It's time to throw away all the red pens. Thanks to Microsoft Word, viewers learn how to track changes and comments in a document without killing any trees or wasting ink. Additionally, scholars discover how to accept or reject changes...

How does proofreading differ from revising or editing a paper? A short video explains the importance of proofreading and offers a few key strategies to help writers become better proofreaders. The video contains think-alouds to help...

The job of the editor is surely one of the most demanding in film production. Viewers of an episode from a film production playlist are introduced to the editor's many responsibilities, the history of editing, and the various types...

The Director and Editor of the magazine "A La Manera de Dios" walks us through his responsibilities at work. He tells us the requirements and knowledge necessary for the position. Note: This video is in Spanish.

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to edit error in sentences that have participial phrases. [8:53]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate restrictive clauses and phrases. He also show the viewer how to revise restrictive clauses for clarity. [7:24]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how punctuate appositive phrases. [8:05]

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to use coordinating conjunctions correctly and avoid using comma splices.

Here are videos, PowerPoint presentations and stories about what editors do, and what they will need to do in the future. Great for career exploration and discussion of how editing has changed and will change as the world of news...

Did you know a photograph can tell a story? A photojournalist tells stories with his photographs. We learn about his cameras and lenses. Watch him take photos and observe as he edits them. Say cheese! Included are links to...

In this lesson, you will learn about motion graphic design. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Motion Graphics."

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to fix sentence errors that involve particpial phrases which incorporate the passive voice.

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how clarify and edit adverbs so that they are not ambiguous in a sentence.

This video focuses on the Soviet Montage, a government-controlled film industry called Narkompros, that used cinema as a powerful tool to influence social and political ideas. They created the first film school, VGIK: State Institute of...

A screencast explaining the importance of removing obvious information from writing and providing several examples of obvious statements that could be eliminated. [2:52]

Writing research papers is an essential skill in your career as a student, and this week we're going to help you do that like a pro. From figuring out where to begin to finding the best systems, to breaking out of "research recursion...

In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize run-on sentences and add ending punctuation. [9:12]

In this lesson, you will learn how to correct grammar and spelling mistakes in your writing by rereading and fixing mistakes as you find them. [5:02]

This lesson introduces the concept of proofreading. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Proofreading." [3:22]