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Social Media Monitoring, Analytics and Alerts Dashboard Homepage Building a Facebook Timeline for Higher Education So what does the roll out of Facebook Timeline mean for higher education beyond bigger pictures and a new way of doing things? Plenty. Colleges and universities around the country are always searching for better ways to tell their story. Timeline streamlines the brand experience into a scrollable story. The trick is that building that story takes time and effort. Select a Sweet Cover Pic The cover pic is the most visible change to a Timeline-enhanced brand page. Remember the rules: Cover pics cannot contain contact information, calls to action or references to other Facebook features. Arrange Applications and Customize Appearance Custom applications used to be banished to a small list on the left of a page where they were hard to organize and harder to find. These highlighted applications take up some prime real estate and there is no reason not to capitalize on that fact. Pin the Most Important Content Seems pinning is the latest rage, even on Facebook. Get Visual with Content