Consistent Chapters
Consistent Communication for Open at Scale
With different teams producing different parts of one resource, development using consistent formatting will create a more professional look and save time on editing for consistency!
Here are some general guidelines for comment and discussion. Feel free to use hypothes.is to make suggestions.
It appears some of these points stir great debate; it may have to be majority rules!
- Use the second person e.g., “You are responsible” rather than “The learner is responsible”.
- Use Canadian spelling ~ It may go without saying, eh.
- Capitalize every word in the headings from h1 all the way down.
- Follow APA numbering.
- Use words for numbers from one to nine.
- Use numerals for numbers 10 and up.
- Always use words that begin a sentence, title, or heading and simple fractions (one half, three-fifths).
- Use numerals for any number followed by a unit of measurement; expressions of statistical or mathematical functions (5 times as many, the 77th percentile); numbers that represent scores.
- Spell out acronyms and initialisms in parentheses after their first use and then use the shortforms.
- Follow e.g. (for example) and i.e. (in other words) with a comma.
- Punctuating bullet points
- Use a period (full stop) after every bullet point that is a sentence (as these bullets do).
- Use a period after every bullet point that completes the introductory stem.
- Use no punctuation after bullets that are not sentences and do not complete the stem.
- Use all sentences or all fragments, not a mixture.
- Do not open links in a new window or tab (accessibility) unless the link falls under one of these criteria.