Flickr Photo Sharing Made Easy

1. FlickrPhoto Sharing Made Easy Last Updated: April 2008

2. 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 Outline

3. Social Networking Websites Overview • 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:

4. What is Flickr? Overview • An online social networking website • Emphasis on photo sharing • Easy to use design, making it preferred choice over other sites

5. Part 1: Getting Started www.flickr.com Go To:

6. Part 1: Getting Started

7. Part 1: Getting Started

8. Part 1: Getting Started Search Box Tool Bar

9. Part 1: Getting Started

10. Part 1: Getting Started Exercise 1: Searching for pictures on Flickr • Type a search term into the search box • Click on “Search” Examples: “Halifax” “flowers” “boats” “cars” “dogs”

11. Part 2: Uploading Photos Devices for putting photos on a computer Digital Camera CD/DVD Scanner

12. Part 2: Uploading Photos Exercise 2: Uploading Photographs to Flickr • Go to www.flickr.com, login and click on “Upload Photos” • Insert the CD into the drive • Click on the first Browse button and find your picture files (navigate to the DVD Drive (D:)) • Click the photo you wish to upload, and click on “Open” • Repeat steps 3 & 4 for all additional photos • Add tags and specify privacy settings • Click on the “Upload” button and wait … • Edit titles, descriptions and tags and click on “Save this Batch” • Click on the “You” tab to see all your photos

13. Part 2: Uploading Photos Organizing Photographs • From the “Organize” page you can: • Edit titles, tags, descriptions • Change permissions and dates • Create sets

14. Part 2: Uploading Photos Exercise 3: Organizing Photographs into Sets • Click on the “Organize” tab • Drag photographs into grey area • Click on down arrow beside “Add to Set” • Select “New Set” • Edit title • Click on blue “Save” button • Click on “Your Photostream” (top right) to view your photos and sets

15. Part 2: Uploading Photos Set

16. Part 3: Sharing Photos Three Social Networking Tools in Flickr • Your Page and Profile – a way for you to reveal as much, or as little, information about yourself as you like • Contacts – Adding family or friends as contacts will allow them to see your private photographs • Groups – When you join a group you can contribute photographs and communicate with other group members

17. Part 3: Sharing Photos 2 Send this URL to your friends. 1 Click on You

18. Part 3: Sharing Photos Exercise 4: Adding a Contact • Click on the Contacts tab • Type Spring Garden into the “find a person” search box and click search • 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. • Check the box next to Friend and click OK • To see all your contacts, select “Contact List” from the Contact tab menu

19. Part 3: Sharing Photos 1 Removing a Flickr Contact Click Contacts 2 Click Contacts List 3 Place mouse over contact and click on arrow that appears 4 Click on Change

20. Part 3: Sharing Photos Exercise 6: Joining a Flickr Group • Click on the Groups tab • Search for an interesting group to join (e.g. type “Halifax Public Gardens” into the search box and click on search) • Select the most relevant search result • Click on “Join this Group” • Click on the Groups tab again to view all of your groups

21. Part 3: Sharing Photos Deleting a Flickr Group

22. Conclusion Deleting photographs

23. Conclusion Always remember to Sign Out

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

25. Conclusion • Handouts • Upcoming training programs • Library resources • Program evaluation forms Any questions?