Tootorials (Updated: 12/26/2022)

Howdy, here’s a round up of all my Fediverse tutorials or tootorials. Hope they are useful to you. My purpose in crafting them was to learn more about the Fediverse tools featured below. I have a lot to learn, but who knows, you may find what I share worthwhile.Everything is shared under Creative Commons ShareAlike-NonCommercial, so have fun!

Get back here - https://go.mgpd.org/feditoots and you may also enjoy this guide at TCEA’s TechNotes blog for educators, How To Get Started with Mastodon.

Mastodon

Stuff to Read First

• Find an Education Friendly Mastodon Instance

• Import the EduTooters List

• Tips for Using Mastodon

• Posting Animated GIFs

• Connect with Other Educators 

• Block Bad Domains

• Securing Your Mastodon Account with 2FA 

• Boost and Favorite Those Posts/Toots

 Technical Tips

• **Cross-Posting to and from Twitter/Mastodon
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• **A Toot Bookmarklet for Sharing Websites
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• Be sure to read about the Firefox add-on to simplify following people.

• Finding EduFolks

• Finding People in the Fediverse

• Translating Toots/Posts in Mastodon

• #Tootorial - Importing #FollowingList Members for #Mastodon

• Making Backups of Your Mastodon Data

Nice To Know

• Mapping or Visualizing the Fediverse
• Curating News Sources on Mastodon 

Video Series

• Part 1 - Introductions and Selecting a Mastodon Instance that is focused on Education
• Part 2 - Exploring Mastodon Preferences, including Importing Following Lists of EduTooters (or how to quickly add people to follow to your list) 
• Part 3 -  A discussion of apps to use on smartphones and tablets 
• Part 4 - Migrating from One Mastodon Instance to Another
• Part 5 - How to Set Up Your Profile, Bio, and Pin a Post
• Part 6 - Importing the EduTooters List

 Images 

 

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