#LIVUNITEL
An Introduction to Twitter in Higher Education
Who are we?
Alex SpiersLearning Technologist
Phil WalkerLearning Technologist
Overview
What is it?Terminology
How it is being used?Issues
ActivitiesQuestions
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Happy 6th Birthday
Communication
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypic/1459055735/
Communication
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/iran-twitter-revolution-protests?intcmp=239
https://clt.vtc.edu.hk/what-happens-online-in-60-seconds/
https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/opinion/tell-us-about-your-paper-and-make-it-short-and-tweet
http://www.healthandcommunications.com/blog/2015/8/31/8utx8sait2y475x5wv11omlk6fsf9p
Professional
PracticeTechnol
ogy
Events/Conference
sHE
News
Breaking News
Research
Photo by kewl - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/58411470@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
Ten Days of Twitter was originally developed by created by Helen Webster. The materials are available under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA.
1. Set up a profile
2. Following people
3. Sending a tweet
4. @messages
5. Embedding and shortening URLs
6. Retweeting
7. Hashtags
8. Managing people (apps to create lists)
9. Managing information (apps to curate links)
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Terminology & Tasks
Creating an account
Decisions you have to make• Public or Private• DM or Tagging from others• Notifications• Video autoplay (mobile)
Settings
Activity
• Search for content
1
#ff Follow Friday Following & Followers
Following & FollowersFollowing is trial and error – filter your followers (or interests) regularly
Activity
• Search for content
2
Sending @ messagesSend a Tweet
Tweet
Activity
• Search for content
3
The @ sign is used to call out usernames in Tweets, like this:
@
Activity
• Search for content
4
Tweeting Links
Tweeting URLsA URL of any length will be altered to 23 characters, even if the link itself is less than 23 characters long. Your character count will reflect this.
• Tinyurl.com• Goo.gl Owned by Google this will also produce a QR code
for your link and if you have a Google+ account, you can track statistics on click-through. This is useful if you’re evaluating publicity strategies for a new web resource or event.
• events.• Bit.ly You can also track click-throughs with this site.
Activity
• Search for content
5
RetweetsRT (retweet)
Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else’s tweet. See also MT (modified tweet)
RT (retweet)
Activity
• Search for content
6
#Hashtags# hash tag (search term)
# hash tag (search term)
Activity
• Search for content
7
Managing people in TwitterManaging People
BlockYou can Block anyone you don’t want to be following you. Blocking prevents a user from @ message, DM or adding you to a list. It
ListsYou can create a public or private list of people and accounts you are interested in. This helps you filter information.
Activity
• Search for content
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Managing information in Twitter
• Favourites• Search• Trending• Extras - flipboard
Managing information
Favourites/LikesAdding a favourite tweet is similar to ‘like’ in Facebook and can be used to bookmark a tweet.
Polls
GIFS
Apps
Tweetdeck
Nuzzle
Activity
• Search for content
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VITAL (Blackboard)
Issues• At work• At play• Disclaimer• Hacked
LJMU guidance
• Understand how public and permanent your online footprint is (Search on Google or www.123people.com)
• Be aware that your current or future employers could choose to explore that online footprint!
• Do not say anything online that you would not say face to face• Avoid spamming and flaming• Be aware that it is easy to misinterpret irony, sarcasm etc…
without tone of voice or expressions to guide• Consider who you are talking to…
Source http://www.slideshare.net/vitaenwhub
Netiquette
Top Tips
Consider your audience
• It used to be about telling people how good you are, social media allows you to show how good you are….
Be clear about what you are doing
Be Choosy!
• Reciprocity– Help folk– Reciprocity
Helping others, who will eventually help you.
Reciprocity
A to Z of Social Media http://bit.ly/ZBWlVUOxford University social Media Michelmas http://bit.ly/ZBWA2ZEdudemic introduction to Twitter http://bit.ly/X9GqzrUsing Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities http://bit.ly/X9GT4GVITAE guide to using twitter http://bit.ly/X9HcfWHow to use Tweetdeck http://bit.ly/N8MYX7BBC Twitter guide to the law http://bbc.in/XyX5x
Resources
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