Janet Underwood

Technical Writer and Trainer


Writing Great Technical Documents

Do you write technical documents? Would you like to write them better? Would you like to feel more confident about the technical documents you write?

Writing Great Technical Documents teaches you how to write more effective technical documents. In this course, you'll learn how to write technical documents that meet your readers’ needs, and get the results you want.

Class starts May 7, 2012.

You’ll learn how to write more clearly and with more confidence. You’ll learn how to recognize and overcome common problems that undermine your technical documents, and how to revise your writing so that it has more power and clarity.

The target audience for Writing Great Technical Documents is anyone who has to write professional and technical documents. It should be especially useful for engineers, software developers/consultants, medical writers, and technical writers.

Writing Great Technical Documents is taught by Janet Underwood, an award-winning technical writer and instructor of the popular Fundamentals of Technical Writing course. Her students applaud her knowledge of technical writing and her personalized approach to her subject matter.
 
You may have great ideas, but if you cannot communicate them effectively, you may never receive the recognition you deserve. Start Writing Great Technical Documents and learn how to write with clarity, power and style!

$169.00 for 3-month access to course which includes 12 lessons, critiques of two documents you’ve written, tests, certificate of completion, and personal instruction.

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Requirements:
Experience writing technical documentation or successful completion of Fundamentals of Technical Writing or business writing course. Students will need Internet access and a word processing application.

 

Syllabus

Lesson 1

Get acquainted with the difficulties and benefits of writing great technical documents.


Lesson 2

Discover what readers expect from your documents, and learn how to conduct three types of reader analysis.


Lesson 3

Determine the purpose of a document, gather information, and prepare an outline.


Lesson 4

Create a style guide, learn about different technical writing styles, and discover your personal writing style.


Lesson 5

Explore ways to be more precise in the words that you use and ways to use technical terminology in your documents.


Lesson 6

Write powerful sentences and correct common sentence mistakes.


Lesson 7

Master strategies to write logically ordered paragraphs that flow and capture your readers' interest.


Lesson 8

Review punctuation and mechanical conventions of technical writing.


Lesson 9

Explore ways to use graphical elements in technical documents.


Lesson 10

Examine the basics of good document design.


Lesson 11

Format specific kinds of technical documents.


Lesson 12

Polish your documents by editing and proofreading them, then conduct peer reviews and usability tests.

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$499.00 for 12 lessons, tests, a certificate of completion, and personal instruction.

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