FlickrPhoto Sharing Made Easy

Last Updated: April 2008

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Outline

Overview• Social Networking Websites• Where Flickr fits in

Getting Started• Signing up • Signing in• Flickr toolbar• Searching

Uploading Photos• Devices for uploading photos• Putting photos on Flickr• Tagging Photos• Organizing Photos

Sharing Photos• Your Flickr Page• Making Contacts• Joining Groups

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Social Networking Websites• Meet people who share similar interests and activities• Stay in touch with friends and family easily• Share photos, video and music• Many different social networking websites:

Overview

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What is Flickr?

• An online social networking website• Emphasis on photo sharing• Easy to use design, making it preferred choice

over other sites

Overview

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Part 1: Getting Started

www.flickr.com

Go To:

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Part 1: Getting Started

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Part 1: Getting Started

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Part 1: Getting Started

Tool Bar

Search Box

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Part 1: Getting Started

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Part 1: Getting Started

Exercise 1: Searching for pictures on Flickr

1. Type a search term into the search box2. Click on “Search”

Examples: “Halifax”“flowers”“boats”“cars”“dogs”

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Part 2: Uploading Photos

Devices for putting photos on a computer

Digital Camera

Scanner

CD/DVD

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Exercise 2: Uploading Photographs to Flickr

1. Go to www.flickr.com, login and click on “Upload Photos”

2. Insert the CD into the drive

3. Click on the first Browse button and find your picture files (navigate to the DVD Drive (D:))

4. Click the photo you wish to upload, and click on “Open”

5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 for all additional photos

6. Add tags and specify privacy settings

7. Click on the “Upload” button and wait …

8. Edit titles, descriptions and tags and click on “Save this Batch”

9. Click on the “You” tab to see all your photos

Part 2: Uploading Photos

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Part 2: Uploading Photos

Organizing Photographs

From the “Organize” page you can:

• Edit titles, tags, descriptions

• Change permissions and dates

• Create sets

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Part 2: Uploading Photos

Exercise 3: Organizing Photographs into Sets

1. Click on the “Organize” tab

2. Drag photographs into grey area

3. Click on down arrow beside “Add to Set”

4. Select “New Set”

5. Edit title

6. Click on blue “Save” button

7. Click on “Your Photostream” (top right) to view your photos and sets

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Part 2: Uploading Photos

Set

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Part 3: Sharing Photos

Three Social Networking Tools in Flickr

1. Your Page and Profile – a way for you to reveal as much, or as little, information about yourself as you like

2. Contacts – Adding family or friends as contacts will allow them to see your private photographs

3. Groups – When you join a group you can contribute photographs and communicate with other group members

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Part 3: Sharing Photos

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Part 3: Sharing Photos

Exercise 4: Adding a Contact

1. Click on the Contacts tab

2. Type Spring Garden into the “find a person” search box and click search

3. Put the mouse pointer over the picture of the contact you want to add. Click on the down arrow that appears and select Add as a contact from the drop down menu.

4. Check the box next to Friend and click OK

5. To see all your contacts, select “Contact List” from the Contact tab menu

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Part 3: Sharing Photos

Removing a Flickr Contact1

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Click Contacts

Click Contacts List

Place mouse over contact and click on arrow that appears

Click on Change

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Part 3: Sharing Photos

Exercise 6: Joining a Flickr Group

1. Click on the Groups tab

2. Search for an interesting group to join (e.g. type “Halifax Public Gardens” into the search box and click on search)

3. Select the most relevant search result

4. Click on “Join this Group”

5. Click on the Groups tab again to view all of your groups

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Part 3: Sharing Photos

Deleting a Flickr Group

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Conclusion

Deleting photographs

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Always remember to Sign Out

Conclusion

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Conclusion

Check out the guidelines and use policies found at the bottom of most pages

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Conclusion

• Handouts• Upcoming training programs• Library resources• Program evaluation forms

Any questions?