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Editing & Proofreading Courses

Our editing and proofreading courses will teach you how to spot errors in spelling, language, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, word usage, organization, and formatting.

Whether your goal is to improve your skills as a proofreader or editor or become a more confident and error-free writer, our editing and proofreading courses give you the knowledge and real-world practice you need to succeed.

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Editing and Proofreading Business Writing

Careful editing and proofreading will ensure that every business document you send to people is well written and free of errors. An online editing and proofreading course will give you the skills you need to ensure your writing is perfect. The Business Writing Center offers an editing course, a proofreading course, and a course to help you both edit and proofread business writing.

Editing Skills Course

This editing course will teach you how to manage editing projects and rewrite to polish documents. You will learn how to edit sentences to make them clear concise, develop paragraphs that are clearly organized, select vocabulary that is accurate and descriptive, and edit for organization so you write documents that readers cannot misunderstand.

You will go through this editing class at your own pace, so you could complete it within a few weeks. However, you have up to four months to complete the class so you can fit the study time into your schedule. All editing class lessons must be finished within the four-month period.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Prepare for Editing Your Business Document

Lesson 2: Edit to Give the Document Focus

Lesson 3: Edit to Give the Document Cohesiveness

Lesson 4: Edit the Introduction, Format, and Conclusion

Edit a writing sample to receive instructor feedback and coaching

Lesson 5: Edit Paragraphs for Focus and Continuity

Lesson 6: Edit Paragraphs for Emphasis and Variety

Edit a writing sample to receive instructor feedback and coaching

Lesson 7: Know the Basic Structure of a Sentence

Lesson 8: Build Meaningful Sentences

Lesson 9: Edit to Write Effective Sentences

Lesson 10: Add Sentence Variety

Lesson 11: Work with Problem Sentences

Edit a writing sample to receive instructor feedback and coaching

Lesson 12: Write Concisely

Lesson 13: Use Precise Words

Lesson 14: Use Clear Words for Concepts

Edit a writing sample to receive instructor feedback and coaching

Proofreading Course

This proofreading course contains clear, thorough explanations of the proofreading process, proofreader's marks, and basic English usage (grammar, punctuation, spelling, word usage, and sentence structure). This proofreading class will take you through a comprehensive review of basic English usage to help you locate writing errors even experienced proofreaders may not notice. As you go through the review of the usage rules, you will proofread for errors to practice identifying misuse of the rules.

The proofreading class has six diagnostic tests. To graduate from the course, you must have achieved an average of at least 80 percent on the six diagnostics. This proofreading course is not recommended for anyone who wants to overcome errors in his or her writing. You should have few usage errors in your writing to be able to graduate from this course. If you have errors in your writing you want to overcome, the Basic Grammar Skills Tutorial is the perfect online proofreading course for you.

The online proofreading class lessons contain clear explanations and many examples. You go at your own pace and submit assignments when you are ready. The instructor evaluates the activities and examinations, comments on skills you have learned and skills you still need to polish, coaches you through learning the skills, and certifies your competence. You receive a graduation certificate for framing at the end of the course.

You will go through the course at your own pace, so you could complete it within a few weeks. However, you have up to four months to complete the course so you can fit the study time into your schedule. You must finish all lessons within the four-month period.

Online Proofreading Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Proofreading Business Writing

Lesson 2: Proofreader's Marks

Lesson 3: The Proofreading Process

Proofreading Diagnostic Test 1: Test of General Skills

Lesson 4: Spelling, Word Division

Lesson 5: Abbreviations, Capitalization

Lesson 6: Numbers, Figures

Proofreading Diagnostic Test 2: Spelling, Word Division, Abbreviations, Capitalization, Numbers, and Figures

Lesson 7: Subject/Verb Agreement

Lesson 8: Pronoun Agreement and Selection

Lesson 9: Punctuation

Proofreading Diagnostic Test 3: Subject/Verb Agreement, Pronoun Agreement and Selection, and Punctuation

Lesson 10: Mood and Voice

Lesson 11: Modifiers and Connectives

Lesson 12: Format, Publishing

Lesson 13: Case, Tense

Proofreading Diagnostic Test 4: Proofreading Class Final Examination

Editing, Polishing, and Proofreading Business Writing

The Editing, Polishing, and Proofreading Business Writing course will give you the skills you need to be able to understand basic grammar rules, edit business writing, and proofread your own and others' writing. It is not so rigorous as the Proofreading Skills course, but teaches more grammar and proofreading skills than are included in the Business Writing Skills course.

You will go through the course at your own pace, so you can complete it within a few weeks. However, you have up to four months to complete the course so you can fit the study time into your schedule. You must submit all lessons within the four-month period.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Edit to Give the Document Cohesiveness

Lesson 2: Edit Paragraphs for Focus and Continuity

Competency Writing Sample 1

Lesson 3: Know the Basic Structure of a Sentence

Lesson 4: Build Meaningful Sentences

Lesson 5: Write Effective Sentences

Lesson 6: Add Sentence Variety

Lesson 7: Work with Problem Sentences

Competency Writing Sample 2

Lesson 8: Write Concisely

Lesson 9: Use Clear Words for Concepts

Competency Writing Sample 3

Lesson 10: Proofreading Skills

Lesson 11: Typos, Accuracy, Transpositions

Lesson 12: Abbreviations, Numbers, Capitalization

Lesson 13: Commas, Other Punctuation, Spelling

Lesson 14: Subject/Verb, Pronouns

Competency Writing Sample 4  

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