to easily
retrieve photos)
Add notes to a photo
Create a flickr slideshow
Organize photos, i.e., batch organize, sets, etc.
Geotag photos by location
Start discussions
Upload several photos using the flickr Uploader
Send a photo to flickr from a camera phone - flickr Mobile Site
Join groups
Comment on photos
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Benefits
It’s free! A powerful image and storage site Reach new audiences Solid community focus
Things to consider
Hard to control what other people post without strong moderation
You may be ‘tagged’ in images you don’t like
How can higher education colleges & training providers use flickr?Colleges & training providers can widen interest in services by uploading images to flickr to give prospective students a visual feel for the college. You can use it to:
Search for your institution name in Flickr to find photos Add photos of events, buildings, college life, college staff and services You can tag images by keyword and location so that image results appear in
Google blended searches Create buzz around upcoming college events & open days Showcase student excellence Promote images on other social networks including facebook and twitter Create a Flickr group (to gather existing users from your college and
generate interest among Flickr users to post images
Use Flickr to discover great photos for your next publications
Launch a contest and invite users to post their best pics of your college. The winners could have their photos published on your website or in your next college magazine…
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How are Higher Education Providers & Training Providers using flickr?
Screendumps of UK Higher and Further Education institutions (universities and colleges), and the academics within, who have developed a presence or resource in Second Life. http://www.flickr.com/photos/silversprite/sets/72157603982005324/
Images of colleges and Universities on flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/groups/colleges/
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Monitoring & Measurement
Stats are only available to pro account holders but you can see how many people have viewed your images on flickr. You can track visits through Google Analytics.
Similar tools: Photobucket Picnik
Youtube
Vimeo
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ResourcesFlickr in plain EnglishTips for flickr beginnersTips to optimise your flickr profile
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