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Learn to Be Your Own Editor
Course Code: DED219
School: Distance-Education.org
Description
Through this course, students explore basic editing techniques. These techniques can be used to edit their own work or as a starting point for potential editing employment.
Outcomes
NOTE:This is a self-directed course. Students will receive feedback on the final week's assignment. Exercises completed before that week will be used to tailor the course to the student`s needs but will not receive individual feedback.
Assessment takes place in the form of final analysis and critiquing of a piece of text in the final week. Facilitator offers feedback on this final assignment.Assessment
- Students learn basic editing language and mark-ups.
- Students learn how to recognize sentence and word structure problems.
- Students work on editing their own work.
- Students also explore the critiquing process.
Instructor
Amy Cipolla Barnes has been a moderator and facilitator for over ten years. Her writing interests are diverse and include Southern literature and magical realism. She has published numerous non-fiction columns on topics ranging from stamp fraud to home offices, travel to pets. In addition, she has won contests for short stories, longer fiction, and poetry. She has been published in literary journals and is currently working on her first novel and a collection of short stories. She also teaches a variety online courses, including southern literature and editing.Free COLLEGE COURSES!
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