{"id":18364,"date":"2016-06-08T03:20:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T07:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=18364"},"modified":"2016-06-08T03:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T07:34:24","slug":"revising-the-resources-list-on-my-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/08\/revising-the-resources-list-on-my-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Revising the  Resources List on My Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/9mWtBt\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stack O&#039; Books by Kurtis Garbutt, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bookstack-225x300.jpg?resize=185%2C250\" alt=\"Stack O&#039; Books by Kurtis Garbutt, on Flickr\" width=\"185\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18365\" \/><\/a>This week\u2019s post on Bedford Bits describes the work I have begun on revising my course documents to make them more visual. The ultimate goal is to make them more engaging and more useful to students. <\/p>\n<p>I started with the required resources, which has been nothing but a glorified book list for as long as I can remember. My revised version still lists books, but I have tried to add some negative space and color to make it easier to read and a bit more friendly. <\/p>\n<p>Read the full details in the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.macmillan.com\/community\/the-english-community\/bedford-bits\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/revising-for-a-more-visual-syllabus-the-resources-list\" title=\"Revising for a More Visual Syllabus: The Resources List\" target=\"_blank\">blog post on the Macmillan Community site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-credit\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\nImage: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/9mWtBt\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stack O&#039; Books by Kurtis Garbutt, on Flickr\">Stack O&#039; Books by Kurtis Garbutt, on Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s post on Bedford Bits describes the work I have begun on revising my course documents to make them more visual. The ultimate goal is to make them more engaging and more useful to students. I started with the required resources, which has been nothing but a glorified book list for as long as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,77],"tags":[399,285,389],"class_list":["post-18364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bedford-bits","category-composition","tag-document-design","tag-syllabus","tag-visual-rhetoric"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-4Mc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18371,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18364\/revisions\/18371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}