Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Adam Smith
Margaret Wood
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
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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 is designed to introduce students to the practices and techniques of editing, and to teach them how to apply them to a range of texts - for publication in print and digital formats - to best suit their intended audience. Students will learn about the different levels of editing, from proofreading to copyediting, substantive editing and indexing. The unit will help students develop a critical eye for details of correctness and consistency, as well as an understanding of layout and structural issues across diverse media that affect the readability of a text. The project management skills required as an editor will be developed in class learning activities, with students also given the opportunity to create a blog using the professional skills they have acquired.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assignment Submission
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Editing task | 20% | No | Week 6 |
Group Presentation | 35% | Yes | Week 10 |
Online publication | 45% | No | Week 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 20%
Edit a short text and write a rationale (500 words) for the editing decisions made.
Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 17.5 hours
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 35%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Students will design and produce a range of communications for a literary event. The work will be done as a team but assessed individually. Each team will present their project within online tutorials.
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 22.5 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 45%
Students will source a range of material from a variety of media to create a coherent publication on a topic of their choosing.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
One-hour weekly lectures.
Face-to-face/online tutorials, 1-2 hours per week. There will be no tutorial in Week 1.
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