ACFEI Format and Quality Standards:

Format and Quality Standards
Text (use our Word template):

• Paragraphs must be double spaced.
• Times New Roman, 12 point font.
• Citations should be in-line and all references given in APA format at the end.
• Needs to be geared towards the audience specified in the course proposal form.
• Must be free of excessive grammar and spelling errors
• No more than 33% of test questions may be true/false
• Test questions should have 4 choices with only one correct answer
• Test question answers may not be in the form of “all of the above”, “none of the above” or “A and B only”.
• Test question answers should not be included in other test questions.
• Test questions must be submitted in csv. Spreadsheet format – see template.
• Learning objectives should be clear, concise, and appropriate to materials covered and included in the course.

PowerPoints (use our template):

• All text should be no smaller than 24 points
• Text must be Times New Roman, Arial, or Tahoma.
• Videos and other included multimedia should be contained in an appropriately labeled subfolder and included with PowerPoint presentation.
• References should be included on slides at the end, in APA format. Text on these slides may be 12 point, at instructor’s discretion.
• If course is submitted ONLY in PowerPoint format, or PowerPoint slides make up the bulk of course content, then slides MUST be written in complete sentences and include in-text citations.

Video:

• Video must be provided in no less than 640x480 pixels size.
• Video must be 29 or 30 frames per second.
• Video must not need sound quality corrected
• Video must not need light quality corrected
• Video must not contain excessive “blank space” – it will be counted to the total number of minutes the speaker is speaking or the action is being demonstrated (usable video).
• Video should be in mpeg format or wmv format.
• .MOV and .SWF files will not be accepted!!
• Must be submitted with corresponding appropriate model, property, and copyright releases! (if applicable)

Images

• Images must be no smaller than 1800 x 2550 pixels in size, printing clearly at 6 inches by 8.5 inches.
• Must be at the standard resolution of 300 dpi. (default for most cameras and digital editing programs)

• Images must be relevant to the course

• Images must not need cropping
• Images and graphics, if linear (ie, a line graph), need to be atleast 3 points wide.
• Must be submitted with corresponding appropriate model, property, and copyright releases! (if applicable)