Module 2 Unit 5
Some Facebook features
Now that you have created a Facebook account, let's explore some of the features which Facebook offers us.
Facebook provides the platform to share comments, photos and videos online - these are called 'posts'. When you share a post, all your Facebook friends will see your post. They are then able to comment on your post and so the interaction begins.
Review the tutorial below on how to share on Facebook:
Sometimes you may want to communicate privately with your Facebook friend(s). Chats and messages allows you to have private communication with friends - this communication is not shared with all of your friends and does not appear on your timeline.
To find out more on how to use Facebook chats and messages, look at the resource below.
Maybe you'd like to create a Facebook group for a specific class or subject or create a Facebook page dedicated to a class or subject? By creating such a group you would be able to notify learners as a group as opposed to doing individual notifications. Let's see how to do this:
There are many more features available on Facebook which you may feel can be used within the teaching environment. We encourage you to further explore this social media platform and to also review the resources listed both under 'Attributions' and 'References' below.”
Posting on Facebook reaches all your contacts, and often your contact's contacts, so it is advisable to follow these guidelines when interacting on, actually, any social media platform:
- Don't express offensive views
- Only accept friend requests of people that you know!
- Comment on posts only when you have something constructive to say
- When posting or commenting on posts, be sensitive to other users’ cultural, political and religious views
- If somebody comments on your post with an offensive or disagreeable viewpoint, you are able to delete the post. Generally, it is advisable not to engage with them by responding to their post
- Remember that Facebook gives you access to peoples' lives. It is important to behave responsibly with that information by not sharing things that they post unless you are sure that they would be agreeable to this.
