Creating a Facebook Fan Page

  1. You first need a Facebook account to create a Fan Page for your Campus or Organization. Do not use your personal Facebook account to create your Fan page; create another Facebook account using your “bisd.net” email account the same way you make a personal Facebook account. To create your account, go to www.Facebook.com and fill in the name, BISD email address, a secure password and birthdate.
  1. Log into Facebook as your “bisd.net” email and go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php. You will see six large buttons. Select “Company, Organization or Institution.” Select “School” as your category and type in your Campus or Organization name and press “Get Started.”
  1. You can choose to upload a photo for your profile picture that can be your campus photo. *Please do not use the BISD district logos as your profile photo. We do not want users confusing your campus social media account for Belton ISD’s account.
  1. You can skip Step 2 & 3 and address it at a later time.
  1. You should now be at your new Facebook Fan page. At the top of your page is a button titled “Manage” with a drop-down arrow. When you select that button, choose “Use Facebook as Test MS.” This means that when you post a photo or status update, your fans will see that your Campus or Organization is posting the update instead of your bisd.net Facebook account. If I post something on the BISD Fan Page as Renee Cervantes () then all 2,100 of our fans will wonder why Renee Cervantes is posting BISD information and not BISD.

Adjusting your Privacy/Account settings

  1. Belton ISD requires that your page have more than one “admin” to manage your Campus Fan page. To add “admins,” click on the “Manage” button at the top and click on “Edit Page.” In the left tab, there is a “Manage Admins” section. This is where you can select someone else to operate or monitor your Fan page. You can only add an “admin” that has a Facebook account.
  1. While you’re still in the “Edit Page” mode, click on “Manage Permissions” in the left tab. Carefully select your “Posting Ability” options. If you plan to monitor your Fan page then you may select “Everyone can post to Belton ISD’s timeline.” Do not check the box “Everyone can add photos and videos to Test MS’s timeline.” Look further down and you’ll see “Profanity Block list.” Select “Strong.” Facebook will block the most commonly reported words and phrase marked as offensive.
  1. Under “Your Settings” in the left tab, you can allow for Email notifications when people post or comment on your Fan page. This is a GREAT IDEA! Also, please review the “Posting Preference” option carefully. This is helpful in reference to Instruction #5 listed above.
  1. To ban a Fan of your page, go to your Fan homepage and you’ll see a “New Likes” section above your Profile photo. Click on “See All” to the right of “New Likes” and scroll down to select the fan that you want to ban. Facebook will ask if you want remove the person from your page and/or ban the person permanently. You can also ban a fan at the same time you remove their comment from your page. To remove a comment from your page, select the small pencil icon at the top right of your comment and select “Delete Comment.” Facebook will ask if you want to “Remove Comment or “Remove Comment and Ban User.”