Create a Twitter and Facebook Account

IMPORTANT STEPS -- PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:


Create a Twitter and Facebook Account.

In preparation for this course, please be sure to have a Twitter and a Facebook account ready for use in this class. Both of these key social media platforms will be used heavily throughout this course and will help you create and craft your online presence.

• Note: For Facebook and Twitter, if you already have a personal profile, that is great, but rest

assured the instructors value your privacy and will not attempt to friend or follow you at your

personal account (other than by the use of hashtags). Rather, having a Facebook and Twitter

account will enable you to participate in several communications activities. You are free to create

a new account/page for the purposes of the course that is separate from your personal and

existing Facebook and/or Twitter accounts. As with other tools in the class, you will be free to

delete them once assignments have been marked and the course is completed. If you have any

questions, please contact the instructors in advance of the course start date: Jessica Laccetti,

PhD laccettiATualberta.ca and Erika Smith, PhD Candidate esmithATualberta.ca

Welcome to Effective Social Media Communication :: Spring 2014

We’re glad to be getting started with this course. You may find it a challenge (there's lots to read, watch and interact with), but it will also be fun.

Please send me your preferred e-mail address so that I may add you as an author on the class blog. This is important for activities and reflection. It can also be a great way to contribute to discussions and participate.

Image from CrossLang.

***Active class participation is central to our work together.***

Here are a few suggestions about how to participate in the discussion. Remember to keep up with the discussion every couple of days or so. Keep your contributions short and exploratory. Try to respond to what others have already said, if you can. And try to ground your comments and ideas in the readings (or videos or Pins etc...) whenever possible.



Please always feel free to send any comments or queries to me or Erika Smith.

Course Activities & Participation

Assignments are graded and there is an online interaction mark but active engagement and participation in the class is essential to getting the most out of the course.

Videos from Module 1

Video: Did you Know 4.0: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Video: The Machine is Us/ing Us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g