[ATTW-L] [EXT] technical editing class -- hard-copy markup?

Thu Jan 5 21:45:35 UTC 2023

I don’t actually teach technical editing, but I was wondering (and Caleb’s comment reinforced my question): is there some value to the tactile paper experience? Are students at risk of what McLuhan called ‘auto-amputation’, such that the skill itself will be lost?

Rob Irish

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On Jan 5, 2023, at 4:41 PM, Caleb James <caleb.james at maine.edu> wrote:

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I direct students to the textbook chapter on hard copy markup, but I don't teach it.

As an editor in practice, I'll mark up hard copy at a coffee shop or something, but it's for myself and not a client. I transfer it to an electronic copy soon after. It is extra work, but it can be a therapeutic change of pace.

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 4:29 PM Geoff Clegg <geoffrey.clegg at gmail.com<mailto:geoffrey.clegg at gmail.com>> wrote:
When I taught technical editing (as a five week summer course—it was brutal) I skipped hard copy since we were online. I focused more on electronic editing, editing guidelines and contract instead since my students wanted more of that.

I think some of my comm peers have started to move away from hard copy blue and red pens as well.

-Geoff

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 3:24 PM Smith, Jordan <Jordan.Smith2 at unt.edu<mailto:Jordan.Smith2 at unt.edu>> wrote:
Hi Jonathan,

I'm in the same boat having taught hard-copy markup in the past but wondering whether I should keep doing it. There are many other things I'd like to prioritize in my course this semester (for example, I'm thinking through how to include a unit on editing AI-assisted/generated writing), so I'm leaning toward leaving it out.

Hope that helps,

Jordan
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Subject: [EXT] [ATTW-L] technical editing class -- hard-copy markup?

Hi, colleagues.

I have a question, and I'd like your input.

I'm updating my Technical Editing class, and I'm pondering whether to
keep or cut the unit on hard-copy markup. I taught this unit in years
past to good effect, but now that most editing is done electronically, I
wonder if hard-copy markup is a dead skill.

If you were to (or if you actually do) teach a course on technical
editing, would you teach hard-copy markup?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Jonathan Arnett
Associate Professor of Technical Communication
Department of Technical Communication & Interactive Design
Kennesaw State University

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