2. Overview
• What is Snapchat?
• Snapchat: How did it happen?
• Features of Snapchat
• Misconceptions of Snapchat
• How to use or download Snapchat
3. What is Snapchat?
• Photo messaging application
• Send timed photos 1-10 seconds
• Time runs out, photo goes away
• Record videos 1-10seconds
• Time runs out, video goes away
• Able to add text or drawing
• Send to a controlled list of recipients or a specific recipient
• “Snaps”
4. Snapchat: How did it
happen?
• Developed by two Stanford
University students Evan Spiegel
and Robert Murphy for a Product
Design Course
• Originally released as Picaboo in
April 2011
• Rereleased as Snapchat in July 2014
• July 2012- IPhone
• Nov 2012-Andriod
5. Snapchat: How did it
happen?
• App Mascot: “Ghostface Chillah”
based off the hip-hop group
Wu-Tang Clan
• May 2012- 25 images per second
• Nov 2012-over 20million per day
• June 2013- SnapKids –Under 13yrs old
• Can not “snap” to other users, only save on devices
6. Features of Snapchat
• June 2013- update design enhancements, including swipe
navigation, double-tap to reply, an improved friend
finder, and in-app profiles
• June 2014- Snapchat Stories
and Replays
7. Misconceptions of
Snapchat
• In the study, only 1.6% of respondents reported using
Snapchat primarily for sexting, although 14.2% admitted
to having sent sexual content via Snapchat at some point.
8. How to use or download
Snapchat
• Go to App Store or Play Book
• Search Snapchat
• Create “screen name”
• Enter in Birthdate for verification
• To add friends:
• searching for user name or
• Linked to phone number in cell phone
9. How to use
Snapchat
• Click Camera Link
• To take a picture
• Take a pictures
• Point and Press the
Round Circle on mid-
bottom
of the page
• Take a Video
• Point and Hold the
Round Circle on mid-
bottom
of the page
Flash or No Flash
Flip Camera Direction
Record or take
Picture or Video
List of Sent/Received
Snaps
List of Friends and
Stories
10. How to use
Snapchat
• Type text
• After taking a picture or video,
tap middle of the screen
to open text box (“T” will
appear)
• After entering text, click “T” on
top right to change
font/sizes
• Draw
• After taking a picture or video,
tap pencil icon in
the top right corner
• You will then be able to chose
from colors to draw
• After applying a color/drawing, a
“reverse” symbol
will appear so you will be able
to delete coloring
11. How to use
Snapchat
• Add features
• After taking a picture, swipe to the right to add various features
• Snapchat offers 3 color filters, speed in mph, temperature and time
• Sending Snaps
• Time
• After your creation, select time allotment using the timer
on the bottom left
• To Save
• To save the picture click the down arrow in the bottom left
• To add only to “My Story”
• Click + symbol on bottom of the screen
• After your creation, select the arrow on the bottom right
• Finally, one can select individuals to send the “snap” to
and/or click “My Story” to allow all friends to see your
snaps for up to an hour
12. How to use
Snapchat
• Add features
• After taking a picture, swipe to the right to add various features
• Snapchat offers 3 color filters, speed in mph, temperature and time
• Sending Snaps
• Time
• After your creation, select time allotment using the timer
on the bottom left
• To Save
• To save the picture click the down arrow in the bottom left
• To add only to “My Story”
• Click + symbol on bottom of the screen
• After your creation, select the arrow on the bottom right
• Finally, one can select individuals to send the “snap” to
and/or click “My Story” to allow all friends to see your
snaps for up to an hour
13. How to use
Snapchat
• Add features
• After taking a picture, swipe to the right to add various features
• Snapchat offers 3 color filters, speed in mph, temperature and time
• Sending Snaps
• Time
• After your creation, select time allotment using the timer
on the bottom left
• To Save
• To save the picture click the down arrow in the bottom left
• To add only to “My Story”
• Click + symbol on bottom of the screen
• After your creation, select the arrow on the bottom right
• Finally, one can select individuals to send the “snap” to
and/or click “My Story” to allow all friends to see your
snaps for up to an hour
14. How to use
Snapchat
• Add features
• After taking a picture, swipe to the right to add various features
• Snapchat offers 3 color filters, speed in mph, temperature and time
• Sending Snaps
• Time
• After your creation, select time allotment using the timer
on the bottom left
• To Save
• To save the picture click the down arrow in the bottom left
• To add only to “My Story”
• Click + symbol on bottom of the screen
• After your creation, select the arrow on the bottom right
• Finally, one can select individuals to send the “snap” to
and/or click “My Story” to allow all friends to see your
snaps for up to an hour
15. How to use
Snapchat
• Add features
• After taking a picture, swipe to the right to add various features
• Snapchat offers 3 color filters, speed in mph, temperature and time
• Sending Snaps
• Time
• After your creation, select time allotment using the timer
on the bottom left
• To Save
• To save the picture click the down arrow in the bottom left
• To add only to “My Story”
• Click + symbol on bottom of the screen
• After your creation, select the arrow on the bottom right
• Finally, one can select individuals to send the “snap” to
and/or click “My Story” to allow all friends to see your
snaps for up to an hour
