Intermediate

Facebook is a social networking website — a gathering spot, to connect with your

friends and with your friends friends. Facebook allows you to make new

connections who share a common interest, expanding your personal network. —hallman.nccommunities.org/glossary

By Katheryn A. Woodworth http://www.facebook.com/katheryn.woodworth

Profile Pictures Your profile picture appears in the top left corner of your profile page. Profile

pictures help potential Friends find the person they are looking for. A profile pic

can also allow you to express yourself in a visual manner even if you choose to

use a picture that doesn’t actually feature your face.

You can hide all photos from

the banner on your Profile

You can change or delete your profile pic at any time. If you change your

photo, it will automatically be added to the Profile Pictures album. Friends

can view your old profile pictures if you do not delete them.

There is no rule that says you HAVE

to use a photo of yourself, but it’s

helpful if you want to be found.

Photos

Facebook allows you to easily save and share photos. To get started, click on

the “Profile” tab at the top right of the page. Click on the “Photos” tab under

the Wall tab to the left of the page. Click on the “+Upload Photos” button to

start uploading digital pictures from your computer.

You can choose photos to upload

more easily by switching to the

Thumbnail view rather than the

list view. This will let you see a

small preview of your photos.

Go back and edit album

info any time you need to.

From “Edit Album Info”

you can also change

which photo appears as

the album cover by going

to the “Edit Photos” tab.

When your photos

are uploading, you

will be able to create

a new album to store

them in.

Albums

You can add a

caption for the

whole album.

Adding/Editing Photos

You can edit individual photos by clicking on the one you want to

change. From here you can add a description for the photo, share with

friends, tag it, delete it or make it your new profile picture.

In the “Edit Photos” tab

you can tag, edit

descriptions, move a

photo to another album,

delete and make an

album cover all in one

place.

You can easily add photos

to an existing album.

When you are inside the

album, use the button to

add more photos.

Tagging Photos

Tagging allows photos to be easily shared. A tag will link a face or object in

the photo with a person on Facebook. You may also use tags to label objects

or people who don’t have Facebook accounts, but the label will not link to

anything or anyone.

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Changing Album Privacy

Your Wall

Updates can be a few words, a small paragraph, a web link, or even a photo

or video.

Friends can also comment on or “Like” what has been posted if you allow it.

Your “Wall” is where you can post & read your own updates. This is the

page that loads when you click the “Profile” link at the top right.

If you allow them, Friends can make posts on your Wall as well. They will

do this if they want to leave you a message that they want all your Friends

to see too. Wall posts are public! They are not private.

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You can get to a Friend’s

Wall by going to your

list of Friends or by

doing a quick Search at

the top of the page.

Friends’ Walls

You can do the same on your Friends’ Walls if they allow it. Follow the

numbered instructions below to post a link on the Wall of one of your

Friends.

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Notes & Links

With Notes, you can

share your life with

your friends through

written entries. You

can tag your friends

in notes, and they can

leave comments. The

Notes page displays

notes recently written

by your friends, notes

in which your friends

have been tagged,

and links to your own

notes. —Facebook

You can see all the

links you have posted

and all the links your

Friends have posted in

one convenient place.

You can even Share a

Link right on this

page.

Groups & Chat

Chat with a

Friend or with a

Group you are a

member of.

Join a Group or

start your own.

Groups can be

private or public.

You will find events you have been invited to, Friends’ birthdays, your Friends’

events and a record of past events in the Events section on the left side of your

Home page.

Events

You can create your own

Event or export an event

to your own calendar

program.

Check the boxes next

to the Friends you

want to invite.

Creating Events Fill out the details of your event, add a photo and invite some Friends. You can

also include email addresses for friends who might not be on Facebook.

For More Help

Facebook for Dummies

by Abram, Carolyn & Leah Pearlman. 2010

Non-fiction 006.7 Abr

Facebook: The Missing Manual

by Vander Veer, Emily A. 2008.

Non-fiction 006.7 Van

The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting

the World

by Kirkpatrick, David. 2010.

Non-fiction 338.761 Kir

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex,

Money, Genius and Betrayal

by Mezrich, Ben. 2010.

Non-fiction 006.7 Mez

A Guide to the New Facebook Home Page

http://www.facebook.com/sitetour/homepage.php

Facebook Resources for Beginners

http://www.facebookforbeginners.com/

10 Things You Shouldn't Do On Facebook

http://techland.time.com/2011/01/10/10-things-you-shouldnt-do-on-facebook/

Tip: For video tutorials, try going to www.youtube.com and searching for “Facebook”

or “Facebook for beginners” or “introduction to Facebook”.

You can also try these same searches in Google. Use the “Videos” selection that

appears on the left hand side of the page to narrow your results to just videos.

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Updated: 4/26/11