An online 6-week course that dives deep into various aspects of technical editing to improve the quality of your technical documents.
The only online course of its type available anywhere!
Level: All levels of technical writers.
Recommended prerequisite: None.
Required textbook: None. Everything is included.
Time Commitment: About 20-30 minutes a day: very realistic even for those who work full-time.
This is a course
The content is updated regularly based on the new developments in the field (since the author currently works as a full-time Fortune 100 technical writer) and student feedback.
Covers three main types of technical editing:
(1) Stylistic Editing
(2) Editing for Clarity
(3) Visual and Graphic Editing
Each lesson is accompanied by
Ideal for
Start any time you like, work at your own pace (about 20-30 min a day), finish this 6-week course within 10 weeks (includes 4 extra weeks allowed for personal emergencies and contingencies).
Written by Dr. Ugur Akinci, a Fortune 100 technical writer and the owner of Technical Communication Center.
A Completion Certificate is awarded after the successful completion of all lessons and assignments.
For more information and to register CLICK HERE.
A practical hands-on introduction to Technical Writing for the beginners.
If you don't know how and where to begin to become a technical writer, this is it!
Level: Beginner.
Recommended prerequisite: None.
Required textbook: None. Everything is included.
Time Commitment: About 20-30 minutes a day: very realistic even for those who work full-time.
This 6-week online course includes the following six lessons:
1) The Language of Technical Writing
2) Components of a Technical Document
3) Designing a Basic MS Word Template
4) Images, Screenshots, Drawings
5) Variables, Tables, and Graphs
6) Writing a Mini User Guide
This course assumes that you are:
No previous familiarity or experience with technical writing is required.
Each lesson is accompanied by
Ideal for
Start any time you like, work at your own pace (about 20-30 min a day), finish this 6-week course within 10 weeks (includes 4 extra weeks allowed for personal emergencies and contingencies).
Written by Dr. Ugur Akinci, a Fortune 500 technical writer and the owner of Technical Communication Center.
A Completion Certificate is awarded after the successful completion of all lessons and assignments.
For more information and to register, CLICK HERE.
Added "Eliminating Variance" section to the lesson on "Eliminating Inconsistencies", Week 1. It's important for the students to understand what "variance" is and why it's such a core concept in technical communications.
Also added: "Sometimes you have"only" a problem..." to Lesson 3.
After 6 months of development and testing we've release our TECHNICAL EDITING ONLINE COURSE today!
To get more info and register, CLICK HERE.
Atleast two more online courses are planned for 2012. Be watching!
We have added a New Lesson and Assignment to Week 1 of TW101 (Technical Writing 101):
"Two Important Verb Forms"
This new lesson addresses the main style formats in which headings and subheadings are handled in technical writing.
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