This four-week course will provide students with an overview of the syntax, methods, and commonly used tools in developing XML documents and integrating basic stylesheets. The course will also introduce students to readings, resources, and tools available to help develop basic XML coding skills through individual practice.
The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the wide range of skills, methods, and techniques used basic content markup... Details
When: August 7–24, 2024
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Come and learn how to use JIRA to produce data driven analytics for your technical writing needs! Whether you are managing your own work or a team, JIRA as a tool adds value to the work technical writers prodcue by tying it distinctly to organizational objectives and KPI's.
When: August 5–19, 2024
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This one day certification preparatory course provides an overview of the Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) Foundation level exam offered through STC and AMPG International. This course will help you prepare for the Foundation level exam, providing a detailed review of each of the nine core competencies (project planning, project analysis, content development, organizational design, visual communication, written communication, reviewing and editing, content... Details
When: July 22, 2024
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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: July 10–31, 2024
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You have created great content, but can the users find it in the growing collection of varied content at your organization? Tagging can help, but are the tags good enough? Tags need to be based on a controlled vocabulary to provide consistency for comprehensive retrieval. Controlled vocabularies can be organized into taxonomies, as faceted terms sets or hierarchies, to guide users. This 3-session workshop teaches the principles of good taxonomy design.... Details
When: June 11–25, 2024
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This asynchronous 6-week course presents more advanced concepts to TC practitioners who may still be within their first three years in the profession. It covers topics that are beyond the scope of TechComm Fundamentals Bootcamp, and is particularly useful for people who have completed the Bootcamp course. This course covers the following topics to help you enrich and develop your TC career: managing projects, glossaries and teferences, advanced deliverables (white papers, application ... Details
When: June 10 – July 22, 2024
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Effectively managing a technical communcation group involves three sets of skills: buisness management, people management, and project management. This program addresses business management skills.
Effective business managment specifically involves establishing a vision for your group, making a buisness case for proposed projects, and selling the services of your group. This program helps you develop these skills. This course develops these skills through a combination of discovery... Details
When: June 6–27, 2024
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Join us at STC's 2024 annual Virtual Leadership Program, as we continue to share ideas with each other about best practices for effiectively running an STC community.
When: June 6, 2024
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Learn to craft a ChatGPT prompt that writes strong, compelling text in seconds rather than minutes or hours and could help you net a raise, promotion, or write your next assignment faster than it took you to read this sentence.
When: June 4–25, 2024
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This four-week introductory course provides an overview of the processes involved in developing instructional content for professional settings, including an overview of learning theories and styles, developing learning sequences, the major types of learning activities, asynchronous and synchronous instructional strategies, and methods of assessment and evaluation. The course will also cover important instructional design concepts, including developing instructional architectures,... Details
When: June 3–24, 2024
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