Digital Landscape for Editors

Digital Landscape for Editors (WCWP-40340)
10 Weeks | Online

Interacting in the digital space is a frequently expected skill for freelance and staff editors. In Digital Landscape for Editors, you will learn how to edit text for the particular needs of a website and how to discuss its design and navigation. You will explore the digital ecosystem for an editor to learn basic terminology and tools, the relationship between text and search engine optimization, gain a foundational understanding of digital editing best practices, an introduction to user experience and website planning, and explore how social media integrates with it all. This class explores ideas for managing digital content and what is considered when developing digital content. It is intended for those with some comfort with technology. Your digital editing education is not complete until you have scratched the surface of navigating websites as an editor.

What you will learn:

• Understand how to navigate, critique, and edit for digital text.
• Gain the knowledge required for the digital editing space, whether that’s freelance or staff.
• Learn the vital skills required to understand digital media and best practices.
• Explore the basics of various types of digital media—from video to blogs, from social media to podcasts.
• Learn the purpose of cascading style sheets (CSS) and HTML.
• Acquire skills in improving content readability and searchability.
• Explore editing, digital rights, and search engine optimization (SEO) skills.

Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall | Online
Requirements: Microsoft Word 2016/Office 365 (PC or Mac) or higher required.

Contact: For more information about this course, please email ahl@ucsd.edu.

Note: New 3 unit course to replace previous 2 unit course Digital Skills for Editors WCWP-40282.This online course is not self-paced. There are assignments and readings with weekly due dates. Please purchase textbooks before class begins.

 

Course Number: WCWP-40340
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Copyediting

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1/8/2024 - 3/16/2024

$675

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  177861

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Humphrey, Elizabeth King, Associate manager of corporate communications and a freelance editor, writer, and book designer.

  Elizabeth King Humphrey  works for a large corporation where she writes, edits, and manages a variety of communications. Prior editorial work has included contributing pieces to The Writer and Scientific American Mind, as well as editing for Amazon's CreateSpace and independent authors. Humphrey received her University of Chicago editing certificate in 2011 and a graduate certificate in technical and professional communications in 2012. She enjoys teaching  Copyediting I  and  Digital Landscape for Editors  for the  Copyediting Certificate Program .  

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/12/2024.
  1st no meeting date: 1/15/2024.
  2nd no meeting date: 2/19/2024.
  

• NOTE:

  This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears under Online Provider.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  1/8/2024 - 3/16/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.