Module 1: Introduction to Professional Editing
Editing for Usage and Style by Tiffani Tijerina is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
Editing for Usage and Style by Tiffani Tijerina is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
Define professional and technical editing.
Explain specialized goals like safety, usability, and brand consistency.
Describe the core principles of functional nonfiction.
Distinguish between the four industry-standard levels of editing.
Apply the professional editing workflow.
*Explainer and knowledge check questions generated with Notebook LM, using Open PTE, Chapter 1 as the source content.
First, introduce yourself to the class and share your major and year. Then, think about your academic writing until now. How much time have you spent in the editing phase of your writing process in the past? Consider the syllabus for this course and then tell us how you think your editing process might change based on what we will learn here.
Respond to two classmates to get to know them. There will be an opportunity for group work later in the semester, so it's important that we try to get to know each other!