Historian Nov 24

Lisa Thompson 662-586-8870 email

Digital Photo Albums and Digital Scrapbooks – How to Create

To create an album on Facebook, you can do the following:
Click your name in the top right of Facebook
Scroll down and click Photos
Click Create Album
Enter a title for the album
Choose the privacy settings for the album by clicking Share with
Click Create Album

You can also add photos to the album by selecting them after clicking Create Album.
You can add up to 1,000 photos to an album, but you can’t add live videos. You can only add photos or posts to albums you’ve created or to shared albums where you’re a contributor.
You can also add information to the album, such as a description, date, location, and co-contributors.

When you share an album with contributors on Facebook, they can add photos or videos to the album. They can also tag photos, edit the album and add other contributors.
Contributors can only edit or delete the photos they upload. You can delete the contributor’s photos in albums you own. If you remove a contributor, they may be able to delete photos they added to the shared album from their activity log.

Creating A Facebook Album Thru Your Mobile App
To create a shared album on Facebook mobile, you can use the Facebook app on an Android or iOS device:

Start with  by going to your Facebook profile
Under “Add Story” find Posts Photos Videos
Go to Photos then choose under Your Photos and Videos,click Albums
Tap Create Album, Name Your Album and hit “Save”
Also Choose who can see your album – your audience
your choices are: Public, Friends, Specific Friends or Only You
Once everything is saved you can start adding photos from your cell phone.laptop or computer
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Adding Contributors to your Facebook Album
Desktop Help

To share an album with contributors:

Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook.
Click your profile name.
Click Photos, then click Albums.
Click  in the top right of the album you’d like to add a contributor to.
Click Edit album.
In the Add Contributors section, enter the names of contributors you want to add.
Click Save.

Note: You can’t add contributors to some albums, like Mobile Uploads.

Mobile App Help
To share an album with contributors:

Tap  in the bottom right of Facebook, then tap your name.
Tap Photos.
Tap Albums.
Tap on the album you’ve created.
Tap  in the top right corner, then tap Edit Album.
Tap next to Add Contributors to turn it on, then tap Choose Friends.
Select the friends you want to add as contributors, then tap Done.
Tap the privacy to select a new audience.
Tap Save in the top right corner.
Note: You can’t add contributors to some albums, like Mobile Uploads.

To edit an album on Facebook

You can go to your photos, select the album, and then click Edit. From there, you can change who can see the album, add photos or videos, and more.

To edit the date of a post on Facebook, you can do the following:

Log into Facebook on a computer
Click your profile picture in the top right
Click See all profiles and select the page you want to switch to
Click your page’s name in the left menu
Go to the post and click in the top right
Select Edit date from the menu
Choose a new date and time for the post
Click Done

The Edit Date option may not appear if you’re not on your Facebook page, or if you’re on your page as an admin instead of switching to your page profile. The option is only available on the desktop version of Facebook.

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Other Ways
To create a digital scrapbook, you can:

Choose photos: Select a few of your favorite photos. If you’re using printed photos, you can scan them.
Select a design: You can choose a template or start from scratch. Some tools offer design tools to customize layouts and pages.
Add elements: You can add text, shapes, icons, and filters to personalize your scrapbook.
Edit images: You can edit your photos.
Preview and save: Preview your finished scrapbook and save it.

Here are some tools you can use to create a digital scrapbook:

Canva
A free online tool with a drag-and-drop feature that lets you add shapes, icons, and elements. You can search for “Scrapbook” to open a new design.
Scrapbook Maker
An app with design tools that let you edit photos, add text, apply filters, and rearrange elements.
Digital kits
These kits can include background papers to help you create pages more quickly.