Style Sheet

Style Sheet Assignment

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hofRQJWJwY4O3o982SoAGsNIxCTMsJQC0IYYt8OXh4E/edit?usp=sharing

This style sheet editing was a lot more difficult to understand and comprehend because there were so many different rules that had to be followed. Having to read and reread over and over was a lot to handle at some points and sometimes I felt like I wasn’t finding anything. I think the practice definitely helped me better understand Chicago-Style. But overall it was very difficult and I still don’t think I fully understand what I did, to be honest. But the experience was good practice and I think with more practice, maybe I would become more fluent with known the mistakes to edit right away. The footnote citations were a bit hard and made it a struggle to flow through the editing process. Overall, unfortunately, I don’t think this is an editing style I will try to keep using in my career unless I have to and if I do have to, I am glad I had a little practice.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GilUOoOLeTPNe3TV_BbepVZdyks4Z-O–LMGRxTGYI/edit#

This was a very interesting assignment. I thought it would be easy because I like dealing with grammar and spelling, but it wasn’t whatsoever. I did not seem to find many errors with that. I have never written and or seen Chicago style before so it was really tough doing this assignment because I kept having to familiarize myself with the style and the rules. I barely knew what I was doing; and don’t feel so confident in it. I’m really hoping this is graded by effort over correctness. The article was also hard to read because I had to look up certain words to figure out what they meant, and I was lost in reading it because it was so technical. I really didn’t enjoy it.

Style Sheet Exercise

To work in Digital Publishing, you need to know how to read, implement, and adapt a Style Sheet. A Style Sheet is an ever evolving tool used to ensure the process of copyediting is uniform across every piece published. A Style Sheet can and should be customized to a specific publication based on their needs, and must be updated according to changing trends and technical developments (think one space after a period, or the Oxford comma). In terms of digital publishing, a Style Sheet might also include instructions for implementing or customizing HTML and CSS to be consistant with the aesthetics of the publication.

For this assignment you will apply a Style Sheet for an online scholarly journal to a sample article submitted for publication. All the materials you need are in this folder:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HUC1Yymxt1JKtDRnN1eJrL5jddj69T-D

Steps:

Read over the documented titled “Style Sheet” and use the comment feature to add questions for your classmates or Dr. L to answer.
Choose the Word or Google doc version of “Immersive Pedagogy” based on your editing preference.
Make a copy of the article and save as Immersive Pedagogy_yourlastname.
Using Track Changes in Word or Suggesting mode in Google Docs, apply the Style Sheet to the article to make changes.
If your first name begins with letters A-J, edit pages 1-8. (Stop at the section titled “Decolonial Foundations: Critical Approaches to the Development and Curation of 3D/VR/AR Technologies”).
If your name starts with k-z, do pages 9-the end. (Start at the section titled “Decolonial Foundations: Critical Approaches to the Development and Curation of 3D/VR/AR Technologies” at the end of page 8).
This is your ‘in class” work for this week, and is due by Monday, April 20th.
To turn this in, please post a link to your doc on the blog with category “blog” and tag “copyedits” and write a short 8-10 sentence reflection on how the process went and what you learned.