Linking your classroom Facebook page to Twitter.

IF there was only a way that when This happened, Then That would trigger.

That is a pretty terrible sentence, but it was attempting to highlight a pretty sweet tool called IFTTT (if this, then that). IFTTT, saying it sounds like gift. When you do one thing, something else automatically happens.

Getting Started
Log into your classroom facebook page.
Log into your twitter account.
Create an account at IFTTT.

Next Steps

Log into IFTTT.

1. Click search.

2. Search - connect facebook page to twitter.

3. Click the icon you see in this image. You may need to scroll down on the page a bit.

Click Connect.

Select your classroom facebook page.

Scroll down until you see Tweet your Facebook status updates. Click on that.

Toggle this on.

Click Ok.

Authorize Twitter.

Add your credentials.

Click Authorize app.

All set and ready to go.

Pro Tips

Sometimes IFTTT stops working. Make sure you are checking maybe once a week to make sure the tweets are showing.

There are days when your tweets take a little time to show up. Trust the system!

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