You can edit by ear, or by judging what sounds or looks right. But can you explain your editorial decisions? This class will give you the vocabulary and the solid understanding of grammar rules to explain your editorial decisions. A great confidence builder for professional editors, and a great introduction for those new to editing or proofreading.
During this live, interactive, instructor-led class you will learn the basic vocabulary and rules of English grammar, with a focus on problem areas in the language.
Course Objectives
Parts of speech and Parts of a Sentence
The 8 Parts of Speech | The 5 Basic Sentence Patterns | Recognizing Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Clauses and Phrases
The 4 Types of Clauses |
The 5 Types of Phrases
Punctuation
Commas with Introductory Elements | Commas with Interrupting Elements | Colons | Semicolons | Other punctuation marks upon request: Hyphens, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, Parentheses, Ellipsis, Dashes and Brackets
Verb Tense, Mood, and Voice
The 12 Verb Tenses | The 3 Moods of the Verb | Active versus Passive Voice
Subject-Verb Agreement
The “And” Rule | The “Or” Rule | The Trouble with Indefinite Pronouns | Handling Proper Nouns, Collective Nouns, and False Subjects
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
More Trouble with Indefinite Pronouns | Five ways around the “his or her” problem
Pronoun Case
I versus Me, He versus Him, and Who versus Whom | Understanding Possessives
Parallelism
Parallel Structures in Lists | Parallel Structures in Text
Modifiers
Misplaced | Dangling | Ambiguous
Go beyond screen capture to author rich eLearning experiences
Adobe® Captivate® 4 software is packed with new features that help you work faster, collaborate more effectively, and create more realistic and engaging eLearning content with advanced interactivity, software and scenario simulations, quizzes, tables of contents, widgets, and more all without programming or multimedia skills.
Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® Captivate® 4
SWF commenting
Accelerate content creation cycles with real-time reviews in Adobe Captivate Reviewer. Reviewers can add comments to your SWF files while playing them without having Adobe Captivate installed, and comments will be imported to the appropriate slides in your project.
Professional project templates
Use enhanced project templates that make it easy for subject-matter experts to contribute instructionally sound content without compromising structure.
Customizable widgets
Create more compelling learning experiences by including widgets such as games and question types. Widgets can be created in Adobe Flash® Professional software, easily shared via the Adobe Exchange, and customized to meet your content needs.
Roundtrip PowerPoint workflow
Leverage existing Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (PPTX format) slides in your projects. Import slides with audio and interactivity, easily update the content, and keep your PowerPoint and Adobe Captivate files in sync with the dynamically linked import option.
Table of Contents and Aggregator
Enable learners to easily navigate through content and track their progress with a multilevel Table of Contents. Also, use the new Aggregator to combine multiple content modules to create a complete eLearning course.
Text-to-speech functionality
Keep learners tuned in to your content thanks to automatic voice-over functionality that turns text to high-quality speech in a few clicks. Need to change the text? Just click once to update the audio.
Variables and Advanced Actions
Use Variables to personalize the learning experience by using learner-provided data, such as the learner’s name, throughout a scenario. Use Advanced Actions to further configure and modify the experience by enabling conditional actions, or more than one action in an interaction.
Expanded output options
Embed Adobe Captivate movies in Adobe PDF files to enliven text-based instructional content, or embed your movies in Adobe Flex® content using ActionScript® 3.0 publishing. Output AVI files for streaming on the web or publishing to YouTube.™
Adobe Photoshop® layer support
Preserve layers in imported Adobe Photoshop (PSD) files, so you can easily edit or animate individual image areas for just the right effect.
Streamlined workflows and enhanced usability
Enjoy workflow and usability enhancements, including inline editing of text captions; support for panning to optimize viewing on small screens and devices; and support for right-clicking in simulations.
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