Product Details
Topics Covered
- Levels of editing
- Common errors
- Publishing standards
- Style guides
- Style sheets
- The publishing process
- Editing symbols
- Editing tools
Key Features
- Mobile-friendly
- Audio-enabled
- Badge and credit-awarding
- Fully accessible
- Games & Flashcards
- Expert-supported
- Video content
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Course Description
Learning Outcomes
- Define the three different levels of editing
- Identify and correct the most common errors in grammar and punctuation
- Recall and apply publishing standards for material like images, front matter, and back matter
- Recall the differences between the most popular style guides
- Understand how to use and update a customized style sheet for each editorial project
- Explain what a professional editor does within the wider publishing process
- Recognize and replicate standard editing symbols by hand
- Use digital tools like track changes to communicate suggested edits effectively
Notes
This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.
As an Accredited Provider, MindEdge offers for its learning events that comply with the Continuing Education and Training Standard.
Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive credit. Learners will have three attempts at all graded assessments.