I.T 101.1 project

Diversity CollegeLaura Bickert

Kelly FergusonLeigh FineEmily Smith

Friend or Foe: What Your Facebook

Profile Says About You

Why Now?!?

• Today’s students are technologically savvy and turn to online communication to form relationships. These interactions have positive and negative implications, and facebook.com is no exception.

• facebook.com has recently impacted the Diversity College campus community in a negative manner.

As a response to recent events on campus, our community has developed a lesson plan for an orientation program and an online tutorial that will be required for all incoming students.

Action Plan



The purpose of this program is to educate incoming students about Facebook, a popular online community. The program will address the positive aspects of Facebook, raise awareness of its dangers, and provide helpful tips about preventing those dangers.

The program will occur during a rotating August orientation program with approximately 800 students per session, lasting no longer than 1.5 hours per session.

Students will be formally introduced to facebook.com from the institution’s perspective.

Educate students on the safe utilization of an online community.

Raising student awareness about the advantages and dangers of using facebook.com.

Students will learn campus policies regarding responsible computing.

Students will learn peer perspectives on Diversity College’s facebook.com culture.

OBJECTIVES



What You’ll Need: Laptop and projector to show PowerPoint presentation Explain facebook.com, including its history rapid growth across college campuses, features added to enhance the online community, and other uses (Residence Life)

Refer to possible scenarios and ask the audience if they think it could happen (Campus Police) Goal: Help the students overcome the “this won’t

happen to me” mentality Use scenarios to point out advantages and disadvantages

of being a member of an online community (Residence Life)

Talk about Diversity College’s campus culture related to facebook.com (student Orientation leaders)

Show the students how to navigate the website responsibly, including privacy settings and content of information for a facebook.com profile (IT staff)



What is the facebook.com?

“An online directory that connects people through social networks at schools” (facebook.com, 2006)

“Part huge chat room, part diary, and part dating service, the Facebook site allows college students to post their photos and tell about themselves – sometimes too much” (Messenger, 2005)

Launched in February 2004 for college students Launched in September 2005 for high school students More than 9.4 million users, estimated 85% of colleges

are members Exists at more than 2,000 colleges Features: make friends, keep in touch and reconnect with

friends, personal message boards or “walls”, “poke” other people, join groups, post photos, connections through classes - study groups, advertise parties and events, view the campus “Pulse”

Scenarios: Could this REALLY

happen? A freshman reported that some of her female

friends had unwanted male visitors show up at their dorm rooms after posting personal information on Facebook

A graduating senior lost a job due to her Facebook account contradicting some of her answers from an interview and information on her resume

A student said, “Sometimes I’ll sign-off Facebook and just stare at the login screen like a cocaine addict looking at the edge of his coffee table, thinking to myself, ‘Well, I’ve really got nothing better to do right now,’ and then I sign right back on”

YES: Buckman, 2005.

YES: Montermini, 2005.

YES: Benner, 2005.

Advantages of

facebook.com Advertising/Marketing

Reach a large portion of the campus community about upcoming programs and services on or off campus (boost event attendance)

Contact classmates for study groups Good marketing or recruitment tool for jobs and organizations

Very inexpensive! Networking Opportunity

Students, alumni, peers, and professionals can keep in touch Self-expression

Share information about themselves - interests, organizations, etc.

Increased ease of communication

Stalking and Identity Theft Easy to access information about: class schedules, job location, room or apartment location, cell phone number

False sense of security Many people can obtain .edu email accounts other than students

Addiction and procrastination Advertise inappropriate behavior and events

Opportunities for underage drinking, illegal drug use, etc.

Portray a negative image of self or group Show group drinking or using illegal drugs Joining a group about illegal use of drugs and/or alcohol, demonstrating apathy - don’t join something you wouldn’t be proud to tell your parents about

Dangers offacebook.com

Diversity College Culture

AddictionPost messages on “walls” instead of personally interacting

Spending hours on facebook.com Types of Parties and Events

Greek eventsCampus activities - movies, speakers, lecture series

Advertises parties as high risk drinking venues

Campus “Pulse”Compilation of campus entertainment interests

Tips for Using facebook.com

Limit your time spent on facebook.com Don’t update your profile too often

You will draw attention to your profile You may be spending too much time on facebook.com

Be careful of the information you’re making available to others Adjust privacy settings

Be aware of the image you portray when joining groups as well as posting pictures and messages

Don’t accept people as friends if you don’t know them

Assessment & Evaluation

Assessment will begin after the August orientation session

Judicial violations involving facebook.com will be brought to the administration’s attention and will be measured quantitatively with previous years’ violations

This assessment will continue in future years to gauge the impact of the August orientation session

As part of the orientation assessment, an online evaluation form will be done at the end of the session to give direct feedback to the committee to improve the program every year

Orientation Evaluation

Diversity Collegefacebook.com Orientation Evaluation

By attending this session, I…

Learned something about Diversity College… 5 4 3 2 1

Learned something about the topic… 5 4 3 2 1

Believe it will help me adjust to college… 5 4 3 2 1

The most helpful part of the session was:

The least helpful part of the session was:

Suggestions for the program:

© 2006 Diversity College

Diversitty College, Multicultural, OH, 51515, (565) 555-4544

Strongly

Agree Agree Neutral Disagree

Strongly

Disagree

Online Tutorial: Topics to Include

Security Presenting a positive image Who has access? Privacy settings Groups Positive aspects Connections to other sources (webpages, blogs, etc.)

Adding friends Read facebook.com Terms of Use

Online Tutorial

Diversity Collegefacebook.com Safety and Use Tutorial

Welcome to an online tutorial for your use of facebook.com! Passing this tutorial is a requirement for all incoming Diversity College students before they are permitted access to our campus network resources.

facebook.com is a website that has grown in popularity as of late with students on college campuses across the nation. It is a powerful tool that allows you to:

• Post information about yourself and your interests;

• Network with others by confirming them as “friends” using facebook.com;

• Meet others with similar interests or the same classes using a search feature;

• Post your class schedule to share information with professors or classmates;

• Post pictures of you and your friends to share with others on facebook.com;

• Join groups to share common interests with others.

Of course, with the use of this public website comes great responsibility. As a student of Diversity College, you are creating a profile that will reflect on you as a person - as well as our institution. Therefore, this tutorial is meant to teach you about some of the features of facebook.com and how you can go about navigating the site safely and appropriately.

At the end of the tutorial, a 20-question quiz will be administered. You will have to answer 16, or 80%, of the questions correctly to obtain a passing score. If you fail to do so, you will have to repeat the quiz until you receive a passing grade. It is important to pay attention to the information presented and be prepared to take the quiz.

If you have any questions, please contact Leigh Fine, Director of Information Technology, at 555-4444, or a computer lab administrator.

Click the “Continue” button below to proceed.

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The Diversity College facebook.com Committee:

Laura BickertPresidentDiversity College

Kelly FergusonDean of StudentsDiversity College

Leigh FineDirector of ITDiversity College

Emily SmithChief of Campus PoliceDiversity College



Online Tutorial


What is facebook.com?• Facebook (www.facebook.com) is an online resource to facilitate student connection.

o NOTE: ANYONE with an email account from a college supported by the facebook.com can sign up on the site, including professors and administrators

• Facebook allows you to view public profiles of students on the facebook.com at your school with public profiles or students from other schools who have listed you as a friend, join groups to stay connected with those with similar interests, and list class schedules to network with those in your courses.

• You can also search for people or groups, as well as post digital photographs for your friends to view.


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http://www.facebook.com/


Before you use facebook.com…There are several things to keep in mind. You agree not to:

“…violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material;

“…harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of members from the website by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications;

“…use automated scripts to collect information from the website or for any other purpose;

“…upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or other objectionable;

“…impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity;

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“…upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, ‘junk mail,’ ‘spam,’ ‘chain letters,’ ‘pyramid schemes,’ or any other form of solicitation;

“…upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

“…intimidate or harass another;

“…use or attempt to use another’s account, service or system without authorization from website, or create a false identity on this website.” (www.facebook.com, 2006).

o NOTE: Doing so may result in a loss of your facebook.com membership.


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Creating a Profile: Things to Remember• You have the ability to post a great deal of information on your facebook.com profile. Be aware: facebook.com is a PUBLIC site, accessible to anyone with an account, including (but not limited to) professors, parents, future employers, friends, enemies, college administrators, or significant others. If you do not want EVERYONE in those aforementioned groups to have your cell phone number, for instance - DON’T POST IT!

• Membership in groups and what you decide to post on your profile also reflects on the type of person you are and the type of people you associate with. Others may form preconceived notions about what kind of person you are based solely on what they read from your profile.

• If you link to other websites in your profile, be aware that those sites, too, are reflective of you and your character.

• facebook.com allows you to post pictures of others - but also allows others to post pictures of you. Even if you are careful about what pictures you post of yourself, be cautious and check what pictures others have posted of you! Certain pictures could call your character into question.

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• You can control who can search for and view your profile using the Facebook’s privacy settings. The default settings allow anyone at your institution who is registered on facebook.com to see your profile - so be aware.

• Be sure to follow the Facebook’s instructions and Terms of Use when creating a profile.



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What can happen if I violate these terms?• facebook.com shuts down your profile

• Loss of campus computing privileges

• Campus judicial action

• Local, state, or federal judicial action

This concludes the tutorial.

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Quiz


Quiz

1. What can facebook.com be used for?

Find people in your classes

Find people in your residence halls

Join groups of those with similar interests

All of the above

2. On default privacy settings, who can see your profile?

Everyone on facebook.com

Everyone from your institution on facebook.com

Everyone

Only the people in your classes

Complete each multiple choice question by selecting the response that best answers the question. A score of 16, or 80%, is necessary to pass the quiz and be allowed to access the campus network.


3. Which of the following from your institution might have a facebook.com profile - and, therefore, could search for your profile under default privacy settings?

Your friends

Your RA

Your institution’s president

All of the above

4. Which of the following is an inappropriate use of facebook.com?

Finding someone in your class who can help you with homework

Sending message to your significant other

Listing yourself as Martha Stewart in your profile

Posting pictures of the Statue of Liberty

5. Others can post pictures of you on facebook.com without your permission.TrueFalse

6. You may post an MP3 from your Spice Girls CD of “Wannabe” on your facebook.com site for your friends to download.TrueFalse

Quiz


7. Which of the following can happen if you violate the terms of use?

Loss of facebook.com membership

Loss of campus computing privileges

Campus judicial action

All of the above

8. You are eighteen years of age, and just took a job in the Admissions Office. Your supervisor logged onto facebook.com and saw a picture of you drinking alcohol at a party. Legally, your supervisor can fire you for seeing this picture.

TrueFalse

9. Which of the following could potentially have access to your phone number if you post it in your profile, under default privacy settings?

Your friends

Your professor

The person in your class who has an unhealthy crush on you

All of the above

Quiz


10. Posting your class schedule…

Allows others to link pictures to your profile

Could let thieves know when you might be away from your room

Allow others to copy your homework

Registers you for those classes

11. To protect yourself and your privacy, before you accept someone as your “friend” on facebook.com…

Check their profile to see if they’re single

Consider how they might feel if you reject them

Make sure you know them personally

Check if your friends are friends with them

12. facebook.com is a private site owned by your institution.

True

False

13. You can change your privacy settings so…

People without a facebook.com profile can find your profile

Only your friends can see your facebook.com profile

Anyone at your institution can see your facebook.com profile

Only people not at your institution can search for you

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14. You can advertise on facebook.com…

Through facebook.com message spam

In your profile to sell your new invention

By paying the site through its third-party advertising system

By using a program to collect others’ email addresses

15. You can access facebook.com…

Only from on-campus computer labs

Only from a computer linked to the campus network

From any computer with internet access

None of the above

16. Your professor has the ability to use facebook.com to post class information.

True

False

17. Which of the following is an inappropriate use of facebook.com?

Creating a group called “We Hate Alex”

Creating a group called “Diversity Hall Rocks!”

Creating a group called “Math Majors are Math-tastic”

Creating a group called “We Hate Algebra”

Quiz


18. Your friend from a different institution can see your profile…

At will.

Only after you’ve confirmed him/her as a “friend” on facebook.com.

Never. Only people from your institution can see your profile.

Automatically.

19. Which of the following can be posted on a facebook.com profile?

Pornographic images.

Copyrighted music.

Pictures of you and your friends walking across the stage at graduation.

Libelous statements.

20. After joining facebook.com, your confirmed “friends” can…

Have access to your posted digitial pictures.

Network with others by seeing you are facebook.com “friends” with.

Find common interests by looking through your groups.

All of the above.This concludes the quiz.

Please click on the “Submit Quiz” button below to score your quiz.



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Quiz

• Buckman, R. (2005). Too much information? Colleges fear student postings on popular ‘Facebook’ site could pose security risks. The Wall Street Journal. 8 December 2005. pB1.

• Benner, J. (2005). Facebook more than a way of life. The BG News. 15 November 2005.

• Johnson, D.J. (2005). Common faux pas of Facebook. The BG News. 02 August 2005.

• Facebook.com, 2006• Messenger, T. (2005.) Real world lessons still apply in

students’ facebook world. Columbia Daily Tribune. 22 November 2005.

• Montermini, F. (2005). Facebook raises privacy concerns. The Trinity Tripod. 29 November 2005.

• Toomey, S. (2005). Facebook is new who’s who for students. The Chicago Sun-Times. 14 November 2005.

• Withall, R. (2005). Facing the facts about Facebook. The Villanovan. 18 November 2005.

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