This document provides an overview of setting up and using three popular social media tools: YouTube, Facebook, and internet forums. It outlines the 10 step process for creating a YouTube account, uploading content, and using basic features. It also details the simple 3 step account creation processes and profile customization options for Facebook. Finally, it lists the 5 step sign up and verification process for internet forums and how to use basic communication features like starting threads and posting replies.

1. Assessment 3 - Set up
and use social media
tools and apps

2. Overview of 3 popular social media tools

3.  If you have not heard of the wildly popular website
YouTube, you may be inexperienced on the
internet.
 This site has given Internet users a chance to
broadcast videos that they made or found on the
web. You can use the YouTube site to perform
several functions. Continue slides to learn how~
Step 1

4. Step 2 Account Creation

5. Step 3 Filling in detailed information

6. Step 4 Verifying account

7. Step 5 Customising account profile

8. Step 6 Getting started

9. Step 7 Getting started – subscribing to a channel

10. Step 8 Getting started – visiting your channel

11. Step 9 Uploading content - among other things

12. Step 10 - Sit back until the process is finished and enjoy your
successfully uploaded content on YouTube

13. Evaluations - YouTube
 Moderately easy process to create an account
 Enables users to browse from a huge range of collections of hundreds of
channels and thousands of videos using the search bar
 Simple and creative way of providing users with features to comment, rate
videos, like and all those sorts of things
 Upload your own content with a click of a button

14. Facebook
 While YouTube is a serious contender for social networking services
specifically media sharing Facebook is the best thing ever since honey &
sliced bread
 In this day and age Facebook has made transformation and a major impact
into our daily lives - connecting people from around the globe by a few clicks
of the mouse

15. Creating an account

16. 3 steps to finalisation – Finding friends

17. 3 steps to finalisation – Profile Information

18. 3 steps to finalisation – Profile Picture

19. Facebook Wall/Homepage

20. Adding people

21. Liking a page and Joining a group

22. Maximising security

23. Evaluations of Facebook
 Simple Account creation – 5 minutes tops in process
 Easy and fast Find Friends feature taking easy into a whole
another level in finding friends by a few simple clicks
 Lots of contents, features and also updates promising
revolvingly better privacy
 High customisable profile settings and privacy settings
turning it into a relatively safe zone

24.  In this context I will be using a specific Gaming Internet forum as an
example based on my experience as a quite active member of the
community I will list them step by step
Internet Forums
Message Boards

25. Step 1- Account
Creation

26.  Fill the rest of the blanks
 Hit Complete Registration when done

27. This message pops up and
states that an email
has been dispatched in
need of verification

28. Step 2 Post Verification

29. Step 3 User Control Panel

30. Step 4 Acknowledging
the website

32. Step 5 Basic
communication
Starting a Thread

33. Posting in others’
thread

34. Replying to
posts/messages

35. Evaluations of the
PlayDota Forum
 Registering an account is fast – quick sign up which does not
require verification if you are only viewing/lurking the boards
 Loaded with a lot of functions and information regarding the game
per say
 Warm community based on experience
 Simple webpage layout and a quite nice looking graphical layout
which makes it interesting
 Frequently updated