This is the fun part!!
Once you have a printed copy of an appropriate transcript and, preferably, recorded the class and taken notes, you are ready for Step 2 of the Quick Transcript Review Method: reading the transcript deeply.
Plan at least 30 - 45 minutes to do this step. That may seem lengthy considering your busy schedule, but there's no shortcut. To really judge the quality of the transcript, you have to read deeply and understand what the transcript says and implies. So, shut your office door; turn off your phone and pager; and get ready to read!
Start reading at the beginning of the transcript, and think hard about the meaning of what you read. Look specifically for the problems listed below, and mark any that you see.
A. Unclearly worded sentences
B. Gaps or jumps in the information flow
C. Wrong facts
D. Hard-to-read sections, due to typos, very long paragraphs or unrelated text jammed together.
Here's an example of problems B and D:
If the thermal energy is a lot less than the cohesive forces, you have a
There is only one class of liquids, but there are two classes of solids: crystalline and amorphous.
That unfinished thought at the end of the first line is problem B, a gap in the information flow. The text is also hard to read (problem D) because there is no blank line between the first topic and the second one, to put the new topic into a new paragraph.
For examples and practice identifying each type of problem above, click here. In my next post, I'll cover when and how to get help from "context experts" to check fact accuracy about an unfamiliar topic, and to determine the cause of any information gaps in the transcript.
-- Judy
Next: how to identify fact errors?
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