One problem teachers frequently experience on Facebook is that once students find one teacher, they’ve generally hit a goldmine and quickly find lots of other teachers through each other’s pages. However when it comes to Facebook, everyone seems to be even closer. The six degrees of separation theory says that everyone can be connected by a maximum of six steps. Simply go into the Manage section of your Likes and then use the Edit Privacy option to readjust who can see the pages you like. To make sure your students don’t uncover your secret obsessions, you can edit the privacy of your Likes. Even when you’ve limited the audience for your old posts, the things you “like” are often still visible to the public. Beware of embarrassing “likes”Īn aspect of your profile that is harder to control than others is the Likes section. To access the Limit Old Posts tool, go to Settings and then to Privacy. This will change the privacy of all past posts from public or friends of friends to friends only. To avoid having to go through each post individually and check the privacy settings, use the “Limit Old Posts” option. There might be some pictures from freshers’ nights out, back before you started worrying about your privacy settings. When you first start teaching it’s important to look back at posts from your early days on Facebook. To access the “View as” tool, click on the three dots (ellipsis) beside the View Activity Log button, at the top of your profile page. By viewing your profile as public you can quickly see if you’re sharing too much information. This option allows you to see your profile from the perspective of a particular friend or as if you were just a member of the general public. If the little globe icon appears, your post will be public for anyone to see.Īnother Facebook tool, which is useful for ensuring you’re not over sharing, is the “View as” option. Before you post anything online know who will see the post. From here you can quickly change who sees your posts and profile information.ĭid you know that privacy settings on Facebook are “sticky”? This means that if your last post was public, your next one will also be public unless you change the privacy settings again. By clicking on the lock symbol on the Facebook toolbar, you’ll be guided through the three-part Privacy Checkup. Take the Privacy CheckupĪ good way of checking who can see your Facebook posts is to take the Privacy Checkup. Once a picture is no longer a profile or cover picture you can go back and edit the privacy settings so that the picture is no longer public. It’s probably best to go for a pretty generic picture that reflects well on you or one that avoids revealing your identity at all. For this reason, it is especially important that the photos you use for your profile and cover pictures are not compromising. No matter what you do, your profile picture, cover picture and name will always be public on Facebook. To keep your recent holiday photos private and make sure that the world doesn’t know you listen to Cheryl Cole as you work out, here is some advice for teachers on Facebook: 1. You can be sure they’ll be checking out your online profiles, as soon as they’ve figured out your first name. Students love to have the inside scoop on their teachers. If you’re new to teaching, or just new to Facebook, one thing you should definitely do before you step foot in the classroom is check your Facebook privacy settings.
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