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EDIT982 – Content Management for Print and Online Delivery
2019 – S1 Online
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Adam Smith
Contact via adam.smith@mq.edu.au
Margaret Wood
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| Credit points |
Credit points
4
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertEditElecPub or MTransInter or MCrWrit or GradDipCrWrit or MAccComm
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit addresses current issues in electronic publishing, examining the many dimensions of communication in which the electronic and print mediums differ, and how to reversion content from print to screen delivery. It analyses their different document structures and page layouts, and issues of navigation and usability for web documents. Methods for indexing print and electronic materials are compared, and the use of metadata to optimise the searchability of website content is also examined. The editor's responsibilities for content in both mediums are discussed, as well as legal and ethical issues, as part of editorial project management.
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Important Academic Dates
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Website navigation, usability | 25% | No | 14/04/19 |
| Journal editing task | 10% | No | 28/04/19 |
| Online discussion | 25% | No | 26/05/19 |
| The scope of editing today | 40% | No | 23/06/19 |
Website navigation, usability
Due: 14/04/19
Weighting: 25%
Design a home page for a community organization. It must be an original idea and design. The home page should provide essential information about the organization and its work, as well as ready access to its newsletter and other resources. Decide what needs to go on the home page, how to project the nature of the site, and how to facilitate users’ search for information.
You should
- create a mockup of the home page, its layout and contents, using Word or any design or web authoring tool you have access to.
- provide a rationale of up to 500 words on the design aims and decisions that are realized in the home page.
You are not expected to demonstrate advanced design skills. Your mock-up really amounts to a design brief for a professional technician; it will be assessed according to usability principles, not appearance.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Journal editing task
Due: 28/04/19
Weighting: 10%
Editing of papers for Journal of Audiovisual Translation (each student would be required to edit one paper and check another student’s editing of one other paper).
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Online discussion
Due: 26/05/19
Weighting: 25%
This discussion focuses on ethical issues in editing and publishing. It is designed to embrace questions such as selection and withholding of sensitive information, the prepublication review process, ethical issues raised by the content of the publication and its promotion, and the responsibilities of the editor and author.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
The scope of editing today
Due: 23/06/19
Weighting: 40%
Your task is to write an essay of around 2500 words on the future of editing in the 21st century. To anchor it, you should select a text that makes predictions about the future of editing and publishing in the digital age. This text must have been published in the first decade of the 21st century, or earlier. You should examine to what extent your source text's predictions have turned out to be accurate, and make predictions of your own based on evidence from current trends. Your discussion will look at general issues, but should also choose one or two specific areas of publishing, such as newspapers, magazines, trade books, education, academic publishing etc., as a focus for your comments.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Delivery and Resources
Students will require Internet access with a reliable web browser and e-mail facility, and must be able to play back recorded lectures with accompanying slides.
Unit Schedule
Week 1: Information delivery: choosing the medium
Week 2: Verbal content and making it visual
Week 3: Information structuring for print documents
Week 4: Information architecture for online documents
Week 5: Page layouts on paper, onscreen, and online
Week 6: Navigation, linking and website usability
Week 7: Electronic publishing, repurposing, and single-sourcing
Week 8: Cultural, legal and ethical issues in editing
Week 9: Indexing of printed material
Week 10: Web indexing and metadata
Week 11: Copyright and permissions
Week 12: Editorial project management
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- Extensions cannot continue beyond the start of the following semester, and students should be aware that long extensions may impact graduation dates.
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Graduate Capabilities
PG - Capable of Professional and Personal Judgment and Initiative
Our postgraduates will demonstrate a high standard of discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgment. They will have the ability to make informed choices and decisions that reflect both the nature of their professional work and their personal perspectives.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment tasks
- Website navigation, usability
- Journal editing task
- Online discussion
- The scope of editing today
PG - Discipline Knowledge and Skills
Our postgraduates will be able to demonstrate a significantly enhanced depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content knowledge in their chosen fields.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment tasks
- Website navigation, usability
- Journal editing task
- Online discussion
- The scope of editing today
PG - Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
Our postgraduates will be capable of utilising and reflecting on prior knowledge and experience, of applying higher level critical thinking skills, and of integrating and synthesising learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments. A characteristic of this form of thinking is the generation of new, professionally oriented knowledge through personal or group-based critique of practice and theory.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment tasks
- Website navigation, usability
- Journal editing task
- Online discussion
- The scope of editing today
PG - Research and Problem Solving Capability
Our postgraduates will be capable of systematic enquiry; able to use research skills to create new knowledge that can be applied to real world issues, or contribute to a field of study or practice to enhance society. They will be capable of creative questioning, problem finding and problem solving.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment tasks
- Website navigation, usability
- Journal editing task
- Online discussion
- The scope of editing today
PG - Effective Communication
Our postgraduates will be able to communicate effectively and convey their views to different social, cultural, and professional audiences. They will be able to use a variety of technologically supported media to communicate with empathy using a range of written, spoken or visual formats.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment tasks
- Website navigation, usability
- Journal editing task
- Online discussion
- The scope of editing today
PG - Engaged and Responsible, Active and Ethical Citizens
Our postgraduates will be ethically aware and capable of confident transformative action in relation to their professional responsibilities and the wider community. They will have a sense of connectedness with others and country and have a sense of mutual obligation. They will be able to appreciate the impact of their professional roles for social justice and inclusion related to national and global issues
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Awareness of all the opportunities to publish content in print and electronically
- Familiarity with the standard tools and techniques for indexing, for print and web documents
- Understanding of the special demands of electronic publishing, in relation to screen delivery, and searchability on the internet
- Familiarity with legal, ethical and cultural issues in publishing
- Full awareness of the scope of editorial project management
Assessment tasks
- Website navigation, usability
- Journal editing task
- Online discussion
- The scope of editing today