Become a Google+ Wizard

What is Google+?

Google+ (pronounced and sometimes written as Google Plus) is an interest-based social network that is owned and operated by Google. It is located at http://plus.google.com.

Accessing Google+

1. Open Google+

2. Enter your username and password > Sign in.

Note: You'll automatically be signed in to Google+ if you've already signed in to another Google product in the same browser.

There is an iPad app for Google+ - https://goo.gl/CAe9s

Learn the Layout

You should see something like this:

Posts

To share a post:

1. Click the share icon .

2. Type your post.

1. To share a photo, click the photo icon .

1. To share a link, click the link icon .

2. To share your location, click the location icon .

3. To choose who to share the post with, click the blue text next to your name. You can share with a person, a Collection, a Community, or a circle.

4. Click POST.

Reshare a post on Google+

To reshare something someone else posted:

1. On the post you want to reshare, click or touch the share icon.

• 1. On a computer or the Android app: .

  2. On iOS: .

1. Click or touch Share on Google+.

2. Choose who you want to share the post with.

Google+ Tools

1. Click or touch POST (on a computer or the iOS app) or the post icon (on Android).

Note: If you don't see the share icon, it means the person who made the post chose not to let people reshare it. You can't share privately shared posts publicly.

Comment on a post

You can comment on posts that other people share. Anyone who can see a post you comment on can see, reply to, and +1 your comment, unless you've blocked them or they blocked you.

To comment on a post:

1. Open the post you want to comment on.

• • Home: Your “newsfeed”

  • Collections: A new way to group your posts by topic

  • Communities: Groups you can belong to based on interest

  • Profile: View and edit your profile page

  • People: Circles - personalized groups of friends or contacts

  • Settings: Set your G+ the way you want it

  • Send Feedback: Send Google Suggestions

  • Help: Get Google+ help

1. Click or touch the comment icon .

Set Up Your Profile

You can choose what information you share on your Google+ profile by using your profile settings. The only information you can't hide is your name, profile photo, and cover photo.

1. Click on Edit Profile

2. Add a Profile photo

3. Add a Cover photo

4. Add a Tagline if you have one

5. Customize your Profile even further

6. Click Save

Find People

When you follow someone on Google+, you can see posts they've made in your home stream.

When you follow someone:

• They are added to your "Following" circle

• They might get a notification letting them know that you're following them.

• They can see that you're following them.

• They can choose what you see from them.

• They can see what you share.

To follow someone:

1. Open the profile of the person you want to follow. You can search for their name, or click or touch their photo next to a comment or post they've made.

2. Click or touch FOLLOW.

To unfollow someone:

1. Open the profile of the person you want to unfollow. You can search for their name, or click or touch their photo next to a comment or post they've made.

2. Click or touch FOLLOWING (or the name of the circle they’re in).

3. Unselect the "Following" circle.

4. Click or touch DONE or OK.

Build Your Circles

The most important and useful part of Google+ is Circles. Circles allow you to categorize your friends, family, and everyone else, in the most appropriate ways.

Why set up circles?

•Organization: As you connect with more and more people on Google Plus, it is nice to be able to remember how you connected with them.

•Ease of Browsing: If you want to find recipes that are being shared, you can easily choose to look at just the updates from your “Food Bloggers” circle.

•Targeted Sharing: You don’t want to share vacation photos with

your business contacts. Having your personal friends in a circle

together makes it easy to ensure you can share your vacation photos

with only those you want to see them.

To Create a Circle:

In the Navigation menu, click or touch People.

1. Click or touch Following.

2. Click or touch NEW CIRCLE.

3. Name your circle, then click or touch CREATE.

Add or remove someone from a circle

When you follow someone, they are put in your "Following" circle by default. To add someone to your "Following" circle, follow that person.

To add someone to a different circle:

1. Open the profile of the person you want to move to another circle.

2. Click or touch the name of the circle that they're in, or the checkmark next to their name.

3. Use the menu to add them to a different circle.

4. Click or touch DONE.

To remove someone from a circle:

1. Open the profile of the person you want to move to another circle.

2. Click or touch the name of the circle that they're in.

3. In the menu that appears, uncheck a circle to remove them from that circle.

4. Click or touch DONE.