Get to know Google plus!
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Transcript of Get to know Google plus!
What this webinar will cover
Will cover
• What is Google +
• Highlights of interesting features
• Circles
• How to write a post
• How to receive a notification
• Benefits to education
Will not cover
• How to get a Google address
• Ins and outs of every feature
• Adjusting privacy settings
• Hangouts (leave for next time)
What is Google +
Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like are all social networks. They’re designed to let you share up-to-the second updates, ideas, thoughts, links and media with your friends and the public.
How is Google+ different as a
social network?
• Google has integrated Google+ with its other
services (and continues to do so): Search, YouTube, Gmail and more. Google+ is already built into services you use every day.
• Circles differentiate Google+ from Facebook by allowing users precise control over who sees what.
Concept of Circles • One creates circles of people (groups).
• People you link with don’t know which circle you have put them into.
• You decide who to share with.
Your Google + account
• As of January 2012, new users who signed up for a Google account were automatically registered for Google+ as well.
• Sign up here: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
Let’s look at a new Google plus
account interface
A completed Google + profile
My circles
Where I write
What I can add to the
post
What is shared with me in a
stream
How to add friends to a circle – drag
and drop!
How to write a post Choose the
main stream of ‘All’
Write your post
Choose the circles
Click Share Optional
Can just be to one person!
How to receive a personal
notification
1) It will show on the top right of Google+
2) It will show on the top right of your email
3) It will possibly arrive as an email
Benefits for education
• Way to share with others in more than 140 characters
• Now for age 13 and up.
• Huge possibilities for collaboration
• Can form all sorts of groups
• Could even have parents from your class in a group