A slideshow dedicated to teaching you how to set up an account on Twitter, and some of the basic functions that you can use.

1. How to Use Twitter
By Logan Taylor

2. First: Go to Twitter.com

3. To get started using Twitter, you have to sign up first.
You can do so in the box in the lower right-hand corner
of the screen

4. You start by typing in you full name (or the name you want to be
seen on your account) then typing in your e-mail address, and a
password that you can remember. Then click “Sign up for
Twitter”

5. Then a page that looks like this will shop up. On this
page, they will evaluate all the information you put
in, and tell you if something needs changing.

6. If red lettering appears like this, that means that something has
been typed wrong, or there is some problem that needs to be
fixed. The site will tell you what needs fixing.

7. A username is used by the site to differentiate you between
other people of the same name. For example, the names
“Logan” and “Logan Taylor” were already taken, so I made my
username “Logantaylor0115”.

8. The two boxes that say “Keep me signed in on this computer” and “Tailor
Twitter on my recent website visits” are for making Twitter more convenient.
If you are the only one who uses your computer, or if you don’t care who gets
onto your Twitter profile, you can check the first box.

9. If you check the second box, Twitter will keep track of the websites you visit,
and makes suggestions of people and/or organizations that you might find
interesting to follow. For instance, if you like looking up new food recipes,
Twitter might suggest that you follow Emeril Lagasse, or Paula Deen

10. After you have filled in all of the boxes
correctly, click “Create my account”

11. Then a page like this will appear. In the little box on the
top left hand corner, you click “Next” and follow the
instructions it lays out for you .

12. From here, you start to create your timeline by “following”
people. This means that any time they put anything on Twitter,
whether it be a link, a video, or just a regular Tweet, it will show
up on your timeline, so you can see it.

13. If you have friends that you know are on Twitter, you
can type their name into where it says “Search for”, and
it will bring up all of the people who have that name.

14. For instance, I just looked up “John
Smith”, and I’m having trouble finding the
one that I actually know.

15. Twitter will start by making you follow five people to get your
timeline started. So just choose five people or organizations that
you want to follow. They can be celebrities, friends, or
both, anyone that has a Twitter account.

16. Afterward, it will ask you to choose five more, and this time it
shows you several different categories of people to chose from.
Music, Sports, Government, Entertainment, etc. Add five more
people or organizations to your timeline.

17. And after that, Twitter will ask to search through your
email contacts to find people you know that are on
Twitter.

18. Twitter will ask you to add five more people from you contact lists. If you
don’t want Twitter to do that, or if you don’t have an account with one
of the given providers, or if you don’t have enough contacts to fill the
five person quota, you can click “Skip” at the bottom left hand corner of
the little white box.

19. Next you can upload a photo of yourself to use as a
profile picture, and type a short bio describing who you
are and where you come from, or what you like to do.

20. To upload a picture, click “Upload image”. Then go to
where you store your photos, and pick out one you
like.(It may be wise to ask for help if you are unsure)

21. How to Participate on Twitter
You should now be finished with your set-up
process. You officially have a Twitter account! I
will now go over some of the basics for being
active on Twitter.

22. This is your home page. It is where you can find
you timeline, and you can catch up on all of the
people you are following.

23. On the top right hand corner or the screen is the “Compose
Tweet” button. You press this whenever you want to write a new
Tweet. You can tell people what you are doing, offer your
opinion on some subject, or talk to your friends.

24. You can click on the home button to
take you back to you home page.

25. This is the Connect page. It shows you all of the people
that are talking about you, all of you own Tweets, and
any messages that you might have received.

26. You can get to the Connect page by
clicking on the “@Connect” tab.

27. The Discover page is for finding people to
follow. It offers several different links to
help you do so.

28. The “Tweets” button allows you to see the
Tweets of the people you are following.

29. The “Activity” Button allows you to see what changes
the people you are following have made to their
profile. Like if they are following new people.

30. The “Who to follow” button makes suggestions for people you
might find interesting to follow. Based off of who you are
following already, the websites you are visiting (if you checked
the box during the set-up), and your other actions on Twitter.

31. The “Find friends” button, allows Twitter to
search through your email contacts and find
people who you know that are on Twitter.

32. The “Browse categories” button allows you to search
for people to follow based off of categories such as
music, sports, entertainment, etc.

33. Finally, the “Me” tab, allows you to view your profile,
and make changes to it. It also allows you to see who
you are following, who is following you, etc.

34. Social Networking via Twitter
Now I will tell you some different techniques
that you can use while Tweeting to better
connect with people and get even more
involved in Twitter.

35. If you want to direct a Tweet towards another person, then before you type your
message, you need to type their username. The easiest way to get their username is
to be one of their followers, and then go to your “Me” tab, and click on the link that
says “Following”. Then scroll down to the person you want to Tweet to.

36. Their username is different from their profile name. For instance
the profile name of this person here is “Jamie Johansen”, which
is her real name. But her username is @mylifeNthehills

37. So if I wanted to direct a Tweet at Jamie, I would click on
the “Compose Tweet” button, this little white box will pop
up, and then I would type in her username, then the
message I wanted to say.

38. Hashtags
Hashtags are a way to increase the chances of your
Tweet being seen. It also allows you to see
Tweets posted by other people that are talking
about the same thing you are. For instance, If I
Tweeted something like “Going to a George Strait
concert! So excited! #countrymusic”, I could then
search #countrymusic, or click on
#countrymusic, and Twitter would show me all of
the tweets that included #countrymusic. All that
it takes to add a hashtag is simply placing the
pound symbol “#” in front of a short phrase
without spaces.

39. Conclusion
Those are the basics for getting started onto
Twitter, I hope I was able to help you! The best
advice that I can give you is to just play around
on the site until you figure out all of its quirks,
don’t be afraid to push buttons.

40. Need Extra Help?
• If you are wanting to do something that I
didn’t go over, or have something that you
don’t understand, then go to
support.twitter.com. I found much of my
information there, and they have many
different functions to help you learn.