Social+Networking+-+Set+Up+Your+Personal+SN+Accounts

**Assignment #3** **Set Up Your Own Social Networking Accounts**

Expected time to complete this assignment: 1/2 hour -1.5 hours. (Participants who already have accounts will spend a little less time on this assignment. Part of this assignment must be completed __later__ this week, __after all participants have set up accounts__. Check back a day or two before the next webinar to complete the assignment.)

PART 1

For this homework assignment, you will create your personal accounts in Facebook, Twitter and Digital Catechesis. These accounts will be used for the duration of the course.

1. If you do not yet have a personal Facebook account, click on the link to set one up.

2. If you do not yet have a personal Twitter account, click on the link to set one up..

3. If you are not a member of the faith-based network, Digital Catechesis, click on the link to set up your account.

4. Finally, please e-mail your instructor with the following information, all in the body of one e-mail.

YOUR NAME FACEBOOK USERNAME WORDPRESS USERNAME TWITTER USERNAME DIGITALCATECHESIS USERNAME WIKISPACES USERNAME

Example: Jane Doe <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Facebook: jdoe <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wordpress: jdoe <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Twitter: JaneDoe <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dig Cat: JaneDoe <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wikispaces: Jane_Doe

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">PART 2

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you have received everyone's account information from your instructor, please __complete the following steps__ so that we will be connected with one another across all three platforms.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 1 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sign in to your individual __FACEBOOK account__. From your Facebook home page, enter the other members of this class into the Facebook SEARCH bar and invite them to become a FB friend. If you receive a Friend Request in your e-mail inbox from another participant of the class, please be sure to accept.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 2 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Group Page__ on Facebook: Your instructors have set up a Facebook "Group" that is specifically for this class. It is called **Digital Discipleship Boot Camp, or go to the following URL: [|facebook.com/groups/SITM2011]**. Once you have your individual account, please search for and then request to join the group. We will practice using this group in our future homework assignments. This is set up as a closed group, which means anyone can see the group and who's in it, but only invited members can see posts.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 3 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Twitter: Sign in to your Twitter account. From your Twitter home page locate and follow the members of this class on Twitter. **__IMPORTANT__**: Use **#DDBC** somewhere in your Twitter posts and you will be automatically linked to all other posts by your classmates and instructors. You must insert the hashtag descriptor every time you tweet. We ask each of you to send one tweet using the format: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**My favorite social networking tool is (insert your favorite) #DDBC**.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, please follow @ccerveny (Sr. Caroline) to start getting familiar with how Twitter can be a source of information!


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 4 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Digital Catechesis: Sign in to your Digital Catechesis account. Click on the forum tab and note the discussions listed. Find one of interest to you. Read the comments under that topic and add a comment of your own.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Note: If you run into any difficulty setting up and linking your accounts, you have several options for obtaining help. In general, it is useful to search and struggle a little to find answers yourself, but if you hit a dead-end, or if this part of the assignment seems to be taking too much time, you can try one of the following strategies:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Search the HELP __menu__ of the social media you are using. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Google a question and look for solutions 3. Initiate a discussion using the "Discussion" tab of our wiki. From the HOME page of our wiki, navigate to the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Help Page (left hand side of page). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Phone a friend. Everyone should have a technology guru! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. E-mail the instructors for help

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Just to let you know, I do not plan to setup a FB or Twitter account due to personal data privacy concerns. I have a Digital Catechesis account (Andy Weiss). ~ Andy