Two new editors joined the editing team in December. Welcome Courtney and Josie!
The amount of new info may seem overwhelming and confusing, but we’re here to help. Ask us questions if you have any, and please do suggest new and better solutions to our processes. Our team works best with everyone sharing ideas and creativity.
Self-care is a concept taught in our CYMH courses, which can be beneficial for editors as well. Self-care refers to activities we choose to do to improve our mood, enhance our physical and mental health, and avoid burn-out. Regularly doing self-care reduces stress, and promotes mindfulness and work/life balance. So what, exactly, does self-care mean…
A big part of our work involves checking, formatting, and creating academic citations, so this interview with Marilyn Oermann is highly relevant for educational editors: McCook, A. (2016, October 4). You cited which paper?? Reference errors are more common than many realize [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://retractionwatch.com/2016/10/04/you-cited-which-paper-reference-errors-are-more-common-than-many-realize/. Oermann found that reference (citation) errors are much more common…
Our style guide formats bulleted or numbered lists with an introductory colon, a capital letter at the beginning of each listed item, and no punctuation at the end (unless the items in the list are complete sentences or they complete the sentence). If the list includes nouns, it might look like: Natural history Natural selection…
Process Change! Some editors may be working from home in the next few weeks. What? Why? The health authorities urge Canadians to practice social distancing, and we can do our work without being in close proximity to others in public spaces. Photo by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash What Does This Mean? We are still working! We will be doing…
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Dani, Courtney, and Chris attended the first of three workshops on creating interactive educational media in Moodle, WordPress and Pressbooks using H5P. Jamie and Brenna did a great job facilitating the workshop with examples, step-by-step guidance, and ample hands-on time to experiment with interactive media. For an overview of the session and some jaw-dropping examples, see…