San Francisco:The social networking giant Facebook, launched Facebook Campus, a college-only space designed to help students connect with classmates over shared interests.
Facebook introduces Facebook Campus, college-only space for students. Courtesy, Facebook To create a Facebook Campus profile, all students need is their college e-mail and graduation year. Other information such as their major, classes, hometown, and being minor is optional.
This year, students across the country are facing new challenges as some campuses shift to partial or full-time remote learning, so it’s more important than ever to find a way to stay connected to college life.
Facebook in a blog post said, “Once a Campus profile is set up, students can discover Groups and Events unique to their school, and connect with classmates who share similar interests. When content is shared on Campus, only people within Campus will see it.” Key Features of Facebook campus are:-
Facebook introduces Facebook Campus, college-only space for students - Campus-only News Feed: Campus is a college email-verified space designed for students to get updates from classmates, groups, and events in a college-specific feed. Students can create study groups, plan virtual concerts, or ask for advice with college-only Groups and Events.
- Campus directory: College is about finding your people, so facebook created a classmate's directory to make it easy to find and meet new people. This is similar to the early days when Facebook was a college-only network, students could find classmates by class, major, year, and more.
- New ways to chat: Campus Chats are real-time chat rooms. Students can create chat rooms for their dorm, clubs, or any other groups they’re part of within Campus.
The new feature is being rolled out in some selected colleges in the USA like Benedict College; Brown University; California Institute of Technology; College of William & Mary; Duke University; Florida International University; Georgia Southern University; Georgia State University; Johns Hopkins University; Lane College; Lincoln University (Pennsylvania); Middlebury College; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Northwestern University; Rice University; Sarah Lawrence College; Scripps College; Smith College; Spelman College; Stephen F Austin State University; Tufts University; University at Albany – State University of New York; University of Hartford; University of Louisville; University of Pennsylvania; University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Vassar College; Virginia Tech; Wellesley College; and Wesleyan University.
“We built Campus to be safe, inclusive, and optional,” Facebook said in a blog post. "You can choose to delete your Campus profile through Campus settings at any time and your Campus profile will no longer appear in the classmate's directory. You can also delete data such as comments in a group, posts, reactions, or an event in your Activity Log."
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