Facebook for Grandparents and Boomers

I give you a brief overview of social media and why it's so popular!

Feeling the pressure to get onto Facebook? In this lecture, I'll explain a little bit about Facebook and how you can connect with your family and friends - on your terms.

Facebook has a different way of communicating than email, here are some pros and cons to Facebook vs. email.

This is one of the top 10 questions I hear from Facebook newcomers, and it's an important one to understand! In this lecture, I'll tell you who can find you, and some options you have if you don't want to be found!

I will you what you can see, what you can't see, and options to not be seen.

Another Top 10 question! This is important to know, and you can use it help you decide what and how to post.

Also good to know, so you can determine how you want to use Facebook.

Sometimes it can seem like it IS a popularity contest - but in this lecture I'll tell you how you determine what Facebook is for you.

So you want to see what's going on but don't want to feel like a stalker? Sure! No problem. Join me in this lecture.

That's a two part question - prevention and use. The long and short of it is....

Ah, what IS your Facebook identity? Let's look at the answer and resolution.

Good question - and one that has us take a look at how Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn communicate.

I have the 'hip' answer for you right here!

I get it - sometimes you just want to get AWAY. Let's talk about it and I'll give it to you straight.

This is a brief summary of the answers to each of these pre-lectures you can download or print for reference.

Here's how to create your profile - including how to avoid having people find you!

Easy step by step walkthrough to upload and edit your profile picture - and it DOES NOT have to be your face!

Easy step by step walkthrough to upload and edit your cover photo.

This is a PDF you can download or print for reference when/if you want to change your profile or cover photos.

In this lecture, I will show you how to change your settings to give you the amount of privacy you want.

IF you have a business page and want to see where the settings are for that page, watch this short walkthrough. NOTE: The settings ARE NOT in the same place as your personal profile.  (This was in answer to a specific question by a fellow student, and while I can't answer all questions with a walkthrough, this was a good means and I thought other students might benefit as well!)

This is where you share - or don't - about yourself. Let's take a look.

Chat is something you will either love or avoid like the plague. But you also decide who has this privilege.

There are things you need to know and things you don't. In this lecture, I'll help you decide what you should pay attention to, and what you can ignore.

Not a gamer, eh? Don't worry! You can get ride of them, I'll show you how.

The Timeline has a specific function - I'll tell you what it is and how to make the most of it.

So you want to make sure you've seen all the posts of your family's trip to Oregon? Let me show you how to focus in one just one person at a time!

Just to confuse you further, this tab in Facebook has two names. Your Homepage is your News Feed - and it can be very useful.

Short answer? Yes. Longer answer? I can show you how to allow only certain people to see your photos. It's up to you to trust them.

A lot of people don't know where to find Help, or how very helpful the Help section is! Let me show you.

How Facebook defines 'friends'.

Whether they find you or you find them, Facebook can be the ultimate connector - reuniting you with people you haven't seen for decades! Come with me to start your journey through time...

Are you a Facebook stalker? Let me show you how to stay current without being creepy.

Consider these Facebook etiquette guidelines when making and accepting Friend requests.

Just because they're your friends doesn't mean you have to like or even see their posts. In this lecture, I'll show you how you can set parameters to more or less of something or someone.

Social Media has changed the way we interact, and what we expect. Here are things to consider...

Posts might seem like random thoughts shared with the world - but they are oh, so much more important than that. Let me explain...

In this lecture, I will walk you through how to post. Then you get to decide WHAT to post!

Sure! But let's take a look at the etiquette guidelines so you don't become a Facebook stalker.

The second half of this question I usually hear - "and couldn't I just comment that I liked it?" Let's take a look at when to Like and when to Comment.

Facebook can be a mysterious place. The answer to this question is quite honestly, "it depends." Let me explain.

Writing their name doesn't do anything unless you 'TAG' them - and that's kind of neat. I'll show you how.

Tagging is about settings, what people are allowed to do with your name and your posts. So let me explain and in the process we will get your settings in place.

In this lecture, I will teach you the easiest way to make sure you see all of your family's posts.

Facebook has cleverly included private messaging to keep you from needing email - here's how to use it.

You can set your email notifications to let you know when you have a like, comment or even message on Facebook. In this lecture, I will show you where they all are.

You can check in any time you like, and, well, you can kind of leave. That is, you can delete your account. I'll show you how and tell you what I mean in this lecture.

In this lecture, I'll walk you through how to download all of your content from Facebook through Facebook itself.

Congratulations! You made it all of the way through the course! I've included a resource document in this lecture that give you a downloadable PDF of the important How To lectures which you can keep for easy reference. Included on the last page of this resource document is a special Thank You page for all of the Grandparents and Boomers who sent me questions for this course. THANK YOU ALL, and thank you to my students! I hope you've enjoyed this class. Please let me know if you have any questions by starting a Discussion, so other students can see the answer as well.

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