Combo Class Schedule
Tips!
Space Saving Methods
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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
Phone numbers
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http://studentweb.edu https://studentweb.edu
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
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Use clear and concise fragments: Requires Saturday Field Trips
Italicize comments, indent 2 spaces, and tighten up leading.
Short Course Descriptions
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Remove italicizes from short course descriptions
Notify Instructional Services (shess@sdccd.edu 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
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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
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Bold page headings (CRN Days Time
Location Instructor Start/End Date
Weeks)
Ad Content
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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
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Remove spaces in between all hyphens and dashes!
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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.
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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.
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).