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When: June 5–9, 2021
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A good documentation plan provides a roadmap for your information development project, and it serves as a “contract” between your content-creation team and the project teams you support. In this course, you’ll learn how to create an effective doc plan that clearly describes the content you’ll produce and the process you’ll follow. You’ll also learn how to adjust the traditional doc plan format for projects that use agile (or agile-like) methodologies.
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When: April 6 – May 18, 2021
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Trial and error is certainly an effective way to learn. But wouldn't it be nice if you knew someone who had already paved the way and left a map for you to follow? Matt Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador at TechSmith, will host a panel of users with different experience levels simplifying their own content. They'll discuss what worked well, what didn't, what they wish they would have known sooner, and provide advice for those looking to start creating their own simplified content.... Details
When: March 25, 2021
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Effectively managing a technical communication group involves a unique set of skills: clearly communicating expectations regarding jobs, effectively evaluating performance, establishing a vision for your group, making a business case for proposed projects, and selling the services of your group.
This course develops these skills through a combination of discovery exercises (which leverage your existing knowledge), formal presentations (which describe the “must knows”) and... Details
When: March 9 – April 13, 2021
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Charged with developing a tutorial or similar instructional program? Or have you developed tutorials but are looking to do so more effectively?
This 4-session,course provides you with the skills needed to successfully produce effective learning programs, including following the ADDIE approach, writing instructional objectives, developing criterion-referenced quizzes and tests, describing the dominant Kirkpatrick model of evaluation, choosing an instructional strategy then... Details
When: March 9–30, 2021
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The job of promoting technical products and services falls on the shoulders of marketers and technical communicators. In today’s streamlined workforce, however, those two roles are often combined into a single employee’s job description. As a result, technical communicators need to understand marketing, so they can either work with marketing teams or even create promotional materials on their own. This six-session course provides the strategies and best practices technical... Details
When: March 3 – April 7, 2021
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Join Guy and Anton as they build on Daniel's SUI presentation to show you how to turn your simplified images into simplified videos! Simplifying an image has many advantages like focusing the viewer attention and extending the image's shelf life, so why wouldn't we want to take advantage of Simplify in our videos? In this webinar we'll talk about best practices, show some real-world examples, and walk you through step-by-step how to create a few different kinds of simplified videos!... Details
When: February 25, 2021
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Since the opening of Disneyland in 1955, Disney's Imagineers have been entertaining audiences of all ages at Disney parks around the world by bringing stories to life through immersive and engaging experiences.
What does that have to do with technical communication? More than you might think!
This course explores a number o Imagineering Storytelling tools-practices and principles used by Walt Disney Imagineering in the design and construction of Disney parks and... Details
When: February 24 – March 24, 2021
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This course will introduce you to the basics of markup with HTML and scripting with CSS. It will cover coding strategies, working with text editors, and the basics of publishing hand-coded content. You will learn how to build tables and forms using HTML, developing stylesheets and layouts with CSS, and strategies for integrating HTML and CSS in managing and publishing professional Web content.
When: February 23 – March 30, 2021
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Technical communication is an exciting and challenging career that offers unlimited opportunity for professional development. But to succeed, it's not enough to learn a desktop publishing or Help authoring tool-you need to master the analysis process. This is a thinking person's dream career!
TechComm Fundamentals Bootcamp is the fastest, most efficient way to jump-start your career in technical communication. It covers key theory that you can immediately apply to your work, as well ... Details
When: February 22 – April 5, 2021
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