We've just completed a series of video tutorials for writers using the local PolicyOptions.org website and PolicyOptionsWiki.org website for publishing issue briefs.

Both these sites are a work in progress and we hope these short video tutorials can help new users learn how to use them.

The first version of the PolicyOptions.org content management system (CMS) is nearly completed. You can see the public demo site at http://trenton.policyoptions.org, which is our pilot site. The video tutorials for this site show how the editorial parts of this site currently functions for "reporters" entering news items to their local site. In the coming weeks we'll have more to share on the Trenton PolicyOptions.org pilot, which is being managed by team of students and faculty from The College of New Jersey's Bonner Center Civic and Community Engagement.

Meanwhile, we have also posted video tutorials for using the PolicyOptionsWiki.org site. These cover how to set up an account, edit a page, and create a new issue brief using the templates we've provided.

We anticipate integrating the issue brief content and wiki functionality into our PolicyOptions.org 2.0 upgrade planned for later this academic year.