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Unit 1: What is digital content?
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1 WHAT IS DIGITAL CONTENT? – INTRODUCTION
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1.1 INTERACTIVE CONTENT
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Exercise 1: Drag and drop activities
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Exercise 1: How did you get on?
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Exercise 2: Matching activities
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Exercise 2: How did you get on?
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Exercise 3: Multiple choice/answer select activities
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Exercise 3: How did you get on?
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Exercise 4: Ordering activities
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Exercise 4: How did you get on?
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1.2 NON-INTERACTIVE CONTENT
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Exercise 5: Understanding web page features
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Exercise 5: How did you get on?
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Exercise 6: Creating a menu
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Exercise 6: How did you get on?
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Exercise 7: Editing text to fit the market
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Exercise 7: How did you get on?
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The editor’s role in digital content
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1.3 EXAMPLES OF INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
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Example 1: Drag and drop activity
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Example 2: Matching terms activity
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Example 3: Ordering activity – the publishing workflow
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Example 4: True/false activity – fire extinguishers
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Example 5: Multiple screen activity – fire safety
Unit 2: How is digital content the same as print publishing?
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2 HOW IS DIGITAL CONTENT THE SAME AS PRINT PUBLISHING? – INTRODUCTION
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2.1 WORKFLOW
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Exercise 8: Matching digital to print terminology
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Exercise 8: How did you get on?
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2.2 STYLE SHEETS, DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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Exercise 9: Editing a template for style
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Exercise 9: How did you get on?
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2.3 READING FOR SENSE
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Exercise 10: Editing a template for sense
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Exercise 10: How did you get on?
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2.4 WORD COUNTS
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Exercise 11: Editing to a strict character count
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Exercise 11: How did you get on?
Unit 3: How is digital content different from print publishing?
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3 HOW IS DIGITAL CONTENT DIFFERENT FROM PRINT PUBLISHING? – INTRODUCTION
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3.1 PROJECT DESIGN
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Exercise 12: Designing an activity
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Exercise 12: How did you get on?
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3.2 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
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Exercise 13: Using a functional specification
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Exercise 13: How did you get on?
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3.3 TEMPLATES
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Exercise 14: Putting content into an interactive template
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Exercise 14: How did you get on?
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Exercise 15: Style content using Word styles
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Exercise 15: How did you get on?
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3.4 METADATA
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Exercise 16: Metadata
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Exercise 16: How did you get on?
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3.5 ACCESSIBILITY, USABILITY AND UX DESIGN
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Exercise 17: Alt text
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Exercise 17: How did you get on?
Unit 4: Proofreading digital content
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4 PROOFREADING DIGITAL CONTENT – INTRODUCTION
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4.1 CHECKING THE CONTENT
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Exercise 18: Proofreading interactives
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Exercise 18: How did you get on?
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4.2 RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS
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Exercise 19: Recording your findings
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Exercise 19: How did you get on?
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Exercise 20: Reviewing bugs
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Exercise 20: How did you get on?
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