Learning Facebook

Learn how to use Facebook to connect with friends and family. Discover how to build your friends list, share status updates and photos, adjust privacy settings, and more.

Get a quick-start introduction to Facebook. In this course, Jess Stratton answers nearly every question you might have about using this popular social network, including how to find friends and family, share status updates, and set up events—all without compromising your privacy. Jess shows how to build an account from scratch, personalize your profile, and find and join groups. Plus, discover how to hide those unwanted updates in your feed, manage your photo albums, adjust important security settings, and use the Facebook and Facebook Messenger mobile apps to stay connected on the go.

Introduction

• Connect with friends and family on Facebook

1. Get Started with Facebook

• Set up a new Facebook account
• Log in and out and navigate the screen
• Fill out your Facebook profile
• Add friends on Facebook
• Explore the Facebook News Feed

2. Build Your Friends List

• Accept and ignore friend requests
• Like brands and Pages
• Send and receive private messages
• Chat live with your friends

3. Explore the News Feed

• Post status updates and comments
• Edit and delete posts and comments
• Tag friends in comments and posts
• React and share status updates
• Save links and follow posts
• Hide people and posts in your News Feed

4. Share Photos and Stories with Friends

• Upload photos and video to Facebook
• Tag friends in photos
• Create a Facebook story

5. Take Facebook Further

• Create and respond to events
• Understand groups and Pages
• Learn about apps

6. Adjust Privacy and Other Settings

• Change Facebook notification settings
• Manage and delete your Facebook account
• Adjust privacy, timeline, and tag settings
• Report, block, and unfriend users

7. Use Facebook Mobile

• Use Facebook on a mobile app
• Use the Facebook Messenger app

Conclusion

• Next steps