Click from the list below to watch a brief QuickTime video explaining how to use a feature of the PolicyOptions.org content management system (CMS). You'll need QuickTime software to watch these videos.

• Using the PolicyOptions.org | Trenton "hub" to manage story assignments — this video shows how we are attempting to use a project management website (bonner.group.com) to track story assignments at our pilot site trenton.policyoptions.org.
• Logging into PolicyOptions.org — this video shows how an individual would log-in to the local PolicyOptions.org bureau they report for. If you don't yet have an account set up, please contact Bobby Hackett at 609-924-6663.
• Review of editorial interface for PolicyOptions.org — this video reviews the layout of the tabs and data entry screens that reporters and editors will be using to manage content for their local bureau website.
• Adding a news story to PolicyOptions.org — this video shows the steps for adding a news story using the example of a press release from the Mayor of Trenton's website.
• Daily news scan websites on PolicyOptionsWiki.org — this video shows the list of website that serve as news sources for the Trenton bureau, including Mercer County, NJ and New Jersey state sources.

Click from the list below to watch a brief QuickTime video explaining how to use a feature of the PolicyOptionsWiki.org for researching, writing, and publishing PolicyOption Issue Briefs. You'll need QuickTime software to watch these videos.

• Creating your account in www.PolicyOptionsWiki.org — this video shows you how to create your personal account for editing wiki pages on our site. Anyone can do this.
• Editing a PolicyOptionsWiki.org page — this video shows you the basics of editing a wiki page, including simple formatting options and the tabs for reviewing the history of page edits.
• Overview of PolicyOption Issue Brief structure — this video reviews the issue overview and issue brief templates, using a completed issue brief as an example.
• Creating your first PolicyOption Issue Brief page — this video shows you how to copy & paste the template text for issue overviews, issue briefs, and single policy options. This process can be somewhat confusing, so feel free to contact Bobby Hackett for direct assistance on how you do this.

You should also read the PolicyOptions Issue Brief Guidelines for Writers & Editors. We are in the process of updating these guidelines based on interviews with faculty and students who researched issue briefs in the Spring 2007 semester. We hope to have the revised Guidelines ready by mid-November, 2007