Ahhh Twitter, that social media site that gives you 140 characters to say what you’re thinking, feeling, pondering or doing through what is known as a tweet.

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Twitter gives you the ability to stay up to date with people, topics and things that interest you by following them and receiving their tweets in your timeline.

Twitter is also known as a micro-blogging site. You basically have a short (140 characters or less) post that you can share with your followers. It can 

You can control who you follow and who can follow you.

According to the Pew Research Center, 23% of all internet users in the US use Twitter. Most between the ages of 18-49.

This course will help you learn all about Twitter.

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As with any account on Social Media sites you want to make sure that if you are sharing a computer or are using a public computer that you sign out of your account. You don’t want to leave it open where anyone can access it.

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Log-in & Out of Twitter

As with any account on Social Media sites you want to make sure that if you are sharing a computer or are using a public computer that you sign out of your account. You don’t want to leave it open where anyone can access it.

From twitter.com:

Top right, you can click on Log-In or use the log-in box on the main page.

Click on Log-In at the top right and enter your username and password you used to create a new account.

If you are on a public computer, be sure to uncheck the “Remember Me” option. This will prevent anyone from being able to log in to the account that might use the computer after you.

To Log-Out, click on your Avatar (or Profile Picture) at the top right and click on Log Out from the drop-down menu.

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Creating a new Twitter Account is pretty simple and straightforward however there are quite a bit of steps you’ll have to take.

You’ll need your name, cell phone number (not a home phone number, it needs to be a phone that can receive text messages) and a password you create.

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Create a New Twitter Account

Creating a new Twitter Account is pretty simple and straightforward however there are quite a few steps you’ll have to take. You’ll need your name, cell phone number (not a home phone number, it needs to be a phone that can receive text messages) and a password you create.

Will need the following:

• Name
• Cell Phone (NOT a home phone number)*
• Password

*If you don’t want to provide your cell phone number, you can use an email address instead. However, using a phone number gives you benefits such as a double layer of log-in, receive faster account recovery, and using Twitter via text messaging.

To sign up, go to Twitter.com

Click on Sign Up and fill in the required information.

*Don’t forget to write your password down*

Optional choice to allow Twitter to Tailor your feed based on your recent web activity.

Click on Advanced Options before completing the sign-up process for additional security options.

Here you can check/uncheck whether or not you would like to allow others to find you using your phone number and email address.

Read the Terms/Privacy Policy.

Now click Sign Up!

Enter your phone number (Twitter will never share your phone number) or skip.

Choose a username. This is what other users will see when they connect with you. You can always change your username later.

Click Next.

Twitter will ask you a few questions to help connect you with some accounts you might find interesting so click on “Let’s Go”.

Select all categories that interest you and click ‘Continue’

Twitter will provide account suggestions based on your selections. You can uncheck any accounts that don’t interest you and click continue.

Now you can add a photo by uploading a picture that is already saved on your computer, take a picture with an attached webcam or skip. For this course, we will skip.

Now Twitter will offer to use your email contacts to help you connect with current friends. For this course, we will skip this step for now.

Finally, you need to confirm the email address you used to sign up with Twitter. Go to the inbox for the email account you used and look for a new email from Twitter. This email should contain a link for you to click on to confirm your email address and finalize your new Twitter account.

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