7. Provide your information (we’ll get to privacy later) for your profile— Why? So a school friend or an old co-worker can find you and get in touch!
8. Take a picture of yourself. Upload it to facebook from your computer! (Camera 101 is a different class). You’re done! Don’t forget to click the link in the e-mail sent by facebook to finalize set up!
11. Share updates Post your thoughts or a picture to your profile, and it will appear in your friend’s newsfeed , an aggregation of a user’s friend’s updates.
12. Your newsfeed includes all the updates of all your friends!
13. Search for Users Use the search box (located on the top of every page) to find friends or to ‘LIKE’ your favorite business, LIBRARY, or brands.
14. Facebook’s Lists By sorting your friends into lists, you can select to WHOM you would like to share information
15. Privacy Settings Much information is public, by default. It is up to you as an informed user to decide how public or private you wish to be
17. This information is the utmost importance. There are 4 levels to choose from: “everyone,” “friends of friends,” “friends only,” or “only me.” Choose wisely.
19. ‘ LIKE’ an update or comment on it and let the interaction begin!
20. HAVE FUN – PLAY GAMES Take advantage of what ‘FB’ has to offer. There are coupons from your favorite brand, news reports from your favorite station, and games to play! NOTE: Playing some games or other APPLICATIONS may request your personal information. Think critically about giving away your information!
