What do we need to know about Twitter?

Today in class we talked about Twitter and discussed some of the things we would like to know about using this social media platform. Here are our suggestions.

Here's a great introduction to the basics of Twitter.

When you have an understanding of the basics try creating your own Twitter account.

And using Twitter to send out a Tweet.

Why would a library use Facebook?

As we have seen,lots of libraries have Facebook accounts and use them to share information about library programs, opening hours, reading or literature related resources or even just a few good library jokes. In class we talked about why a library might choose Facebook instead of another social media platform. There were some of the suggestions.

For more information information try this article, Facebook for libraries.

Facebook - what do we need to learn?

Today in class we looked at the competency task for Facebook and discussed some of the skills we would need to have to be a good Facebook user. many of them focused on privacy and making sure that our posts can only be see by the people we wish to see them.

Have a look at the list below. How many of these Facebook skills do you have?

Take a look at this great video on the Facebook privacy settings.

My local library is the Maribyrnong Library

I asked everyone to add a post to their blog about their local library, including a photo and link to the library's website. I also want people to add a label to the post. This is my example.

Maribyrnong Library.

Class notes (19/04/2016)

    Class notes on different features of blogger.

During the class also discussed different ways to add images into a blog post.
Firstly we can drag an image from a folder on our computer into the blog post.
Secondly we might can select the image function at the top of the blog task bar. From there we           can select an image from our own computer files, the blog itself, our phone, a URL code or even a     webcam. Once we find the photo we want we select it and press the 'add selected' function.

For more information, follow this link:                                                       https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/41641?hl=en&ref_topic=3339243

*Guest post by Maxim - Thanks.

Are you in the zone?

Have you noticed that the time stamp on your blog posts is incorrect? This is because Blogger doesn't know you are in Melbourne. If you want to change your time zone settings like I did it's pretty easy. Don't forget the Blogger Help Center is there to answer your questions.

Click "Settings" and select "Language and Formatting" from the menu that unfolds. Select the correct time zone for your blog using the drop-down menu labeled "Time Zone."

This is the very first post for 2016

Hi everyone.

Welcome to the my first blog post for Social Media 1 for 2016. I am looking forward to working with all students in this subject, both off and on-campus and hope that we can share our knowledge and build our skills in social media.

Please make sure that you have your privacy settings on your blog set to public so that the rest of the class can see what you have created. Also go to the discussions area on the learning space for this subject and add the URL for your blog to the forum on our blogs.

Make sure you share your ideas and knowledge.

Thanks,

Margie

Choose who can see your blog

By default, your blog is public, and can be read by anyone on the web. To change who can see your blog:

1. Sign in to Blogger.
2. Select the blog to update.
3. In the left menu, click Settings > Basic > Permissions.
4. In the "Blog Readers" section, click Edit.
5. Select “Anybody,” “Only blog authors,” or “Only these readers.”
6. Click Save changes.