Technical Editing

This course covers basic editorial concepts and technique necessary to function as a technical editor.

This course covers these essential technical editing topics:

Role of the technical editor on the documentation team
Grammar, usage, punctuation review
Traditional hardcopy markup
Electronic editing with track-change functions
Copyediting: classic usage issues
Copyediting: punctuation
Type code markup
Substantive editing: document-level problems, page design
Stylesheets and style guides
Editing for internationalization & localization
Editing for online information accessibility
Writer–editor interaction

You use links, videos and transcripts of those videos to learn these tasks, e-mail your instructor when you have questions, and send your work to the instructor for review.

Example units from this course:

Editing for Internationalization & Localization

Substantive Editing—Document-Level Problem

Course cost: McMurrey Associates: $95 U.S., plus Carol Rude, Technical Editing ($40 US used), Chicago Manual of Style ($44 US used), Garner's Modern American Usage ($21 US Kindle), Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ($12 US). Check your local library for these last three titles.

Here are the policies for this course:

You have 93 days to complete the units of this course.
You are welcome to work ahead of the schedule you see on your schedule page for this course. If you foresee needing extra time, contact admin@mcmassociates.io
You can choose whether to take this course for a letter grade or pass–fail.
No refunds will be granted after the third day that you have access to this course.
Unless results are automatic, your instructor will review, comment on, and return your work within three days of receipt. Expect an e-mail confirmation that your instructor has received your work.
Your instructor is available many hours per week to answer your questions and provide other help. Setting up an appointment works best.
The topics in this course are the most important at beginning and intermediate levels. You can request units on other topics; your instructor will consider adding them.
Your instructor will gladly provide you with a letter describing the quality of your work in this course.
Your instructor will make reasonable efforts to ensure your success in this course but can make no guarantees concerning your writing or career success outside of this course.

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