The editing team participated in an Editors Canada webinar in January 2017: “Creating and Maintaining In-House Style Guides” presented by Elizabeth Macfie. It was a great webinar, and I’m sure we will discuss her ideas often in 2017 as we improve and revise our OL style guide. Elizabeth covered her process for building and maintaining a style guide, and she offered…
Editing and Intellectual Property teams joined forces for a good cause: Donating purse care packages (make-up, toiletries, gloves, etc.) for Kamloops Y Women’s Shelter. Our union (CUPE 4879) and Kamloops and District Labour Council organized the event. “We were expecting to put together 50 purses but with the overwhelming inpouring of donations, we ended up with…
The Course Editors are moving to OL440 (the 4th floor of the BCCOL Building) at Thompson Rivers University. Our move should be completed by December 15, 2016.
This week several editors attended an Editors Canada webinar: “Language Theory: What You’re Really Editing Is the Person” presented by Michael (Mike) Jones at the University of Calgary. He questioned if editors can be “advocates for the reader” (in the words of EAC President Anne Louise Mahoney), and together we examined the relationship between writer…
“Editing the Necronomicon” inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. Nice work Dani! Some photos of our Halloween team-building activity:
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…
A big part of our work involves checking, formatting, and creating academic citations, so this interview with Marilyn Oermann is highly relevant for educational editors: McCook, A. (2016, October 4). You cited which paper?? Reference errors are more common than many realize [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://retractionwatch.com/2016/10/04/you-cited-which-paper-reference-errors-are-more-common-than-many-realize/. Oermann found that reference (citation) errors are much more common…
Reflective practice is a valuable approach to editing. Reflecting critically on our work allows us to learn, innovate, and ultimately improve our courses. eCampusAlberta’s eLearning Rubric can be a valuable tool to self-assess the quality of our work: http://www.ecampusalberta.ca/files/rubricBooklet.pdf. Their rubric offers benchmarks for course design, accessibility, presentation, writing, learning activities, assessments, copyright, learner supports, etc. The checklist has many good ideas for course developers and editors: Some we…
Bob Joseph’s CBC article addresses how and why the terminology we use may be changing: “One of the key messages I give in my workshops and training: ‘Go with what they are calling themselves.’ […] it’s about showing respect and using the term that individuals and organizations have chosen for themselves.” Joseph, B. (2016, September 21). Indigenous or Aboriginal:…
Open Learning’s editing team works in support of TRU’s intercultural and indigenization academic goals. (See, for example, http://www.tru.ca/about/academics/understanding.html.) This article that Gail shared on indigenization may be of interest in our work: Academica Group. (2016, September 19). How indigenization can support students while honouring reconciliation. Retrieved from http://forum.academica.ca/forum/how-indigenization-can-support-students-while-honouring-reconciliation.