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Fun with Adjectives
Bycward
Last year’s team goal is historical. That cool thing we did today may be historic. Historic (adj) “famous or important in history” Historical ( adj) “of or concerning history” or “belonging to the past” The textbook is instructional. Failing the assignment may be instructive. Instructive (adj) “something that conveys knowledge, information, a lesson” Instructional (adj)…
Back to the Future
Bycward
Welcome to co-creators Dani (darwinsfrog), Cory (corythestumpf), and Mona (mohall2015)! So, we moved back to this, our previous, wordpress site. We have ambitious plans to expand the site’s features in the future, but this will be the home of the OL Editors’ site for the next few weeks or months.
Don’t Panic! A Tutorial for Word’s Track Changes
Bycward
Some of the course developers we work with are new to using MS Word’s track changes. When the editor sends a query or document for review, the number of changes shown could be overwhelming. This tutorial on MS Word 2010 could help: Lynda.com. (2013, April 7). Word tutorial: How to track changes in documents (4:34) [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/5_knruAysnA.
“What Is a Learning Journal” Resource
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Previous versions of our standard Course Guide template included an optional section: What Is a Learning Journal. If this is requested, or if you think it would be helpful for students in a course, the file is shared in O drive, 4 Editing resources, TRU_OL Writing Style Guides. Feel free to revise it for the…
Editors Are Moving to a New Office
Bycward
The Course Editors are moving to OL440 (the 4th floor of the BCCOL Building) at Thompson Rivers University. Our move should be completed by December 15, 2016.
Farewell to Gail Morong
Bycward
To paraphrase Gail’s retirement speech: “Work will come and work will go; what matters in the end is to love each other and treat each other right.“