1. Flickr Photo Sharing Made Easy
Last Updated: April 2008

2. Social Networking Websites Where Flickr fits in Getting Started
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

3. Social Networking Websites
Overview
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:

4. What is Flickr? An online social networking website
Overview
What is Flickr?
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
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. Exercise 1: Searching for pictures on Flickr
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 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. Three Social Networking Tools in Flickr
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. Send this URL to your friends.
Part 3: Sharing Photos 2
Send this URL to your friends. 1
Click on You

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

20. Exercise 6: Joining a Flickr Group
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. Deleting a Flickr Group
Part 3: Sharing Photos
Deleting a Flickr Group

22. Conclusion
Deleting photographs

23. Always remember to Sign Out
Conclusion
Always remember to Sign Out

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

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