IS40480: Interface

1. Facebook
The Interface

2. Recap
Set up Account
Logging In and Out

3. This week
Get to know the Interface
How your page looks and what you can do

4. The Interface
Log into your Facebook account

7. Homepage
This is the page that will greet you every time you
log in
It is called your Newsfeed
It might look different to mine
The content will start to look different as you add
friends because what they Post and Like will be
here
But the general layout will remain the same

8. Let’s break the page down

10. Look at the top, at the blue strip
Called a Banner
Will always be there no matter what you click on or
what other pages you go to within Facebook
Can use it to search for people, go back to your
own page/Timeline, go back to your Newsfeed
page, check Messages, Notifications, change
Privacy settings and Log Out
Notifications - Messages that Notify you when
someone has Liked something you have Posted,
Commented on something you Posted, sent you a
Friend Request etc.

12. Finding Friends and Liking a Page
will be looked at in later sessions but
this is where you would start your
search

14. Click on <your name> to go to your
page/Timeline
Click Home to go to your Newsfeed
For this class, ignore Find Friends

17. Clicking on the Heads allows you to see who
has Requested to be your Friend, who has
accepted your Request and who you might
know and might want to be Friends with based
on your current Friends

19. Clicking the Speech Bubbles allows
you to see any Private Messages
you have received

20. More about Messaging
later!

22. Clicking the Globe Notifies you about
activity for example someone Liking or
Commenting on what you have Posted or
Friend Requests

23. Notifications will also be
emailed to you

25. Clicking the Lock allows you
to change your Privacy
settings

26. More on this later!

27. Logging In and Out

29. Clicking the downward arrow and
clicking Log Out allows you to log
out of your Facebook account

31. Clicking any of the options in this
box allows you to move to various
parts of your page/Timeline

32. Edit Profile
Messages
Pages
Events
Photos
Groups

34. This is the main body of
your Newsfeed

35. At the moment it is asking
you to create a Profile

36. Once that is complete and you
have Added Friends, this page will
become a proper Newsfeed

37. Newsfeed - constantly updating
column of content from your Friends
Pages/Timelines

38. Clicking Home will bring
you to your Newsfeed

39. Your Timeline

40. Click on <your name>

42. This is your page - also
known as your Timeline

43. This is what others will see
when they click on your
name

44. What you Post will be
displayed here in
chronological order

45. Take some time now to
familiarise yourself with your
account

46. Before Next Week
Familiarise yourself with the Interface

47. Next week - Profile and
Privacy settings

48. See you next week!!