General
Introduction to
X (formerly known as Twitter)
This course will introduce you to the X social media platform. You’ll learn what X is used for and how you can safely create and enjoy using an X account of your own.
This short video guides you through the process of creating a post from your own X account.
Transcript
Welcome to "Using X", formerly called Twitter. X is a social media platform, formerly called Twitter, that lets you share text blurbs, photos, and short videos. These are called Posts, and in this video, Jeremy is going to use the X app on his mobile device to create a post.
While X works the same on any device, the steps in this video may look a little different on yours, but you should still be able to follow along.
To begin, Jeremy opens the X app by tapping on the app icon. For convenience, Jeremy stays logged in to his X account, so he doesn't need to enter his username and password every time he opens the app.
The app opens on Jeremy's Home screen which contains a list of posts from all the people and organisations that he follows. This list is also called a Feed.
Jeremy could just keep scrolling through his feed to see what others have posted, but he's going to create a post instead. His X account is set to Protected, which means that his post will only be visible to the people who follow him. They'll be able to see the post on their Home screen feeds.
[eSafety tip] Be careful about what you post on X or any other social media platform. Your posts can be reposted, quoted, and shared by recipients. So, they can potentially be viewed by anyone, not just the people who follow you.
Jeremy looks for the New Post icon near the bottom of his Home screen. It looks like a circle with a plus sign in it. He taps on it to start composing his post. Jeremy starts typing his post, which must contain fewer than 280 characters.
He can add media to his post in the form of a photo or short video, a live audio recording, or a GIF. Jeremy is pretty chuffed with the photos he took of his eggplants and decides to add them to his post. He taps the photo icon, which looks like a little mountain and sun in a square. A grid of the photos and videos on his phone appears. The latest photos are at the very top of the list. He taps the one he wants for his post and then he taps add. He could tap the maps icon, which looks like an upside-down teardrop, to add information about where the photo was taken, but he decides not to do so this time.
He taps on Everyone can reply, at the bottom left of the page, next to the world icon. This lets him choose who can reply to the post. Because he wants lots of recipe ideas, he'd like anyone who sees the post to be able to reply, so leaves this set to Everyone. And that's it. Jeremy taps on Post in the top right to share the post with his followers.
The post will now appear in the feeds of all the people who follow him. Jeremy is hoping they'll reply so he can try out their recipes. It will also appear on Jeremy's profile page, along with every other post he's ever posted.
1
What is X?
5 min
2
How to create an X account
8 min
3
Controlling your X privacy settings
8 min
4
Posting on X
7 min
5
Common X scams and how to protect yourself against them
6 min