Week 4 kicks off with an introduction to HOOTSUITE!
I have to admit I never heard of HOOTSUITE before I started developing the course. After joining some Social Media groups, chats and purchasing a few books, one company kept getting mentioned, Hootsuite. I quickly went out to their site to see what all the hype was about. After viewing a few of their education courses, I knew that students would enjoy learning in this fashion.
Hootsuite offers a free education program for schools, so I immediately requested access for my students. Although the 1st 3 courses are pretty easy, the next courses get more difficult because they will be focusing on the Hootsuite application. Once all the free courses are completed, students will take a free certification exam.
I feel like week 5 will be the start of what I call, "The Social Media Experience". By the final weeks of the semester, the goal is to be able to use social media to "accomplish a goal". I'm not giving it away in this blog post, but it will be a worthy goal for any student taking this course.
Graphic is one of Hootsuite's own creative graphics... Hootsuite.com
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