One-step social media checklist

By the Ourmedia staff

Here's a checklist of how to get started in social media:

Get grounded

• Glossary: A quick guide to personal media and social media.

• What is a wiki?

• What is Creative Commons?

• What is RSS?

• Choose your blog platform

• Essential tools for social media from Essential Keystrokes.

Get started with video

• Video section: Learning Center tutorials and training materials.

• Videoblogging resources: video directories, tutorials, search engines, Internet television and how to publish vlogs.

• How to make and distribute digital movies

• Freevlog: Short step-by-step screencasts to get you up and running.

• Open Media Directory: Where to find legal, copyright-free music and video clips for your video.

Get started with audio

• Audio section: Learning Center tutorials and training materials.

• Podcasting basics Q&A

• Tutorial: How to create a podcast and How to build a 10-minute podcast

• A simple guide to publishing audio

• Super-fast guide to audio editing: A step-by-step tutorial on how to use Audacity.

Photo basics

• Free Photos Directory. Where to find images you can reuse and include in your work.

• 6 tips to help you shoot digital photos like a pro

More essentials

• The law: A deep set of resources on copyright, law, fair use and grassroots media.

• An introduction to screencasting

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