Teach Me How To Yammer! Written By: Alex Stryker Essence Taylor Kristi Jeffres Matt Schwert

What is ammer? Enterprise social networking system that was launched in September 2008 It is a social networking site used for collaboration It allows users to share and connect with others One of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in history

How is ammer used in the classroom? Teachers can incorporate Yammer into activities Teachers can create groups for classroom activities Teachers can communicate with students inside & outside of the classroom

ammer & it’s many features . . .

ammer Networks Great for: Create, join, and browse networks Sjfc.edu Private or public Great for: Work…. School… …and common interests among people!

ammer Profile… Top right of the page Followers/following Group activity (posts, links, etc.) Basic information

Uploading Files Very simple to upload files: Go to selected network and click “upload a file”

OR: Click on the status bar and click “File”

ammer Applications Just to name a few: Polls Videos Topics Leaderboards Pages Events Mobile

The “Pages” Application Like a Facebook “Page Application” Create pages pertaining to a certain group, or common interests.

The “Topics” Application With the topics application you can create a topic, and everyone that is your friend on Yammer can add their own comments to the page. Have discussions on the page about the topic Example: High school Spanish teacher makes a page about food, and students converse on Yammer about their favorite foods (using Spanish vocabulary).

Everyone can join Open your Fisher e-mail and accept the invitation to join Yammer!

Creating Polls on ammer 1. Go to your application section on your homepage and select “Post A Poll” 2. Share the poll with a desired group or to the entire community 3. Create the poll 4. Evaluate results