Combo Class Schedule Tips!
Space Saving Methods
□ Delete extraneous spaces between course listings, titles, etc.
□ Reduce Margins
Formatting Reminders
Web Site
□ Underline websites www.sdccd.edu
□ Only include http:// whenever www is not included in the URL or website is secure http://studentweb.edu https://studentweb.edu
Phone numbers
□ Consistent Phone number format 619-388-6716
□ Include 858 and 619 numbers for Mesa and Miramar Colleges
□ Include TTY number as applicable
Comments
□ Refer to Combo Class Schedule Guidelines for Essential Comments for acceptable comments
□ Use clear and concise fragments: Requires Saturday Field Trips
□ Italicize comments, indent 2 spaces, and tighten up leading.
Short Course Descriptions
□ Remove italicizes from short course descriptions
□ Notify Instructional Services ( or 616-388-6716) if short course descriptions are missing or need to be modified
Abbreviations
□ Avoid abbreviations in all publications and ISIS whenever possible
□ If abbreviations cannot be avoided, always use abbreviations listed on the “Abbreviations Style Guide” (Especially abbreviations in ISIS as the information is published on students’ transcripts)
□ Contact Instructional Services if additional abbreviations need to be added to the style guide
Headings
□ Include column discipline headings at the top of each column in the course listings; avoid repeating course descriptions
□ Bold page headings (CRN Days Time Location Instructor Start/End Date Weeks)
Ad Content
□ Use general course information whenever possible; if specific times, CRNs, instructor names are included proof for accuracy
□ Include approved courses and programs
□ Use official course titles
□ Use official 4-digit course designator
Dashes and hyphens
□ Remove spaces in between all hyphens and dashes!
□ Hyphens: The hyphen is the shortest of the three and is used most commonly to combine words (compounds such as "well-being" and "advanced-level," for example) and to separate numbers that are not inclusive (phone numbers and Social Security numbers, for example).
□ Em Dash (—) use the em dash to create a strong break in the structure of a sentence. Em dashes can be used in pairs like parentheses—that is, to enclose a word, or a phrase, or a clause—or they can be used alone to detach one end of a sentence from the main body. Em dashes are particularly useful in a sentence that is long and complex or in one that has a number of commas within it.
□ En Dash (–)The en dash is slightly longer than the hyphen but not as long as the em dash. (It is, in fact, the width of a typesetter's letter "N," whereas the em dash is the width of the letter "M"—thus their names.) The en dash means, quite simply, "through." We use it most commonly to indicate inclusive dates and numbers: July 9–August 17; pp. 37–59; 11:00 am–1:00 pm.