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Linking your Facebook Page to Twitter

October 27, 2009 by

Facebook recently released a great new plugin that allows users to link their Facebook Pages to their Twitter account. If your University unit already has a Facebook Page established but has been hesitant about using Twitter, this tool should help convince you it’s time to set up that new Twitter account.

This new tool will automatically share status updates, links, photos, notes, and events with your followers on Twitter directly from your Facebook Page. You also have the option to choose the kinds of things you want to share both on Twitter and Facebook.

What this means to you is that once you set up a Twitter account and link it to your Facebook Page, this plugin will do all the work for you – importing all of the info you want your Twitter followers to see from Facebook. You only have to update your info once, on Facebook, and your updates will automatically show up on Twitter. It’s a great way to re-purpose content and allow people to keep up-to-date with info from your University unit in different ways.

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to add this plugin to your Facebook Page:

  1. Visit http://www.facebook.com/twitter/ and log in to Facebook.
  2. Click the green button marked Link a Page to Twitter.
  3. A new screen will appear, allowing you to select from the Pages you’ve created to choose one to link. Click the appropriate Link to Twitter button.
  4. Your browser will redirect to Twitter. If you are not logged in, do so, and a screen will appear that asks if you want to allow Facebook access to your account. Click the green Allow button.
  5. You will be redirected back to Facebook, which will ask you what sort of updates you want to be sent to Twitter. Choose from the options and click Save Changes.
  6. Your updates from Facebook will now appear as tweets in your Twitter account, linking back to the original item in Facebook.

If you wish to learn more about using these tools, be sure to read our support pages for both Facebook and Twitter.

Filed Under: Social media Tagged With: app, content, facebook, instructions, new, pages, Plugins, re-purpose, Social Media, support, Twitter, update, updates, Web

iTunes U Artwork Updated

September 22, 2009 by

Last week we updated all of the artwork for our Complete Public Courses in iTunes U. Here are a few examples of the new artwork:

telecourse-tale3superpowerstelecourse-surveyofAstronomytelecourse-missouriGovtelecourse-introductiontoReligion

We have already seen a jump in views and downloads for some of our courses: the Classical Mythology course by Dr. Joseph Hughes is in the Top 20 Downloads for all of iTunes U, and is currently the #1 Download in the Literature category in iTunes U.

iTunes U Top Downloads

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apple, artwork, blog, Blogs, courses, design, iTunes U, new, update, updates, Web

Join us on Twitter!

June 3, 2009 by

The Office of Web and New Media has a new Twitter account where we’ll be posting news and updates from our blog, as well as sharing resources from our Delicious account. Start following us on Twitter to keep up to date with what is going on in our office, and make sure to use the #msuweb tag to share items with us.

Filed Under: Social media Tagged With: blog, delicious, media, new, new media, News, resources, Social Media, Twitter, update, updates, Web, web 2.0

International Center and Missouri State University Foundation Web Sites Updated

May 15, 2009 by

International Center
International Center
Missouri State University Foundation Screenshot
Missouri State University Foundation

Yesterday, a couple of web sites went live that had substantial updates:

  • Missouri State University Foundation
  • International Center

Both of these sites are within Web Press. Because the Missouri State Foundation is a separate entity from the University, it uses a custom html template.

Additionally, these sites used some features that are available to all University web sites:

  • Custom stylesheet
    A CSS stylesheet sets the colors, backgrounds, fonts, etc of the sites. On the International Center, this was applied to the standard University template to tweak it to a unique design.
  • Master calendar feed
    The International Center homepage shows events on the master calendar from each of its subsites (International Center, English Language Institute, China Programs, International Business Programs and International Student Services). The Foundation web site includes Foundation and Alumni Association events. When events are added to the master calendar that are sponsored by these units, they automatically appear on each site’s homepage.
  • News feed through a blog
    Each site has a corresponding blog site that houses the news and updates. The RSS feed for the blog is fed into the site’s homepage. When a post is made to the blog, it automatically appears on the site’s homepage.
  • Spotlights/testimonials
    The sites also use a new spotlights system, which is a central system that collects photos, videos and text about a faculty/staff member, student, alum or donor. Each spotlight can be associated with a department, and then the associated spotlights can display on the department’s web pages.

University units wanting more information about using these features can contact the Office of Web and New Media at x65271 or web@missouristate.edu.

Filed Under: News, Web Press Tagged With: app, blog, Blogs, design, feature, international, lab, master calendar, media, new, new media, News, pages, rss, template, update, updates, Video, Web, Web Press

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