Boosting your online identity

This will help you to begin building an online profile which highlights what you want others to see about you.

There are four steps to this exercise:

1. Decide what you want to create.
2. Create it!
3. Share the link to your work with your fellow learners in the comments, along with a few sentences about what it is and how you would use it.
4. Have a look and comment on a few other learners’ efforts.

Here are a few things to consider when deciding what to create:

1. Think about what you said you want to advertise about yourself. What topics, hobbies, interests or causes are important to you?
2. Look back over what we’ve covered so far in this course, for ideas about what to create and tips on how to do so effectively.
3. If you have a specific goal in mind, think about what format would be most appropriate to meet that goal.
4. You can create whatever you like, but if you don’t know where to start here are a few ideas:
   • A blog post.
   • A short video diary entry
   • A new Twitter account with a few tweets

Ensure that the topic you choose is appropriate to a wide audience: you may not wish to publish anything which is particularly personal. Remember also that, due to privacy settings, not everyone keeps their profile open for anyone to view.