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Using Facebook Live

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Using Facebook Live

Teaching over Facebook is a great way to reach your learners on a platform many of them already use. Facebook has tools you can use for real-time teaching and your learners can use on their own time. One of those tools is Facebook Live.

First, let’s log into Facebook. In your address bar, type www.facebook.com and press Enter on your keyboard.

Never used Facebook before? No problem! Check out our Facebook lesson plan for help.

• You can access a Facebook lesson for Android devices by clicking here.

• You can access a Facebook lesson for iOS devices by clicking here.

Click on the Groups button at the top of the Facebook page. Then open your Facebook Group.

A Facebook Group is the best way to reach your learners through Facebook Live. If you've never created a Facebook Group before, check out our Facebook Groups lesson plan.

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Real-time teaching with Facebook Live

You can use Facebook Live to stream a live video of your lesson to your learners. With Facebook Live, you can use a webcam or the camera on your phone to film yourself teaching, and broadcast your video live to your learners.

All your learners need is the link to your Facebook Live video. They don’t need a Facebook account. But if your learners have a Facebook account, they can participate in your presentation by posting comments in your Facebook Group.

On the right side of your Facebook Group page, click on the Create Post button.

Then click on the red Live Video button. If you don’t see it, click on the 3 dots on the right to find it.

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You can add a title and a description so your learners know what your live video is about.

When you’re ready to start a live video, click Go Live.

If you’d rather schedule your live video for another time, click Schedule a Live Video on the top left of the Facebook page.

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Then, pick a date and time for your video stream. You can schedule a Facebook Live video up to one week in advance.

You can add an image to your post by clicking Select an Image. Then, choose an image from your computer.

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Alaina MacDonaldAfter you’ve gone live, or scheduled a live video, Facebook will make a post in your group.

When you’re finished entering information, click Schedule Live Video. When you schedule a video, Facebook will post the information in your group. Everyone in your Facebook Group will receive a notification about your post.

Tip: Facebook recommends that you start your live video 20 minutes before your start time to make sure your camera and sound are working.

You need to go live within 10 minutes of the scheduled time or Facebook will cancel your video.

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When it’s nearly time for your scheduled Facebook Live video to begin, you’ll see a countdown timer on your post. To start your live video, click on Broadcaster Only: Edit Your Details at the bottom right of the image.

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Click on Use Camera, if this option is not already selected.

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Then, click on Start Live Video at the bottom left of your screen.

Your Facebook Group members will be able to see the live stream in your Facebook Group.

You can end your live video stream by clicking End Live Video.

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After you end a live video, Facebook will post a recording of the video to your Facebook Group.

You can view the video by clicking View Post. You can also cut out parts of your video by clicking Trim Your Video.

You can delete the video, and remove it from your Facebook Group, by clicking Delete Video and Return to Group.

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Check out these links to learn more about Facebook LiveFacebook Live

www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/solutions/facebook-live

Tips for Using Facebook Livewww.facebook.com/facebookmedia/blog/tips-for-using-live

How do I go Live on Facebook? www.facebook.com/help/1636872026560015

10 Facebook Live Tips: Before, During & After a Broadcastwww.sproutsocial.com/insights/facebook-live-tips/

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Using polls with Facebook Live

You can use polls when running a Facebook Live video. Everyone in your video stream will receive a poll they can answer immediately.

From your live video streaming page, click on Polls. You can create a question and possible answers. When using polls in a Facebook Live video, you can only add 4 possible answers.

After you’ve typed in your questions and answers, click Save. Then click on Publish Poll.

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Tip: You can create polls in advance. When you’re ready for your learners to answer them, click on your poll and click Publish Poll.When you publish a poll, your learners will see the poll pop up in their live video stream.

When your learners answer the poll question, the results will be updated automatically on your screen.

If you want to, you can click Show Results in Video to let your learners see the results of the poll.

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Review

Now let’s see what you’ve learned

What do you want to do next?

We’re done!

Did everything make sense?

Is there anything you want to try again?

Do you think you can do these things by yourself?

Refresh, let’s go over this lesson again

I understand it all, let’s go to the next lesson

Can you... Yes Not Yet

Start a Live Video?

Create a Facebook Live poll?

Schedule a Live Video?

End a Live Video?