Twitter

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a 'micro-blogging' feature which allows you to be made aware of Bluffton Adult and Graduate Education class cancellations.  Our office will use Twitter to contact you with class cancellations only.   Twitter is also a great way for to stay connected with others, 140 characters at a time.

Specifically, through the Bluffton Adult and Graduate Education Twitter account, you can receive class cancellations (conveniently to your cell phone as a text or as an IM if you so choose.) Know that you may block anybody from following you at any time.

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To check out the Bluffton Adult and Graduate Education Twitter accounts visit:

Bluffton students: http://twitter.com/blufftonageb

Northwest students: http://twitter.com/blufftonagen

Edison students: http://twitter.com/blufftonagee

Owens students: http://twitter.com/blufftonageo

 Setting up an account:

  1. Click the green "Join Today" button.
  2. Type in a username and password.
    • Your username will also determine how your friends can visit your page. For example if your username is "joe" someone could type www.twitter.com/joe to visit your page.
  3. After you set up your account it will ask you what you are doing. Type a brief description in the box, this allows your friends to see what you are up to. Posts are limted to 140 characters, including spaces.
  4. If you clicked on 'get started' from our page, you will automatically be following Blufftonage.
  5. If you'd like, click on 'settings' at the upper right corner of the page to type in your name and bio information to make it easier for your friends to find you.

Adding additional friends:

  1. At the lower right corner, you will see images of those people you are following.  If you click on the Blufftonage icon you will see the blufftonage home page.
  2. At the lower right corner of blufftonage's home page, you will see several small images. These are the people who are already following Blufftonage. Hover over the images to see who they are. If you want to see their page, click on the image. If it is somebody you want to follow, click 'follow' at the top of their page under their photo.
  3. Or, after setting up your account, click on 'find people' then select the 'search' tab. Type either a person's name, location or interest, to search for people.
    • A list will appear of people found using that search criteria. Browse to find your friends.
    • Once you found someone you know you can click the follow button on the right hand side of their listing.

How to see what others are doing:

Once you start to "follow" a friend their status (what they say they are doing) automatically gets added to your homepage. Every time they change their status a new message will be added.

Using Twitter on your cell phone:

  1. In the upper right corner, select 'settings' then click on the 'devices' tab
  2. The next step is to type in your phone number.
  3. After typing your phone number and clicking submit you will see a page that asks you to send a text message to the number 40404. The text will be a random mix of letters.
  4. After sending the text message you will receive one from Twitter. You can now update Twitter from your cell phone by simply sending a text message to 40404. Whatever you write in your text message will appear as what you are currently doing.
  5. To receive messages via text messages (standard text messaging fees apply) first, at the bottom of the right side margin, select "phone" under 'Device Updates.' To have Blufftonage messages sent to your cell phone as a text, click on the Blufftonage image under the word 'Following' in the right column. Click on the gray box under the image. Select the radio button 'on' beside 'device updates.' If you change your mind and no longer want to receive texts, select 'off.' (You may have to wait a day once you activate your device to be able to turn it on to follow a person.)