Massage Therapy Educational Resources/Guide for first-time users

Massage Therapy Education Resources is an open-content library. Everything in this library should be free to copy and reuse. Please refer to the copyright statement in the bottom left of this window. Feel free to copy & re-use anything here privided you attribute the original author/s.

The content which you see here is based on the contributions of users. If you are using the resources in this library, please also contribute some time &/or resources to the pool.

We value your opinion

This is a collaborative project. If you think that anything needs to be changed (e.g. the project aim doesn't capture your vision/needs), then talk about it on the main page discussion page.

Structure

On the main page there are two main categories for resources.

• The Library is a list of resources which are relatively unstructured.
• Learning Outcomes is a list of resources which are structured according to a set of learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are loosely based on learning outcomes which are commonly used in the New Zealand massage education industry. It is intended that this categorisation will be used as a starting point, and will not suit all users. If you think changes are needed, there is a thread in the discussion page where all users can discuss any issues.

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Communication & Collaboration

Please go to the Google Group associated with this project, and "Join this group". If you don't already have a google account, you will be prompted to set one up. If you have any trouble with this, please let us know by adding your comments to the relevant thread on the discussion page associated with this page (click on discussion at the top of this page). Once you've signed up to this group, you will receive communication relevant to the project.

If you're new to google groups, this page should be able to help you find your way around.

Because this is a collaborative exercise, review and improvement of other peoples work is encouraged, however sometimes this can be contentious. If you disagree with any of the material which is currently in the wiki, please discuss this through the email group before making any major changes.

Uploading & editing content

WikiEducator has a series of tutorials to walk you through the process of creating & editing wiki pages. There's a link (Help) in the navigation pane on the left hand side of this page (you'll probably need to scroll up to see it).

If you are not able to go through the process of doing this yourself for some reason please send an email to the Google Group with your content attached. If you have trouble with this, please let us know by adding your comments to the relevant thread on the discussion page associated with this page (click on discussion at the top of this page).

Please ensure that your content is free of copyrighted images or that permission has been sought from the author for open-content distribution. If your material includes copyrighted images and you do not have any alternative images, please remove these from the material before submission with a relevant comment. These can be added later.