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Workflow Emails to Production
Bycward
New process! Don’t include OL_Production on editing workflow emails. This refers to introductory emails (“I’ve begun editing…”) and the final emails (“files are in pre-production folder…”). Keep writing notes for Production on the files, and summarize any concerns in your final email to Curriculum Services. CS will send the notes to Production after sign-off.
Don’t Panic! A Tutorial for Word’s Track Changes
Bycward
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.
Editing Tip: MS Word Shortcuts
Bycward
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…
Student Cafe as Interculturalization of the Curriculum
Bycward
Our online courses often include the Student Cafe, which is an ungraded discussion area intended to encourage peer-to-peer interactions, foster or enhance student engagement, and build a learning community. Sounds great, but I wonder sometimes how many students post to the Student Cafe? Do they find it useful? Open Learning students often start a course at…
Student Outcomes
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Our editing goal is to make learner-centred courses that meet the needs of our students. But how can we know if we have achieved this, since we seldom have the chance to meet Open Learning students face-to-face? One valuable resource is to check student feedback from post-course surveys in Tableau. This can indicate which specific…
H5P Training
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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…