This one of the first components of the QA Toolkit. It is currently a beta version. We would welcome feedback before its release. Please send any comments to B.Kelly AT ukoln.ac.uk.
Projects may be concerned that implementation of QA procedures can be time-consuming. The approach recommended by QA Focus is designed to be lightweight and to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy, while still providing a mechanism for implementation of best practices.
This self assessment QA sheet will eventually be part of the QA Focus Toolkit and is based on the Digital Text briefing paper. This module provides a checklist for development of good practices when choosing a text-based character set and structural language.
Digital text refers to any document that stores alphabetic information. It can use differing character sets and contain specific structures.
Note that when filling in the form:
Note that QA Focus does not keep a record of the answers submitted.