and/or
| Instead of: | Try: |
| a and/or b | a or b or both |
Source: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/wordsuggestions/simplewords.cfm
| Instead of: | Try: |
| a and/or b | a or b or both |
Source: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/wordsuggestions/simplewords.cfm
Open Learning’s editing team works in support of TRU’s intercultural and indigenization academic goals. (See, for example, http://www.tru.ca/about/academics/understanding.html.) This article that Gail shared on indigenization may be of interest in our work: Academica Group. (2016, September 19). How indigenization can support students while honouring reconciliation. Retrieved from http://forum.academica.ca/forum/how-indigenization-can-support-students-while-honouring-reconciliation.
Here’s an open, online resource that could be a useful guide for editors (or writers, or students) to verify or to explain Canadian regionalisms or idioms. Dollinger, S. (Chief Editor), & Fee, M. (Associate Editor). (2017). DCHP-2: The dictionary of Canadianisms on historical principles (2nd ed., with the assistance of B. Ford, A. Gaylie, & G. Lim)….
Word files of the Course Guide template and the Open Learning Faculty Member template are available in O drive, 4 Editing Resources. Feel free to share the Word templates as a time-saver for developers. It may be quicker to fill-in or revise sections in a Word file compared to copying the information from this site…
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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.
MS Word shortcuts can help to do repetitive stuff faster: Toggle on/off track changes Ctrl + Shift + E Insert a comment Alt + R, C Return to your last edit point Shift + F5 Save Ctrl + S Find Ctrl + F Undo / Redo Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y Select all…