Digital Design QA checklist: Blackboard modules
Proof reading
Text is free of errors, including typos, punctuation and grammatical errors, ambiguities and duplications
Modules are displaying and functioning correctly – check in student view to identify glitches
Bb styler used to create headings, paras, activities etc.
Headings
Headings levels are in logical order
Sentence case used for all headings below unit and module title level
Numbered headings (if used) are in correct sequence
Paragraphs
Minimal bold and itals used for emphasis
No underlined or coloured text
Block quote style used as required and source formatting is consistent
Links
Working
Consistently formatted in all modules
Linked text is descriptive so the link destination makes sense out of context
Tables
Consistent styling for all tables
Minimal punctuation: sentence case; no dashes at start of sentence; no fullstops
Table width: adjust columns and overall table width for neat appearance, readability and to reduce scrolling
Table caption included; table number (if included) is in sequence
Lists
Lists with lead-in sentence, lower case with fullstop at end of last row
No semi-colons or commas at end of rows unless writer has consistently used this
Stand-alone list is sentence case
H5P activities
Solutions provided for all H5Ps questions
Non-randomised answers (e.g. “all of the above’) displaying correctly
Images
Image display is clear and images are correctly sized
There is sufficient colour contrast between text and background colour
Colour alone is not used to convey important information
Alternative text descriptions are provided for images that contain important information
Captions used for all non-decorative images
Sources included with consistent styling
Caption numbers (if used) are in correct sequence
Captions are in sentence case
Reference list
Consistent referencing style applied; follow writer’s chosen style
Book and journal titles are in itals
Reference list styling is consistent in all modules