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INTRODUCTION AND PRIVACY

Why use Facebook?  See updates and posts from friends  Share photos and videos with friends  Share information on your profile page  Join groups and events  Chat with friends online  Play games and use applications  Connect with businesses and celebrities  Use Facebook to sign into different services (eg, Pinterest)

Signing up for Facebook  Navigate to in your web browser.  Under the words Sign Up, enter your personal information and desired password, then click Sign Up

Adding information in Facebook  Facebook will walk you through several steps in adding information and features to your Facebook account.  These can all be skipped at first and returned to later

Find friends with address book

Add Friends on Facebook

Profile Information – Job, Hometown, etc..

Profile Picture

Confirm by checking your

Facebook Privacy Intro  You could be sharing personal information you’d rather keep private, such as your birth date and address.  Anything you post, such as photos, comments, and status updates, will be visible to people you don’t know.  Embarrassing or unflattering posts could negatively affect your personal and professional reputation.  Third-party websites and applications can access and share information from your Facebook account.

Facebook Privacy

Navigating Facebook  Two main ways of looking at facebook: ● Timeline or Profile page – everything you post about yourself (or an organization posts) ● Home page or News feed – Where you see posts other people or organizations share

Timeline or Profile

Home Page

Home Page/News Feed Click here for Home Page

Who can see a post?  If you post a photo on a friend’s timeline: ● All your friends can see the photo ● Anyone who is friends with the person who you shared with can ALSO see the photo.

How your Timeline looks to Friends

How timeline looks to anyone

Apps and games  Apps will ask for permission to access your facebook, for instance posting a winning score or book you just finished on your timeline.

Posting on Facebook

Terms  Search Bar  Timeline/Profile  Home Page/ News feed  Friend Request  Message or Notification  Like  Status Update

Adding Friends  You’ll be posting to your group of friends, so the first part of facebook is adding friends  Use the search bar to search for someone you know on facebook

Adding Friends  When you find someone, you can click “Add Friend” to request them as a friend.  Next time they log into facebook they can confirm or deny your request.

Using Facebook  Posting ● On your timeline ● On a friend’s timeline  Tagging ● In a post or a picture  Messaging ● To a group or an individual

Post to your Timeline  Find at the top of your Timeline – ‘Publisher”  Click inside and more options appear at the bottom Click “Post” when you’ve finished typing.

Posting Photos  Photos: It's easy to share your photos on Facebook. Just click Add Photos/Video in the Publisher. You can then upload a photo from your computer, or upload lots of pictures at once to create a photo album.

Liking Posts  Like posts friends have shared  You can also like the Facebook page for businesses and organizations to receive updates about them in your News Feed.

Facebook Chat/Messaging  Locate and select the chat box in the bottom-right corner of the screen.  A list of friends who are currently available to chat will appear. Select an available friend.  Available friends have a green dot by them.

Chat, continued.  Click on a friend’s name you’d like to chat with.  A chat window will appear. Type your message, then press Enter. Your conversation will appear in the chat window.

Facebook Messages  Messages work like chat, but allow you to send messages to people who are offline.  Locate and select the Messages icon at the top of the screen, then select Send a New Message.

Messages, continued.  A message window will appear. Type the name of the person you want to message—a list of suggested friends will appear as you type. You can click a suggestion to add that friend to the message.  Type your message. When you're done, press Enter to send it.

Messages, continued.  You can also send messages to your friends directly from their Timelines. Simply click the Message button on a friend's Timeline to start a new message.  To message an organization, you will need to use this method

Updating Your Personal Information  Items you skipped when signing up for an account can be added from your timeline  Go to your timeline by clicking your name, then click ‘Update Info” button

Updating Your Personal Information, cont.  Enter any information you’d like to add Enter any information you’d like to add

PRIVACY AND SETTINGS

Setting up Privacy Controls  Two main ways to control privacy: ● You can apply privacy settings that set general rules about who can contact you and view your information. ● You can control who sees every individual thing you share.

Setting General Privacy Rules  Privacy Shortcuts  Privacy Settings and Tools Page

Privacy Settings for Individual Posts  The audience selector

Settings Page

Location  Facebook can post your location – on a computer click the place icon in your publisher window  If it automatically guesses a location, you can click the x next to it in order not to publish it.

Location Cont.  If you are using Facebook for mobile phone, you can disable Facebook’s connectivity with the phone’s GPS in the phone’s settings menu.

ACTIVITIES

Post on your Timeline/Profile  Click on your name at the top of Facebook to navigate to your Timeline  Click on the text “What’s on your mind?” and type your own post – then click submit.

Like Your Library  First, find the library page by using the search bar  Type your library’s name in the search bar and hit enter.  You can look for friends on Facebook using this search bar as well.

Like Ector County Library  Once you find your library page in search, click the result to go to the page. Click ‘Like’ to like and follow the page.

Add A Friend  Use the search bar to search for someone you know  Request them as a friend

Send a Message  Click the ‘Message’ Button to send a message to the library  Type a message then click ‘Send’

Tagging others in Posts  Type your message, and to tag someone, type in front of their name and it should come up in a list you can select.  Click to select, and your tag will show up with blue highlight. Press ‘Post’ to send your tagged status.

Sign up for Pinterest using Facebook  Navigate to  Click “Continue with Facebook”

Pinterest Cont.  Once you enter your Facebook Username ( address) and Password you will have signed up for Pinterest.  Pinterest is an example of an outside platform app using information from Facebook.

What is Pinterest?  Social media for sharing images and links, called a ‘virtual pinboard’.  For more information see

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