Facebook 101 How to Manual

2009

Table of Contents
Signing up for a Facebook Account ............................................................................................................... 3

Getting Started.............................................................................................................................................. 6

Your Facebook Account: ............................................................................................................................... 9

Settings and Privacy: ................................................................................................................................... 13

Adding a Friend: .......................................................................................................................................... 19

Chatting on Facebook: ................................................................................................................................ 22

How to Make a Group: ................................................................................................................................ 23

How to Create an Event: ............................................................................................................................. 27

Signing up for a Facebook Account

1. Go to http://www.facebook.com to sign up

2. Under Sign up enter your name, e-mail, password, gender, and birthday. Then click the green sign up button.

4 3. Enter the security check information and click the green sign up button.

4. After the security check is submitted, Facebook will send an e-mail to the account you entered. 5. Click on the link provided within the e-mail to complete your Facebook registration.

6. Enter in the e-mail address and password used on the initial sign up page to create the account.

5 7. This message appears if your account has not been confirmed. If this happens go to your e-mail and follow the instructions.

Getting Started
1. After confirmation of the e-mail and followed the instructions, this screen will appear. Follow the steps: Step 1: Finding friends, if you wish to skip this step click the blue Skip this step at the bottom right of the Add Friends box.

2. Step 2: Find Friends. This step helps you to find friends by using your e-mail. If you wish to skip this step, click the blue Skip this step.

3. Step 3: Profile Info. This information will show up on your profile for other people to view. If you wish to fill it out, but later decide you do not want people to view the information, it can be

7 hidden through the privacy settings. Privacy Settings are explained on page 12. When you have finished entering profile information, click save and continue.

4. Look for people you may know. To see their profile, click on the name or picture. Then click save & continue. If you do not want to do this step or any step at a later time, click on skip.

5. Step 4: Set Profile Picture. You can either upload a picture (click browse to find one on your C: Drive) or take a photo with your webcam. Click cancel if you do not want to have a picture.

6. When you click on Upload a Photo this comes up. Click Browse to find a picture you want to upload. Once you find one that you like, click save & continue.

Your Facebook Account:

1. This is a view of your home page. Once you add friends or you are added as a friend, you will view a news feed of activities that your friends have updated on their Facebook. For example, one of your friends updated their status or added pictures, it display the message. This page is constantly refreshing, giving you the latest news. 2. Up at the top, there is a toolbar that has 9 buttons; Facebook, Home, Profile, Friends, Inbox, Your Name (For this example, Name is Grand Valley), Settings, Logout, and the Search bar. To get back to your home page, with the news feed, you can click Facebook, Home, or Your Name. To view what others see when they go to your Facebook click profile.

10 3. Profile: Displays your status, has tabs for your wall, information and photos. a. Status Whats on your mind displays by your name for everyone to view b. Wall tab: view what your friends have written and write back to friends that have posted on your wall. Information tab: Displays the information that was added Step 3 (page 5). c. Photos tab: View the photos that you uploaded, if any.

4. Photo Tab: View your pictures that you uploaded or view pictures that people have tagged of you. To upload photos, click Create a photo album.

11 a. Type the album name and a description about the album, if desired. Update the privacy setting if you do not want everyone to view the pictures. Click Create Album.

b. To add photos to the album click on the blue Simple Uploader. This will allow you to add 5 pictures at a time.

12 c. Click Browse to find the pictures you want to upload. Once you have selected the photos that you want to upload, check the box I certify that I have i. This box must be checked this box every time to upload pictures. ii. Then click Upload Photos. Once the photos have been uploaded you can add a caption or delete ones you dont want.

5. Facebook can also be used as an alternate e-mail account. You can send private e-mail messages to friends or people you might know.

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Settings and Privacy:

1. On the top toolbar, click on Settings. This is where you set your controls on who can see your profile and even search for you. 2. My Account: The settings tab allows you to change your name, e-mail, password, linked accounts, security question, privacy and if you would like to deactivate your account. a. Privacy allows you to control what information you share with everyone. Click on manage, if to set the privacy controls.

14 3. My Account - Privacy Setting: Allows you to control who sees your information. Click on the blue words: Profile, Search, News feed and wall and Applications to set your settings. You have the ability to block a specific person from being your friend or viewing your Facebook information.

a. Privacy Profile: Control who can see your information on your profile page. You can set the specific options to allow everyone, people within your network and friends, friends of friends, only friends or customize who can view your information. When finished, make sure to save the changes.

15 b. Privacy Search: Control who on Facebook can find you through search. Your friends will always be able to find you.

c. Privacy News Feed and Wall: Control the recent activity that is displayed on your home page and wall.

16 d. Privacy Applications (Overview): Understand how applications interact with your information on Facebook.

e. Privacy Application (Settings): Understand what other users can see via Facebook.

17 4. My Account - Networks: To find out what network you belong to or would like to join; go back to the original settings page and click on networks.

5. My Account Notifications: Email notifications. Facebook notifies you by e-mail whenever actions are taken on Facebook that involve you. . If you dont want any notifications sent to your email, then read through this screen, make the necessary changes, and at the bottom click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

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6. My Account Mobile: You can receive friend requests, messages, wall posts and status updates on your phone or upload photos and videos while on the go.

7. My Account Language: Set your primary language in order to browse Facebook in the language of your choice.

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Adding a Friend:
1. To search for a friend, type their name in the search bar at the top right corner and hit enter or the magnifying glass next to the search bar. You can search by just a first name or just a last name.

2. The search results will display however many people with that name. You can also search for a friend by e-mail address, company or school. Click Add as Friend for the particular person you know. Facebook will prompt you with a message to send the friend request to the person. If you want the friend request to show in your news feed, click Send Request if you want the person to be your friend. If you do not want the request to display in your news feed, uncheck the box show in News Feed before sending the request.

3. A message will appear confirming the friend request has been sent. Click Close.

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4. When the recipient of your friend request logs into Facebook they will see, in the upper right side of their home page under requests that they have 1 friend request. The recipient needs to confirm you as a friend.

21 5. When you log back into Facebook you will receive a notification that your friend request has been confirmed. 6. The red number in the bottom right is the notification. To see what it is you click on it to see what it is. This happens when someone accepts a friend request, tags a picture of you, comments on a picture that you posted, has you in it, or that you have commented on , writes on your wall, etc. You will also receive an email every time you get a notification if you have not changed the notification.

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Chatting on Facebook:
1. In Facebook, you have the ability to chat with your friends, like AOL or yahoo chat. The chat bar is found in the bottom right corner. If you click on the bar with the green circle and chat; Facebook will display all your friends who are currently online. If you click on their name a chat window will pop up and you can start typing to the person. Hit enter when you are done typing.

2. You can be on Facebook, but hide your online status. Click on the chat bar. Click on options and go offline. You can navigate through Facebook, without looking like you are online for chat.

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How to Make a Group:

1. Starting from your home page, look at the bottom left of your page. You will see Applications, Click on the 2 people (one light blue and one dark blue).

2. This is the Groups page. To create a group click the gray Create a New Group button.

24 3. Then enter the group name, description, group type, office information, e-mail, etc. Decide if the group is open to a particular network or all of Facebook. You can set join permissions on groups so that they are either open to anyone, closed (where users must get administrator approval to join) or secret (invite only). When all the information is entered, click Create Group. a. Groups have administrators that manage the group, approve applicants, or invite others to join. b. Administrators can also appoint officers who are nominally in charge however, being an officer doesnt mean that person has the ability to administer the group. c. Groups are similar to clubs in the offline world.

25 4. You can then upload a picture, create a link to a different website, etc. for this group. You can also regulate the access that other people have to the group at the bottom, Access Open or Closed group. Once done, click Save.

5. After you click save, you can publish this to your friends wall so they know about it, but if you dont want to publish, click skip.

26 6. Click on the invite tab. This will allow you to invite people to your group. You can further personalize the group by adding more information and getting people you invite to encourage others to join your group.

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How to Create an Event:

1. In order to invite people to a party, meeting, fundraiser, open house or other event, you need to create a Facebook event. This allows you to display event information, create a guest list and receive RSVPs from your Facebook friends. Starting from your profile or home page, locate the gray bar at the bottom of the page, which is labeled Applications at the left of the bar.

2. Click on the word Applications, followed by the icon labeled events or click on the calendar.

28 3. This is the Events application main page. Near the top right of the page, click the gray button labeled Create An Event.

4. Fill in the blanks with the event information, including Event Name, Tagline, Host, Event Type, Description, Start Time, End Time, Location, Street, City/Town, Phone, and Email. Click the blue Create Event button.

29 5. Continue to fill in the event information on the next screen, Step 2. You can Navigate back to Step 1: Event Info by clicking the link at the top of the page, if you need to edit. a. You can upload and remove a picture for your event from this page. b. You can also check boxes to select or deselect various options, including: Let guests know they can bring friends to this event, show the guest list, enable the wall, enable photos, etc.

c. You must also select the Access, which involves who can see your event. You can select three options: The event is open, the even is closed, the event is secret. d. Decide if you want to show the event in the search results e. Save.

30 6. Facebook will prompt you with a pop up about publishing the event to your friends home page. Click publish if you want this to happen or skip.

7. Step 3 allows you to invite your Facebook friends to your event. a. You can either type a friends name in the text box labeled Find Friends, or select friends through the friends filter by selecting the friends that you want to invite. b. You can invite people through e-mail or even import e-mail addresses. c. You can add a personal message to include in your invite. d. Send Invitations box at the bottom of the page. Facebook will them display a message listing the people you have just sent invitations to. You can invite more people at any time.

31 8. You can return to your event page to change the information, manage the guest list, and check RSVPs by clicking on the Event Icon at the bottom bar of your home or profile page.

9. The main events page will show your event and any other events you have created, as well as events you have been invited to.

32 10. You can now see the Event information, as well as the lists guests who have confirmed, declined, said maybe, or are awaiting reply. If you checked the boxes to allow wall posts and/or photos, guests can post messages or photos to the event. a. Below the picture you upload for the event you can choose options such as Invite People to Come, Edit Guest List, Cancel the Event, Edit Event, Message Guests, Print Guest List, etc.