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Editing Digital Content

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Unit 1: What is digital content?

1 WHAT IS DIGITAL CONTENT? – INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTERACTIVE CONTENT
Exercise 1: Drag and drop activities
Exercise 1: How did you get on?
Exercise 2: Matching activities
Exercise 2: How did you get on?
Exercise 3: Multiple choice/answer select activities
Exercise 3: How did you get on?
Exercise 4: Ordering activities
Exercise 4: How did you get on?
1.2 NON-INTERACTIVE CONTENT
Exercise 5: Understanding web page features
Exercise 5: How did you get on?
Exercise 6: Creating a menu
Exercise 6: How did you get on?
Exercise 7: Editing text to fit the market
Exercise 7: How did you get on?
The editor’s role in digital content
1.3 EXAMPLES OF INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
Example 1: Drag and drop activity
Example 2: Matching terms activity
Example 3: Ordering activity – the publishing workflow
Example 4: True/false activity – fire extinguishers
Example 5: Multiple screen activity – fire safety

Unit 2: How is digital content the same as print publishing?

2 HOW IS DIGITAL CONTENT THE SAME AS PRINT PUBLISHING? – INTRODUCTION
2.1 WORKFLOW
Exercise 8: Matching digital to print terminology
Exercise 8: How did you get on?
2.2 STYLE SHEETS, DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
Exercise 9: Editing a template for style
Exercise 9: How did you get on?
2.3 READING FOR SENSE
Exercise 10: Editing a template for sense
Exercise 10: How did you get on?
2.4 WORD COUNTS
Exercise 11: Editing to a strict character count
Exercise 11: How did you get on?

Unit 3: How is digital content different from print publishing?

3 HOW IS DIGITAL CONTENT DIFFERENT FROM PRINT PUBLISHING? – INTRODUCTION
3.1 PROJECT DESIGN
Exercise 12: Designing an activity
Exercise 12: How did you get on?
3.2 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
Exercise 13: Using a functional specification
Exercise 13: How did you get on?
3.3 TEMPLATES
Exercise 14: Putting content into an interactive template
Exercise 14: How did you get on?
Exercise 15: Style content using Word styles
Exercise 15: How did you get on?
3.4 METADATA
Exercise 16: Metadata
Exercise 16: How did you get on?
3.5 ACCESSIBILITY, USABILITY AND UX DESIGN
Exercise 17: Alt text
Exercise 17: How did you get on?

Unit 4: Proofreading digital content

4 PROOFREADING DIGITAL CONTENT – INTRODUCTION
4.1 CHECKING THE CONTENT
Exercise 18: Proofreading interactives
Exercise 18: How did you get on?
4.2 RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS
Exercise 19: Recording your findings
Exercise 19: How did you get on?
Exercise 20: Reviewing bugs
Exercise 20: How did you get on?

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