{"id":7000,"date":"2018-05-22T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=7000"},"modified":"2018-05-21T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:04:19","slug":"instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/05\/22\/instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7006 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2.png 398w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/app-icon2-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week we are introducing a fabulous social media tool, Instagram. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram is a social media app which allows users to share images and video clips. As social media sites like Facebook (which its worth noting is the parent company which owns Instagram) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/feb\/12\/is-facebook-for-old-people-over-55s-flock-in-as-the-young-leave\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">continue to fall in terms of use amongst younger users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> apps such as Instagram are thriving particularly amongst the 16-24 age group and so can be a good way of engaging and communicating with students in a format they find engaging and relatable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram allows you to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upload images onto your account and share them with other users.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comment on other users\u2019 posts and comments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use Instagram Stories which are short video clips or images that you can annotate with text, drawings or other visual content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow hashtags on certain topics and trends.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow other Instagram users and tag them in your content. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Livestream yourself and allow other users to co-livestream with you at the same time using the \u201cLive\u201d feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Post questions on your Stories that your followers can respond to.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information on how to create and set up your account can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/1642053262784201\/?helpref=hc_fnav&amp;bc[0]=368390626577968&amp;bc[1]=898918476885209&amp;bc[2]=1792682960953228\">Instagram help site.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7001\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7001\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7001\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-576x1024.png\" alt=\"annotated image in Instagram\" width=\"413\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-100x178.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-150x267.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-200x356.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-300x533.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-450x800.png 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114-600x1067.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/05\/Screenshot_20180517-102114.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">annotated image in Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Is it free?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram is completely free. You will simply need to download the app and then create an account either using an existing email address or a Facebook account .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it work on my device?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram works on Android and iOS. It is also possible to view Instagram images on web browsers, but web users cannot upload content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where can I get the app? <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/developer?id=Instagram&amp;hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Play (for Android)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/instagram\/id389801252?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">iTunes (for ipad\/iphone)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Ideas for using Instagram in learning and teaching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use \u00a0to collectively build a visual resource around a topic. You could use a hashtag to collect posts together, or create a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/113882968962608\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">group conversation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to share and comment on posts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/instagram-stories-polls-how-to-use\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stories sticker feature to create polls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create role-playing learning scenarios where students put themselves in the place of others and try to work out what sort of content they\u2019d post, taking on the role of a famous historical or fictional literary figure for example. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you would like help with using Instagram or to discuss how this or any other digital tools could help you in your teaching or learning please get in touch with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/ourservice\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TEL team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Canvas Training<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Places are filling up fast on our Canvas Fundamentals training workshops. We strongly encourage <strong>all Sussex academic staff<\/strong> to sign up for a place. Attending the workshop will familiarise you with Canvas and your options for teaching with the new VLE. It also gives you access to your migrated modules from 17\/18.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;width: 12em;margin: 0;padding: 0.1em 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em;background-color: #df465a;text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"font-variant: small-caps;font-size: 1.4em;font-weight: bold\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;color: #fff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/learningtechnologies\/canvas\/canvastraining\">book a place now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Professional Services staff are also welcome to book a place on this workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are introducing a fabulous social media tool, Instagram. Instagram is a social media app which allows users to share images and video clips. 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