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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Blog | Blog | Process Changes
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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Media Queries or Requests
Process change! Send media requests and queries to olmedia@tru.ca. Be sure to let them know: What is the course or project? If it is not an OL course, who is the project for? What is your request? Please be specific. When do you need it? When are you available to meet for a consultation, if…
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Editing Team Meeting Notes – January 15, 2020
Attendees: Chris, Cory, Courtney, Dani, Justin, Mona, and Naomi Time: 11:00 am Location: OL344 Notetaker: Courtney Notes News (Naomi) January 15, 2020 Budget Meeting recap More or less business as usual Budget requests have neither been approved nor denied Increased OL enrolment but decreased on-campus enrollment Speexx language training tools are no longer stable in…
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Editors Meeting Notes for Oct. 23, 2019
Attendees (in alphabetical order): Chris, Cory, Courtney, Dani, Justin, and Mona Time: 11:00 am Location: OL344 Notetaker: Justin Timekeeper: Collective effort Notes Pop survey on our website: What’s working on the website? – working well as a reference tool for editors, layout, content What would you like to see on the website? – more contribution…
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Editors Meeting Notes for Oct. 9, 2019
Attendees: Chris, Cory, Courtney, Justin, Mona, Dani Date Time 10/9/2019 11:00 AM Location OL344 Notetaker: Cory Stumpf – Timekeeper: Chris Ward (unofficially) 😉 What is a reasonable expectation for internal review? Course Guide components, assignment titles and marks, etc. Assessments: marks (do they add up?) / grading criteria Headings Consistency (of capitalization, titles, etc.) Check…
