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Using Twitter As a Broadcasting Medium Either As a Service, Or As a Politician Or Celebrity West Mersea Bowls Club @WMBowls Written by Carol Everett May 2020 Getting Started to Twitter in 8 steps About this booklet This booklet assumes no prior knowledge of Twitter – you just need an interest to try out something new! Take one Step at a time – perhaps during a coffee break – and after a few days you will soon be immersed in the Twitter world! This booklet is for Android or IOS smart phones or tablets, not for Windows PCs. Step What? • Get Safe Online 1 • Setting up a Twitter account • Changing your Twitter handle • Twitter Screen 2 • Searching and Following • Unfollowing • Using the Timeline 3 • Tweeting • Tagging • Protecting your Tweet 4 • Revising your profile • Following local groups • Privacy settings 5 • Retweeting • Direct messages 6 • Using Hashtags 7 • Pictures amd website links 8 • Multiple Tweets and Polls Acknowledgements Getting Started to Twitter in 8 steps was based on previous work undertaken by the author for Anglia Ruskin University. Step 1: Setting up a Twitter account ➢ Being Safe Online Using social media means sharing information on a public platform. As with doing anything online, it is prudent to be aware of the risks of using social media. Many such risks can be avoided by applying a bit of common sense – if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is! If this is the first time that you have used social media (such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) then you will find it helpful to spend some time on reading about being safe online. A good website for this is https://www.getsafeonline.org/ which caters for both personal use and for business use. ➢ Do you have the Twitter app on your device? Look for on your device. If you do not have it then go to Playstore/App Store and install it. ➢ What information do I need to set up a personal Twitter account? Your name This is your display name. This name is how other people will recognise you. It can be your real name (so people will know who you are) or it can be anonymous. This can be easily changed at a later stage. Email address or You may wish to use a separate email address specifically for phone number social media – there are many websites around for a free email address. Once your Twitter account is set up, you don’t use this email address again unless you forget your Twitter password! Password 6 characters or more Profile picture A picture helps people to identify your tweets. You can either use the Camera option on your tablet/phone and take a picture when prompted, or upload an existing picture. It does NOT have to be a photo of you! It can be a flower or a picture of an object that represents you. Remember this can be changed anytime! Tip: A picture is better than the blue default Twitter icon. Bio A few words to describe you. This can be changed anytime. Only 160 characters! Tip: You can skip this step and do it later if you wish. Twitter handle This is the name which will be used within Twitterworld. Make it (@username) easy to remember both for you and for other people. Do not have it too long! Location Where you are © West Mersea Bowls Club May 2020 Step 1: Setting up a Twitter account Example ➢ Set up your Twitter account 1. Click on the Twitter app, and choose Create Account 2. Enter your name 3. Enter a phone number or email address (see bottom of screen) – this is to ensure that you are a real person. I use an email address but the choice is yours. 4. It will ask to customise your experiences – skip this step. 5. You may get a verification code to check the email address (or phone number) is valid. 6. Choose a Twitter password. 7. You will be asked for your PROFILE picture – take picture or upload photo 8. Enter your bio (if you wish) ➢ Customising your account Twitter will ask you a number of options to customise your account – ignore these at this stage: • It may ask you to connect your address book – click Not Now • It may ask for your interests – choose Skip for now • It may give you suggestions for you to follow – ignore these and click Next • It may ask about notifications – choose Don’t allow • It may ask you to use your device’s location – click on not now ➢ Customising your Twitter handle Twitter may have allocated you a handle (@username) which will include your name and several numbers – something difficult to remember! You can change this if you wish. 1. Click on your picture for your profile 2. Click on Settings and Privacy 3. Click on Account 4. Click on @Username 5. Choose a new username – it has to be unique within the Twitterworld so you may need to try more than one name. © West Mersea Bowls Club May 2020 Step 2: Searching and Following ➢ The Twitter screen Depending on your device (Android or IOS) you will see either one of these screens. The empty screen is your TIMELINE Click on your picture (avatar) for your profile See the Blue Pen Quill – we will use this later so remember it! There are 4 icons – see left hand side or bottom of the screen. These are: HOME SEARCH NOTIFICATIONS MESSAGES ➢ Try these steps: Click on your avatar – this will display your profile Return to your Timeline Where is the SEARCH icon? (Hint: look for magnifying glass) Which is the HOME icon? (Hint: picture of a house) ➢ Follow an organisation’s Twitter feed There are 2 ways of finding out an organisation’s Twitter handle which starts with the character @. The first way is to look at an organisation’s website or literature and look for their handle. The example below shows you how to search for @yourcolchester (which is Colchester Council) and follow it. 1. Click on SEARCH 2. In Search Twitter box, enter the text yourcolchester (see left image on next page) 3. Click on Colchester’s twitter handle 4. Twitter will now display the Timeline of yourcolchester (see right image on next page) 5. Click on the FOLLOW button 6. Return to your timeline (left arrow on top left of screen) 7. On your timeline, click on HOME 8. You will now get their tweets on your timeline – but perhaps not immediately! © West Mersea Bowls Club May 2020 Step 2: Searching and Following The second way is to type the name of the organisation in the SEARCH box. Try typing Bowls England or BBCNews. Follow 3 or 4 large Twitter accounts. They may be using Twitter as a broadcasting medium either as a service, or as a politician or celebrity. Here are some ideas: You do not need to type the “@” symbol @getsafeonline @EnglishIndoor @EnvAgencyAnglia @BowlsEng @Essexpoliceuk @sports_england @Stephenfry Note how many followers they have compared to the number of people they follow themselves. ➢ Unfollowing an organisation If you find that a particular Twitter feed is too prolific, or it is not what you expected then you can Unfollow them. Click on their profile and then click on the Following button. © West Mersea Bowls Club May 2020 Step 3: Tweeting and Tagging ➢ RECAP: What is your Timeline looking like? Make Twitter work for you and follow the right feeds! ➢ Doing your first Tweet! On your Timeline, click on the Blue Pen Quill You have only 280 characters – that is all – so you need to be succinct! Remember your tweet is PUBLIC Keep SAFE Online: Do not tweet personal information such as your address In the What’s happening box write your tweet – here are some ideas! Tell us about: - a Bowling event to advertise - a book that you have recently read - an event that has happened today BEFORE clicking on TWEET, just look at the text that you have written and check that it reads OK. People may read your tweet differently to you! Tweet it! It will now appear on your timeline. It will also appear on your followers’ timeline. (Your profile will show your followers). ➢ Tweeting and tagging another person Post another tweet, but this time include @cmeverett21 in your text at the end of your tweet like this: Thinking about going to the semifinals to watch our own club play? Anybody interested? @cmeverett21 As well as putting your tweet on your timeline, it will also put it on the timeline of @cmeverett21 – in other words – to include this person in your conversation. You can put as many @handles as you have room for (remember the limit of 280 characters!) When you receive a tweet whereby you have been tagged, click on the tweet itself and REPLY by writing your response in the box TWEET YOUR REPLY at the bottom of the screen. You may need to return to Twitter again during the day when other club members have tweeted you! Tweet again with a comment applicable for several members of the club but this time just include #wmbcnet at the end of your tweet – we will look at hashtags later. (wmbcnet stands for West Mersea Bowls Club Network) © West Mersea Bowls Club May 2020 Step 3: Tweeting and Tagging ➢ Protecting your Tweets Your tweets will be seen by your followers, and some people like to know who their followers are! This is a privacy setting which you can change at any time. For Apple devices, click on More (circle with 3 dots) For Android devices, click on your avatar Choose Settings and Privacy Choose Privacy and Safety Under Tweets, choose Protect your Tweets From now on, anybody who wishes to follow you has to get your approval.
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