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Style Change: Development Team List
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We are changing our house style for the list of course developers on a copyright and credits page. Include the person’s terminal or highest credential only. Group the list by years of editions and revisions. Order the groups in reverse chronological order; i.e., most recent is at the top and earliest is at the bottom…
Online Readers Need Structure
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Non-verbal cues are missing in most online courses, so it can be helpful for readers if we incorporate clear design concepts. Headings should be descriptive and show the hierarchy of ideas. Visual aids help orient students to the course. Learning activities, like asking students to summarize or rephrase in a learning journal, work as verification techniques to reinforce the…
TRU-OL Social Sciences Style Guide
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Thanks Mona for bringing this up: Some older courses include a link to TRU-OL Social Sciences Style Guide in the course guide. This guide was created to help students write academic papers. It tells how to write citations and gives instructions on the formatting and structure of papers. Unfortunately, the document is out-of-date for MLA and APA citations. For example, it refers to the fifth edition…
Editors’ Community of Practice
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The editors’ team has started bi-weekly professional development seminars. We take turns facilitating the meetings, and we co-create the content to share our expertise and fill-in gaps in our knowledge. We have not chosen a way to reify or apply the new learning, but I’m sure a creative expression of our learning will present itself…
Outcomes before Materials
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Heads up! I moved the Learning Outcomes section to appear before Course Materials in the Course Guide. Thanks for the feedback, Cory! This will group together key Curricunet information, and it could save a bit of time by aligning with Production’s processes.
Major Revision Copyright Date Process Change
Bycward
From Jan 2023 we changed our Copyright & Credits page of the course guide. Copyright Dates In new courses and major revisions that are ID-led, we will now list only the date of the current copyright year on the Copyright & Credits page in the course guide. Do not include all the copyright dates for…