lyndaLibrary Guide

Before accessing these courses, you need to create a personal profile in the lynda system so that you can track your progress. Use this link to set up your profile so that you have full access to the lynda.com library.

Get a quick-start introduction to Facebook. Find friends and family and see what they're up to, and share pictures and more—all without compromising your privacy. Justin Seeley shows you how to build an account from scratch, fill out your timeline, and personalize your profile with a cover photo. You'll learn the lingo—friends, groups, chats, likes, comments, and more—and learn how to build your friends list. You'll learn how to post status updates, tag friends, sort your news feed, and hide those unwanted updates in your feed. Plus, you'll find out how to upload photos to Facebook and manage your photo albums, and get important tips on adjusting your privacy settings. Finally you'll learn how to use the new Graph Search and access Facebook from anywhere using your mobile device.

Facebook Messenger is a handy smartphone app that separates messaging from Facebook's other features. But when you install Messenger, it asks for permission to edit and read your text messages, record audio, and access your location data, which creates privacy concerns for some users. In this short course, Nick Brazzi will show you what settings you can adjust on the iOS and Android versions of the app, and how they will impact how Messenger runs on your device. Watch and learn if Facebook Messenger is right for you.

Facebook is a great tool for promoting albums and gigs, but most bands and musicians aren't using it properly. Learn how to set up a Facebook page separate from your personal one and grow your fan base online in this course with music industry professional Bobby Owsinski. Bobby shows you how to craft promotional posts that engage your audience, publish posts at the best times, and get more views and likes. Plus, find out how to use Facebook's paid ads to get the word out about your music, without breaking the bank.

Facebook is a great place for business owners of all stripes to start marketing their business. This course shows you the basics of setting up a Facebook account exclusively for business use and building out your page in a way that clearly identifies your brand. It also shows how to post interesting meaningful posts and status updates, and identify winning strategies for building and maintaining a thriving community.

Join the 140-character communication revolution. Important conversations play out every day on Twitter and this fun and fast social media platform offers one of the few ways to directly engage with celebrities, companies, media outlets, and even political figures like President Obama (@BarackObama). Learn how to get up and running on Twitter and start engaging in a new kind of conversation. Maria Langer shows you how to set up an account; read and write tweets; add images, links, and tags to your tweets; and interact with other users via sending replies, using mentions, favoriting tweets, and sending direct messages. She also shares her insider etiquette tips for tweets and retweets, and shows how to customize your privacy settings as well as personalize your feed.

Businesses of all sizes can use Twitter for everything from finding new customers to deepening relationships with existing clients. This course explains how to best use the popular social media platform. Learn how to create a great user name and profile, define your brand personality, and begin tweeting.