www.facebook.com
AnIntroductiontoFacebook
Facebookisoneofthemostpopular“socialmedia”websites.Socialmediasitesallowyouto
sharephotos,videosandotherpostswithfamilyandfriends.
TakeNote:Facebookisconstantlyreleasingupdatesinordertoimprovetheiruserexperience.
Someofthesechangesmayimpactthelayoutofthewebsite;thereforetheremaybeslight
differencesbetweentheimagesinthishandoutandthecurrentFacebooklayout.
GettingtoKnowFacebook
YourFacebookProfile
Yourprofile,alsoknownasyourwall
ortimeline,iswhereyoucanseeyour
profilepicture,whatyouhaveposted,
whatothershavepostedtoyouand
anythingthatyouweretaggedin.
Thesepostsareorganized
chronologically,withthenewestposts
atthetop.
Whatisyourprofilepicture?
Yourprofilepictureisthephotothat
identifiesyoutoothersonFacebook.
Itcanbeseenbybothfriendsandthe
public,regardlessofprivacysettings.
What’saFacebookFriend?
AFacebookfriendisanybodythatyouhavepermittedtointeractwithyouonFacebook.You
canrequesttobefriendswithothersbysendingthemafriendrequest.Thiscanbedoneby
clickingtheaddfriendbuttonontheirprofile.
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WhatisaFacebookPost?
AFacebookpostisanarticle,apicture,avideooranythingelsethatyouchoosetosharewith
yourFacebookfriends.Creatingapostmayalsobereferredtoasupdatingyourstatus.
Exercise–MakeaFacebookPost
MakingapostonFacebookallowsyoutosharephotosandmessageswithallofyourFacebook
friendsatonce.
1. EnsurethatyoucanseeyournewsfeedbyclickingontheHomebuttonintheupper
right-handcornerofthescreen.
2. ClickontheboxatthetopofyournewsfeedthatsaysWhat’sonyourmind?
3. Typeinthemessagethatyouwishtosharewithyourfriends.
4. ClickonthebluebuttonatthebottomofthepostthatsaysPost.
What’saFacebookLike?ClickingontheLikebuttonattachedtoapost(photo,video,textetc.)
notifiestheposterthatyoulikewhattheyhaveposted.YoumayalsochoosetolikeaFacebook
pagethatisofinteresttoyou.
WhatisaFacebookPage?AFacebookpageistheidentityofabusiness,organizationor
communityonFacebook.Onlytheadministratorofthepagemaypostonthepage,however
youdohavetheabilitytosendaprivatemessagetothepage.AFacebookpageshouldnotbe
confusedwithaFacebookgroup.
WhatisaFacebookGroup?A
pagethatallowsallmembersto
postinformation.Somegroups
requireapprovalfromthegroup
administratorinordertojoin,
thosegroupsareconsidered
private.Publicgroupsmeanthat
anybodyispermittedtojoin.
WhatismyNewsfeed?Your
Facebooknewsfeedisthepage
thatopenswhenyoufirstlogin
toFacebook.Itshowsanything
thatyourfriendshavepostedand
anypostsmadebypagesyou
haveliked.Thesepostsarelisted
inchronologicalorder;however
theyarealsosortedbyrelevance
basedonwhoyouinteractwith
themost.
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WhatisSharing?Ifyouseeapostthatyoufindinterestingandwantotherstosee,youmay
choosetoShareit.Clickingthisoptionwillsharethepostwithallofyourfriendsbypublishingit
onyourprofile.
WhatisaFacebookNotification?Notificationsarepromptssenttoyou
PostActivity
regardingactivityonyourFacebookaccount.Theywill
Messages
FriendRequests
appearaslittlerednumbers,dependingonhowmany
notificationsyouhave.Youwillreceivenotificationsoffriend
requests,peoplelikingorcommentingonyourposts,new
messagesthatyoureceive,andanyactivityinagroupthatyou
havejoined.Onceyouviewyournotifications,theywill
disappear.
WhatisaFacebookTag?TaggingsomeoneonFacebookmeansthatyouarelinkingthemto
yourpost,indicatingthattheyhaveanassociationtothematerialthatyouaresharing.They
willthenreceiveanotificationthattheyweretagged,aswellasanytimesomeonelikesor
commentsonthepostthattheyaretaggedin.
WhatisaMutualFriend?FacebookwilllistMutualFriendsthatyousharewithanotheruser.
Thesepeoplearefriendsthatappearintheuser’sfriendlist,aswellasyourown.
Exercise–HowManyMutualFriends?
MutualfriendsareaveryusefulpartofFacebook.Viewingsomebody’smutualfriendsmayhelp
inyourdecisiontoaddthemasafriendornot.
1. GotothesearchbaratthetopoftheFacebookpageandtypeinyourclosestfriend’s
name.
2. Onceyouhavelocatedtheirprofile,clickonFriends,locatedtotherightoftheirprofile
picture.
3. Youwillnowseealistofalloftheirfriends.Findthetabwithinthatlistthatindicates
howmanymutualfriendsthetwoofyoushareandclickonit.
4. Youcannowseealistofallofthepeoplethatappearinbothpeople’slistoffriends.
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HelpfulFacebookHints:
FindingFriends
Facebookallowsyoutolocateyour
friendsusingtheiremailaddresses,
oryoucansearchforthembyname.
Theirprivacysettingswilldetermine
whichmethodyoucanuseand
whetheryouwillbeabletofind
them.
SendingMessagestoYourFriends
Youcansendmessagestoyour
friendseitherprivatelyusingthe
inbox(alotlikeemail)orpublically
bywritingontheirwall.Whena
friendsendsyouaprivatemessage,
youwillreceiveanotificationfrom
Facebookonyourprofile,whichyou
canrespondtowhenyouarelogged
intoFacebooknext.Ifyouare
currentlyactiveonFacebook,the
messagewillappearonyourscreen
automatically.
PostingLinks,Photographsand
Videos
Youcanputyourownphotographs
orvideosonFacebook.Whenyoudo
this,besurenottobreakcopyright
laws,toadjustprivacysettings
appropriatelyandtofollowgood
Facebooketiquette.Youcanalsolink
towebsites,photographsandvideos
alreadyontheinternetbycopying
thelinkintoatextpostthatyou
create.
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PrivacyonFacebook
SocialnetworkingsitestypicallyhavePrivacy
Settings,whichallowyoutospecifywithwhomyou
wishtoshareyourinformation.Youmaywishto
sharesomethingswiththeentireInternet,while
keepingothersprivatesothatonlyyouandyour
friendscanviewthem.
Itisimportanttoprotectyourpersonalinformation
onlinetoavoidputtingyourselfatriskforidentity
theftandothercrimes.Alwaysbesureto:
• AvoidputtinginformationonFacebookthat
couldembarrassyou,beusedagainstyouor
beusedinidentitytheft.
• AdjustyourFacebookprivacysettingsto
protectyouridentity.
• ThinkcarefullyaboutwhoyouallowtobeyourFacebookfriend.
ToadjustyourgeneralprivacysettingsonFacebook,gotothedropdownmenuinthetopright
handcornerofyourhomescreen,clickonSettings,thengototheleft-handsideofyourscreen
andclickonPrivacy.
Exercise–ConfirmyourProfilePrivacySettings
Toensurethatyouhavesetyourprivacysettingstoyourliking,Facebookgivesyoutheoption
ofviewingyourprofilethewaythatotherswouldseeit.
1. Viewyourprofilebyclickingonyournameonthetopright-handsideofthepage.
2. Locateandclickonthisicon:
3. ClickonViewAs…
4. Thiswilldisplaywhatyourprofilelooksliketothepublic,allowingyoutoconfirmthat
youhavecorrectlyadjustedyourprivacysettings.
Youcanalsoadjustprivacysettingsonspecific
postsbeforeyoupostthem.Ifyouareposting
somethingthatyouwishtokeepprivate,or
shareonlywithfriends,clickonPubliclocated
besidethePostbutton,theninthedropdown
menu,selectwhoyouwishtosharethispost
with.
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