The "Sand pit" is a group set up for people running local groups on the CAN website to share useful resources, ask questions, and practice adding and editing content.
The impetus for this group came from a workshop at the 2010 CAN-Do run by Stephen Blyth (Common Knowledge, @sablyth).
Workshop presentation materials
Workshop presentation, from SlideShare available as slides, or from Vimeo as a video (including screencasts)
How to create content screencast, this step-by-step guide walks you through the main steps for creating and editing content. This links to a six minute video available from Vimeo.
Workshop cheatsheet to download as PDFs
Questions raised about different aspects of using the website, with answers coming
Other resources
How to use the CAN website - tutorials
Formatting guide for CAN website
Helping online communities hum
Writing for the web resources (coming soon)
Detailed tutorial on Drupal 6 (the system used to run can.org.nz), from Lynda.com. There is a charge for this online course.