This page contains documents, links and videos to help Group Leaders ("authors") develop the necessary skills for managing their groups.

Washington Village u3a Specific Materials

Documents

Author Guide for Washington Village u3a (for Siteworks - this website)

Group Leaders' Guide to Using Beacon (for Beacon - the membership and groups management system)

Videos

Videos 1 to 6 follow the sections of the author guide. Click on the highlighted text to open the video.

1: Login and Change Your Password (3mins)

2: Access Your u3a Group from the Dashboard (3mins)

3: The Blocks Making up a WVu3a Group page (5mins)

4: Create an Event for Your u3a Group (6mins)

5: Create a Post and Publish it on Your u3a Group page (10mins)

6: Set and Check u3a Group Page Parameters for Posts (5mins)

Videos below are in response to specific queries from authors. Click on the highlighted text to open the video.

How to Add past events to a page (3mins)

Help From Siteworks (the national u3a website management team)

Documents

• Author Training Guide
• User Guides – Editing pages and inserting text
• User Guides - Inserting Pictures

Web links

• The on-line full set of documents created by the SiteWorks Team [many will not be relevant to authors].
• Editing and Blocks
• Inserting Images
• Block Editor Overview
• Media Management

Other Resources

u3a Clipart	A set of icon images are by TAT for u3as to use. The blue is that used for the u3a branding described on the u3a brand centre.
u3a Brand Image Library	The TAT u3a Media library You need to register with the u3a Brand centre to use these images. Register here.
OpenVerse	A library of Open Source Images and Audio that can be used: an appropriate attribution is needed depending on the associated Creative Commons Licenses
Bensound free music for videos	A library of free to use music: an attribution is needed for audio files used. This library contains new/contemporary pieces.
MusOpen	All the music hosted is royalty and copyright free. For specific restrictions when applicable, please click the license icon to see more details. This library includes music across all time periods.