Use bold, not asterisks, to indicate answers for a quiz or exam.
For access to Pearson textbooks used in courses, check out: O:\Open Learning Share\CurriculumServicesEditing\Editing resources\Pearson textbooks Cindy O. set up a document for Editors to request textbook access or download instructor resources if required. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy by email. Photo by freestocks on Unsplash
Welcome to our newest team member, Cory, and welcome back to Carolyn. Goodbye for now to D-L, who will be sharing her expertise and passion with the Marketing team for a term period.
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.
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)…
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.
When editing is complete on a course or project, please share the editing style sheet in O drive (Curriculum Services Editing, 2 Course Style Sheets).