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Kudos to Mona Hall for researching and validating our house style! Ongoing PhD studies are not listed on the Copyright and Credits page of the course guide; therefore, do not include credentials such as: Title (year): Name, PhD(c) Title (year): Name, PhD(candidate) Title (year): Name, PhD(ABD) Title (year): Name, PhD(all but dissertation) See also APA’s The Misuse…
Assessment Editing: Which Is/Are True?
The relative pronoun “which” can be singular or plural. Conjugate the verb to match the antecedent (noun or nouns, or noun phrase or phrases) that the pronoun replaces. In a multiple-choice question stem, the antecedent often appears as the answer (or answers) to the question. This means we conjugate the verb depending on the number…
Language Theory: What You’re Really Editing Is the Person
This week several editors attended an Editors Canada webinar: “Language Theory: What You’re Really Editing Is the Person” presented by Michael (Mike) Jones at the University of Calgary. He questioned if editors can be “advocates for the reader” (in the words of EAC President Anne Louise Mahoney), and together we examined the relationship between writer…
Halloween 2016
“Editing the Necronomicon” inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. Nice work Dani! Some photos of our Halloween team-building activity:
Moodle Notes
We had a great info session this week with Carolyn T from Production. Here are a few things I noted: No more course “Home Page” so no more folders. The landing page when opening a course is the Course Guide. Media appears in a player if in the context of an activity or assessment, but…
CG and Editing Checklist Updates
I made some minor updates to the Course Guide and Editing Checklist to reflect changes in our processes and wording from November and December 2016. I hope to update the best practice wording soon to document our new processes, reporting responsibilities, and checklist.