Exam Editing
The OLProductionExams email address is no longer active. Please send edited exam files to the Learning Environment Development team (i.e., Production) like this:
Course Guide and OLFMG Templates
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…
“What Is a Learning Journal” Resource
Previous versions of our standard Course Guide template included an optional section: What Is a Learning Journal. If this is requested, or if you think it would be helpful for students in a course, the file is shared in O drive, 4 Editing resources, TRU_OL Writing Style Guides. Feel free to revise it for the…
Major Revision Copyright Date Process Change
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…
Share the Course Style Sheet
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).
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Access to Pearson Textbooks
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
Accessibility
For a comprehensive guide to accessibility, please see Accessibility…One Step Closer. Your Journey to more accessible course content by Carol Sparkes and Carolyn Teare. Technical Accessibility Colour Transcripts? Plug-ins? There is an option to enable an “increase font size” function for users in the web theme options. This will soon become a default behavior. PDF…
Working Remotely
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…
H5P Workshop (WordPress)
Carolyn, Courtney, and Chris attended the second session of H5P training to learn how to use this tool outside of a course LMS (in WordPress). This opens the potential for students to use the technology to built and share their own learning tools or ePortfolio pieces. Workshop facilitators Brenna and Jamie gave many examples of…
H5P Training
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…