PAGE MANAGER GUIDESHEET

FEATURED ISSUE PAGE UPDATES PROJECT (FIPU)

Think back through history. Not long ago (historically), the only way people received information was from listening to other people directly around them. Then came the time when books could be mass produced and distributed. People could learn about science, math, geography, philosophy, and art but only if they had access to books and the ability to read. Then came radio, and people everywhere could listen to the news of the day without leaving their homes. Television replaced radio, and now we are in the Internet age with more information than at any other time.

Surrounded by so much advanced technology, we must be the most informed people in all of history. Right? Wrong. The truth is that we are extremely uninformed.

The purpose of our Featured Issue Page Updates project is to introduce our members to reliable sources of information to address a range of social issues. Our fear is that matters of true importance are ignored while matters that are frivolous and trivial receive much more attention. People are using misleading information to form their beliefs and opinions, which is causing them to act in ways that are irrational and too often violent. The Featured Issues section of the UNA-Orlando website is our effort to inform ourselves, inform others, and protect ourselves from attempts to fool us into believing things that aren't true.

The list of issues can be accessed using the Featured Issues tab at the top of every page of the UNA-Orlando website. The Featured Issues pages are created using Google Sites. Page Managers are responsible for managing the content that is presented on their assigned Featured Issues pages.

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THE ISSUES

Our list of Featured Issues overlaps with the United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDG). UNA-Orlando Featured Issues are divided into six areas of focus:

1. Human and Civil Rights

2. Environmental Management and Protection

3. Population Displacement and Migration

4. Personal Health, Knowledge, and Expression

5. Government, Business, and International Affairs

6. Crisis Situations and Humanitarian Emergencies

The top five categories focus on issues wherever they exist. The sixth category focuses on situations within specific locations around the world.

To avoid focusing on issues only from a US point of view, many of the issues have been divided into multiple perspectives.

Examples:

• the Torture, Cruelty, and Inhumane Treatment issue is not divided

• the Health and Well-Being issue is divided into two perspectives: 1) USA, and 2) WORLD

• the Pollution, Resource Depletion, and Habitat Destruction issue is divided into three perspectives: 1) FLORIDA, 2) USA, and 3) WORLD

• the Crisis Situations (countries at the bottom of our Featured Issues list) are not divided

Page Managers will only manage one Featured Issue page. Most issues are not divided. Where issues are not divided, one Page Manager will be assigned for each issue. Where issues are divided, one Page Manager will be assigned to each issue/perspective

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PAGE MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

Issue Analysis:

• use all information sources to inform themselves on their assigned issue

• understand the issue from multiple perspectives

• identify the places associated with the issue

• identify the people associated with the issue (individuals, groups, populations)

• understand the current situation

• understand situations from the past that have lead to the current situation

Page Content:

• write the introductory paragraph describing the issue

• place a chart or other graphic in the open space to the right of the Table of Contents

• ensure that the BACKGROUND section contains 2 videos and 3 articles that provide a general understanding of the issue

• create a minimum of 5 sub-sections, each with 2 videos and 3 articles that address the topic of the sub-section

Throughout their involvement with this project, Page Managers should continuously ask themselves, 'What do I need to know about this issue so that others can understand the issue?'."

--- use the Community, Quality of Life, and Sustainable Living page for an example of a completed Featured Issue page ---

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WORKING WITH CONTENT AND BUILDING A UNA-ORLANDO FEATURED ISSUE PAGE

There are three ways that a Page Manager can acquire content:

1. Page Managers using content that already exists on the page from a previous Page Manager

2. Page Managers using content that was submitted through the Content Submission page

3. Page Managers searching the Internet to find videos and articles on their own

Using Content that already exists on the page from a previous Page Manager:

When Page Managers open their Featured Issue page for the first time, it is possible that a previous Page Manager has already placed content on the page. In this situation, the new Page Manager should examine the work done by the previous Page Manager and consider the following:

1. is the introduction written in a way that reflects the new Page Manager's understanding of the issue?

2. do the articles and videos in the Background section provide a broad and general understanding of the issue?

3. do the sub-sections created by the previous Page Manager reflect an adequte analysis of the issue?

Using content that has been submitted by our Content Contributors:

• Double-click the blue "2021 UNA-ORLANDO SHARED" folder

• Double-click the red "SU21 PGMGR SPREADSHEETS" folder

• Double-click the green "SU21 IMPORTED CONTENT" file

• Sort the spreadsheet to isolate content by issue (instructions included on the SU21 CONTENT FOR PAGE MANAGERS spreadsheet)

• Locate new content for the intended issue

• Select and copy the content that is new

• Transfer new content to the spreadsheet in the intended PGMGR spreadsheet

• Examine the titles and identifying information to assess the content; open websites to view videos or read articles; place content on the ORG page or ANALYSIS page or delete it according to your own judgment

Using content that the Page Manager has located on his/her own:

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WORKING WITH GOOGLE SITES / MOVING CONTENT ONTO THE FEATURED ISSUES PAGE

The first step to moving content from the Internet onto our Featured Issues pages is to capture the URL of the article or video, whether it comes from a website or from a Content Submission spreadsheet.

To place an article on your page:

1. copy an article URL from a website's web address bar or from a Content Submission spreadsheet

2. return to the Featured Issue page in Google Sites

3. single-click the Google Sites 'Embed' option from the Insert menu

4. paste the article URL into the field

5. click the 'Insert' button

6. drag the article to where it belongs on the page

To place a video on your page:

1. copy a video URL from a website's web address bar or from a Content Submission spreadsheet

2. single-click the Google Sites 'YouTube' tool from the Insert menu

3. place your cursor in the field to the right of the YouTube logo

4. paste the video URL into the field

5. single-click the 'magnifying glass' icon

6. single-click the video title

7. single-click the 'Select' button

8. move the video to where it belongs on the page

--- use the Community, Quality of Life, and Sustainable Living page for an example of a completed Featured Issue page ---

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WORKING WITH GOOGLE SITES

Notice the menu of functions along the top-right of the screen. The ones that will be used  the most are:

• undo

• redo

• preview

• link

• Publish

Notice the three modes at the top of the right panel. The two modes that will be used are Insert and Pages.

Clicking the "Pages" option will reveal a list of the pages of the UNA-Orlando website. Clicking the 'Insert' option will reveal a menu of tools.

The tools that will be used the most are:

• Text box

• Images

• Embed (for placing article URLs)

• YouTube

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STYLE GUIDE

Introduction

• 120 words or less

• placed within the Header section

• linked credit for text from outside sources

• Century Gothic + Normal text + 11 Font

Space Filler

• set to the right of the Table of Contents

• can be any text, image, chart, graphic that fills the space and related to the issue

Sections per Page

• 3 minimum per page

• 12 maximum per page (maybe more if they're all good)

• a mini-blurb can be placed inside a category above the videos if the Page Manager believes it would help the reader/viewer to understand the issue better; the blurb should be 80 words or less

Videos per Section

• 2 per category

• 20 minutes or less is ideal but any length video is acceptable if it's good

• placed at top of category side by side

Articles per Section

• 3 per category

• short enough to read in 20 minutes or less but any length article is acceptable if it's good

• placed at bottom of category 3 across

--- use the Community, Quality of Life, and Sustainable Living page for an example of a completed Featured Issue page ---