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 ===== Upload and review ===== ===== Upload and review =====
-Click **Upload** to post the photos. Flickr will indicate that it is uploading and resizing images. When it is done, it will direct you  +  * Click **Upload** to post the photos. ​ 
-to a page where you can edit some properties of the new images. For each image, you can edit the title, description,​ and individual tags. Try to choose a title other than the image’s ​ +    * Flickr will indicate that it is uploading and resizing images. 
-filename (**DSC1125** is hardly descriptive). The description should probably reference the subject of the image as well as any +    * When it is done, it will direct you to a page where you can edit some properties of the new images. 
-events associated with it. +  * For each image, you can edit the **title**, **description**, and **individual tags**.  
 +    * Try to choose a title other than the image’s filename (**DSC1125** is hardly descriptive). ​ 
 +    * The description should probably reference the subject of the image as well as any events associated with it. 
  
 ===== Finish the process ===== ===== Finish the process =====
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 ===== Adding images to the Olin College group photo pool ===== ===== Adding images to the Olin College group photo pool =====
-Adding photos from your collection to the Olin College group photo pool will allow you to share your photos with members of  +Adding photos from your collection to the Olin College group photo pool will allow you to share your photos with members of the group. 
-the group. This allows other members in the group to view, comment, and tag your photos. There are two easy ways you can  + 
-share a photo.  The first way is described in an excerpt from the Flickr FAQ:  +This allows other members in the group to view, comment, and tag your photos. There are two easy ways you can share a photo:   
-Easy! If you're a member of the group, add your photo to the group pool. (If not, join the  + 
-group, because only group members can contribute to the group pool. [This is done by  +The first way is described in an excerpt from the Flickr FAQ:  
-e-mailing a request to OlinImageAdmin@olin.edu)  + 
-The easiest way to add a photo to a group is to go to the photo'​s page and click the **Send ​ +  * Easy! If you're a member of the group, add your photo to the group pool. (If not, join the group, because only group members can contribute to the group pool. [This is done by e-mailing a request to OlinImageAdmin@olin.edu)  
-to Group** button between the photo title and the photo. Then choose the group you want  +  ​* ​The easiest way to add a photo to a group is to go to the photo'​s page and click the **Send to Group** button between the photo title and the photo. Then choose the group you want to send it to, and you're done!  
-to send it to, and you're done!  +  ​* ​Only you and the group administrators can remove a photo from a group pool.  
-Only you and the group administrators can remove a photo from a group pool.  + 
-NOTE: If you share a photo that you marked as private with a group you are a member of,  +  * NOTE: If you share a photo that you marked as private with a group you are a member of, it's as if other group members have full access to that photo. They can add comments, notes, and tags. The photo isn't displayed for people who aren't members of the group. ​ 
-it's as if other group members have full access to that photo. They can add comments, ​ + 
-notes, and tags. The photo isn't displayed for people who aren't members of the group.  +The second way is to use the **Organizr.**.  ​ 
-The second way is to use the **Organizr.**. ​ To access the Flickr **Organizr,​** click on **Organize** tab.   +  * To access the Flickr **Organizr,​** click on **Organize** tab.  
-You will then arrive at the Organizr window. ​ Click on the **Groups** tab. +  ​* ​You will then arrive at the Organizr window.  ​ 
-You will see an icon for the Olin College group.  Beneath ​it is a list of photos (which can be sorted accordingly). ​ To post a  +  * Click on the **Groups** tab. 
-photo to the Olin College group, click on the photo to select it.  Then drag it to the Olin College group icon. Information Technology+   * You will see an icon for the Olin College group, beneath ​it is a list of photos (which can be sorted accordingly). ​       
 +  * To post a photo to the Olin College group, click on the photo to select it, then drag it to the Olin College group icon.
  
 ===== Flickr Features ===== ===== Flickr Features =====
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 ===== Photo Organization ===== ===== Photo Organization =====
-. + 
-You can organize your photos using sets.  Sets are easy to create.  To begin organizing your photos, click on the **Organize** tab.  +You can organize your photos using sets. Sets are easy to create, to begin organizing your photos: 
-Once there, click on the **Create New Set** button. ​ Name your set, and then click and drag photos from the bottom of the  +  * Click on the **Organize** tab. 
-page into the set.  +  * Click on the **Create New Set** button.  ​ 
-You can delete sets without worry. ​ Deleting a set will not delete the photos inside of it.   +  * Name your set 
-It will simply disassociate the photos from the set.+  * Click and drag photos from the bottom of the page into the set.  
 + 
 +You can delete sets without worry. ​ Deleting a set will not delete the photos inside of it. It will simply disassociate the photos from the set.
    
 ===== Geotagging ===== ===== Geotagging =====