Humanities Word Template for PC

How to Use this Template

Please read the first 3 pages of this guidance on how to format your online teaching materials before starting to add your content to this document. When you have finished adding your content into this template, don’t forget to delete these guidance pages!

Save this file to your computer as a Word Template .dotx

Name the file " Humanities_Word_Template_PC" and choose .dotx from the file type options

Ideally, you should save this template to the following location on your computer:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

Alternatively, you can save this template anywhere on your computer and make a note of where you save it.

To create a new document based on the HUM template

You can either

Open Word and select File > New, then from the Personal tab, select the Humanities_Word_Template_PC template
or

Browse to the location where you saved this template, and double-click on the filename.

Format your materials following style guide

Built-in Font Styles

There are 6 built-in ‘HUM’ styles available in this template:

To apply the styles, just highlight the relevant text in your document and then press the appropriate style from the Style Gallery.

Copying and Pasting from Another Document

If you are going to paste text from another Word document, you will need to use the ‘Keep Text Only’ option when pasting so as not to change the text formatting of this document.

Built-in Text Boxes with Icons

Available text boxes:

HUM_Bubbles

HUM_Case_Studies

HUM_Discussion

HUM_Essential_Reading

HUM_Learning_Outcomes

HUM_Reading

HUM_Summary

HUM_Test_Quiz

HUM_Video

HUM_Writing

From the Insert menu, go to Text Box and click on whichever HUM text box you want. Each text box has a related icon.

Boxes Spreading Over Two Pages

If you are typing a lot of text into a text box, it may spill over onto the next page. If this is the case, type your text in the text box up until you reach the footer area of the page. When you reach the bottom of the page move your cursor to the next page and start a new text box: at the top of the next page, use Insert > Text Box and selecting the same text box style as in the previous page. Remove the redundant heading in the new text box, and continue typing the rest of your text.

Edit the Header

From Page 2 of your document, you should edit the Header of the document to reflect the course title. Double-click in the Header area and amend the text. Press the Close Header and Footer button (red X).

Adding or changing icons

To change an icon in a text box:

From the table below, copy the icon you want to insert

Go back to the icon you want to get rid of, click on it and press the backspace key on your keyboard to remove it,

Paste the icon you copied from the table below.

DL-Writing-Summative	DL-Discussion-Summative	DL-Test-Summative	DL-Assessment-Summative	DL-Learning-Outcomes
DL-Test	DL-Assessment	DL-Think	DL-Write	DL-Discussion
DL-Watch	DL-Listen	DL-Read	DL-Time	DL-Download
DL-Seminar	DL-Summary	DL-BlackBoard	DL-BlackBoard-V2

Print Your Document to PDF

With your Word document open, use File > Save As, and change the file type to PDF (.pdf) from the dropdown list. Then press the Save button.

The following pages provide some examples of how to structure your materials with a mix of content and activities. If the activities included are not relevant simply remove them

DON’T FORGET TO

DELETE THESE GUIDANCE PAGES

FROM YOUR FINISHED DOCUMENT!

Unit 1:

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes At the end of this section you will: Understand xxx xxx xxx

Video Watch the introductory video where XXXXX introduces this Section. Insert a link to your video on https://video.manchester.ac.uk

Section 1: Introduction

This paragraph text should use the ‘HUM_Normal’ style.

Essential Reading Before completing this section you should read the following texts. xxx

Add title here

Section 2: xxx

This paragraph text should use the ‘HUM_Normal’ style.

Section 3: xxx

This paragraph text should use the ‘HUM_Normal’ style.

Summary

Summary

Other Suggested Activities (delete if not required)

Discussion

Test / Quiz

Text here … Text here …

Case A A scientist expresses his intention to clone either his wife or himself. Should he be prevented from doing so? Your recommendations __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Case B A woman with multiple sclerosis wants her husband to help her to die. Is it ever ethically acceptable to take the life of another person? Your recommendations __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Case Studies Instructions here.

Writing Activity Text here …