Create A Facebook Account: Intel® Easy Steps
Create A Facebook Account: Intel® Easy Steps
In this activity, we will use Facebook which allows you to create and share information, videos, photographs and
other content about yourself and your business with friends and other communities.
Note: You should create an email id for yourself before you can register and start using Facebook if you do not
have one already.
1. Start the web browser. (See, Help Guide, Web Technologies Skill 1.1 or 3.1)
2. Click to place your cursor in the Address or Location bar. Type http://www.facebook.com. (See Help Guide,
Web Technologies Skill 1.4 or 3.4)
Note: Make sure that you type the Web site address correctly since a typing error may take you to a
different Web site that does not work.
3. Press the Enter key on your keyboard or click the Go button. Then, wait as the Web page loads on your
computer.
1. Before you can create a page for your business or create your own profile, you need to sign up for a
Facebook account. Read the page and look for Sign Up. You will notice some boxes, which appears like a
form.
2. Fill in the registration details in the boxes, such as your: Name, Last Name (Surname), Email address,
Password, Gender and Date of birth.
The first step is to ‘Add Friends’. You will find a list of suggested profiles from Facebook who may be
your friends. Those who have sent a friend request to you will have a ‘Confirm’ button while the
Facebook suggestions will have ‘Add Friend’. If you click on the ‘Confirm’ button, that person will
become your friend. If you click on ‘Add Friend’ button, a friend request is sent to the person and
he/she will have to ‘confirm’ your request.
The second step is to ‘Find Friends’. You will have to provide your email id and Facebook will check if
the contacts in your email are already registered on Facebook. If some of the contacts from your email
id are already on Facebook, you can send an ‘Add Friend’ request to them. When they confirm your
request, they will be added to your list of friends.
The third step is to provide ‘Profile Information’. You will have to provide your personal information
e.g. school/college details, employer details etc.
The fourth step is to provide your ‘Profile Picture’. This picture will be displayed in your friends list of
friends.
Note: You may skip each of these steps by clicking on . However, you can fill the information
required in these steps at a later stage if you skip them during the registration process. If you have
provided information in any of the 4 steps, click on to proceed.
Displays Friend
list suggested by
Facebook
You can add friends from your email contacts by using You can upload or change your profile picture from here after
this section after your Facebook account is created. your Facebook account is created. Alternatively, you can also
take a picture using your webcam.
1. Having a Facebook account allows you to post status messages, which can be seen by your friends. To
post a status message, click to place your cursor in the box under Update status.
4. Click to place your cursor in the comment box. Type your comment and press Enter on your keyboard.
You may click and see the messages sent by You may click and search friends by typing
friends. their names. It will display a list of profiles
with the typed name.