Editors | Emeritus | University of Texas McCombs School Executive Education (UTEE) | Video Style Guide
Key Style Guide Information and Links
This card covers guidance for editing UTEE videos.
- Dialect: US English
- Use these video specifics alongside the school's writing style guidance:
- For any style points not covered in the school style guide materials, refer to:
- AP Style
- Spelling: Merriam–Webster
- Use the Title Case Converter to confirm correct approaches to casing capitalization.
Important Notes
- Use CMoS notes and bibliography style for citations.
- Keep text brief with straightforward, concise phrasing.
- If a list has a mix of phrases/fragments and full sentences, do not use periods. (Ideally, ensure parallelism in list structure.)
title screen
- Video Title: AP Title Case
faculty intro
- Name and Designation: AP Title Case
picture-in-picture (pip) / split screens
- All text: sentence case
- Use periods only for complete sentences.
text boxes / bleed with text
- All text: sentence case
- Use periods only for complete sentences.
- Word limit: 16–20
null screens
- Screen Header: AP Title Case
- Subheader: sentence case
- Body text: sentence case
- Graphs, charts, and graphics (including titles/headers): sentence case
- Use periods only for complete sentences.
tables
- Screen Header: AP Title Case
- Screen sub-header: sentence case
- All rows and columns: sentence case