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'''This list conforms to The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, (2004), which we follow unless the a course project team decides on alternativestakes an alternate approach—, for example, to be consistent with the main textbook used for a course. | '''This list conforms to The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, (2004), which we follow unless the a course project team decides on alternativestakes an alternate approach—, for example, to be consistent with the main textbook used for a course. | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 14 January 2014
Glossary
To ensure consistency, accuracy, and clarity, the following spelling and standardized terminology lists have been developed.
Standardized TRU-OL Spelling List
| Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example |
This list conforms to The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, (2004), which we follow unless the a course project team decides on alternativestakes an alternate approach—, for example, to be consistent with the main textbook used for a course.
Standardized Terminology
- “Assignments” (for the link in the LMS, not Assignment File)
- click (not “click on” or “clink on”)
- Course Modules OR Course Units (but not both)
- Course Guide (not Course Overview OR Course Manual (but not both)
- Course Tools menu (not Course Menu area)
- “Discussions” (not forum, area, board, or conference)
- Distance Regional & Open Learning (DROL) Services (and no quotation marks, no hyphen after Regional)
- “Following a citation trail” guide (as the title of the guide itself, not the link)
- “Getting Started” (not “Getting Started with WebCT Guide”)
- “Help” link or “Help” (not HELP button)
- home page (two words, lowercase unless referring to course Home Page)
- How Do I...? (Do is first-initial cap; question mark goes after ellipses)
- IT Service Desk (not Help Desk, not IT service desk)
- learning management system (not WebCT)
- Library (when TRU Library) (not TRU-OL library)
- “Mail” tool (instead of “mail in WebCT”)
- Pack Slip (not Packing Grid)
- PIN (not PIN number)
- Student Handbook
- TRU Library (not the TRU Library)
- TRU-OL Social Sciences Guide
- TRU Open Learning
- Tutor Open Learning Faculty Member (not OLFM, Tutor, Facilitator, or Instructor)
- Tutor Marked Assignment form
- “View Attempt” not view results
- “Web Links”
- welcome letter (lowercase)
- World Wide Web, but web
- Other:
- “Getting Connected to WebCT” is outdated (get rid of WebCT references)
- There is no “WebCT Guide”
- Italics for course names (after acronym and number)
- Print info not needed, how to access course online info not needed
- Think in terms of students viewing the info on a monitor: for example, change language such as “turn now to your Assignments File”
Recommendations:
Include, on the “Web Links” page, a link to TRU-OL Examinations (so students can plan) Include, on the “Web Links” page, a link to Submission Guidelines, as it is referred to constantly in some courses Include, on the “Web Links” page, a link to Grading Systems and Procedures Fix language in grading scale: for example, Grading Systems and Policies is called Grading Systems and Procedures on the TRU web page