Learning Instagram

Get up to speed quickly with Instagram, the wildly popular photo-sharing social network.

Get up and running quickly with Instagram, the popular photo-sharing social network. Staff instructor Garrick Chow begins by showing how to find and follow other users and topics of interest. Next, Garrick explains how to take and post your own pictures, shoot videos, and process your images using the many Instagram filters, as well as add captions and hashtags to your posts. He offers tips for building your network and developing a community of followers. Plus, learn how to build Instagram stories—a sequence of photos and videos that expire after a day—and message other users.

Introduction

• Share and build a community with Instagram

1. Get Started with Instagram

• What is Instagram?
• Follow other users and hashtags
• A tour of the Instagram app

2. Shoot, Process, and Post Photos

• Shoot with the camera in Instagram
• Post a photo from your camera roll
• Shooting video
• Crop and rotate images
• Process photos with the built-in filters
• Process photos with the manual tools
• Post multiple photos
• Create an Instagram story
• Create a Reels video

3. Build and Work with Your Community

• Like and comment on photos
• Mentioning others in comments
• Tagging in comments
• Managing comments and blocking users
• Share other users' photos
• Save photos and create collections
• Send direct messages to other users

Conclusion

• Next steps