Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory
Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory: "Crash course in learning theory"
If you want to reach out to your audience, then you better read this.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
If you want to reach out to your audience, then you better read this.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
What technical communicators write?
I am listing some of the stuff the technical writers/communicators are asked to create...
Case studies
Marketing collaterals - Brochures, Fliers...
Online help
Policy and procedure manuals
Presentations
Product manuals - User Guides, Implementation Guides..
Proposals and RFPs
Reports
Training manuals
Tutorials
Web content
White papers
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Monday, August 22, 2005
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Brooklyn College: Technical Writing Certificate
Brooklyn College: Technical Writing Certificate - Course Syllabus
This link lists the course syllabus for:
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics for Technical Writers
Technical Writing Fundamentals
Graphics for Technical Writers
User Guides and FrameMaker
Technical Documentation with XHTML and CSS
Online Helps and RoboHELP
Researched Technical Reports and Proposals
Indexing
Technical Editing
User Guides with Microsoft Word
Starting a Technical-Writing Career
XML for Technical Writers
Business Communications
Writing Revisable Manuals
Writing Revisable Manuals
A fantastic resource on how to write manuals. A must visit for any tech writer.
Power Tools for Technical Communication: Headings Practice
Power Tools for Technical Communication: Headings Practice
Use this example to create practice exercises for creating headings. Take an article on popular science; remove all the headings and sub-headings. Ask the students to insert the right headings and sub-headings at appropriate places.
Create a variation in the above exercise by mixing (jumble) the paragraphs before asking the students to work on the exercise.
Power Tools for Technical Communication
Power Tools for Technical Communication: "Sentence-Style Revision"
History of Computing - Xerox Star Research
Xerox Star Research: "The Contributions and the Downfall of the Xerox Star"
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Wink - FREE Tutorial and Presentation creation software
Came across this interesting link on a Tutorial and Presentation creation software called Wink. According to the information available on their site: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/, Wink can be used to create tutorials on how to use software. It allows capture of screenshots, adding of explanation boxes, buttons etc.
For more details visit:
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
Also visit:
www.debugmode.com
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Online Help related links....
THE BROWSE SEQUENCE IN ONLINE HELP
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG266268.PDF
Interactive Help: Adapting Content for Multiple Users
www.stc.org/48thConf/postconf/DownsJackson_Paper.pdf
Applying Software Development Methodology to Developing Help Systems
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00008.PDF
Linking Strategies for Online Help and Web Sites
www.stc.org/48thConf/postconf/Linking_Strategies.pdf
Trends in HTML-Based Help Design
www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2000/200001_15-19.pdf
When Users Hate Help
http://www.stc.org/48thConf/postconf/Heninger_3P1.pdf
By The Way, We Also Want Online Help
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG451.PDF
Structuring Help for Re-Use
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1995/PDFs/PG312313.PDF
Estimating Scope and Schedule for a Help Project
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1997/PDFs/0049.PDF
When Customers Hate Help
http://www.stc.org/48thConf/postconf/Heninger_3P2.pdf
Trends in HTML-Based Help Design
http://www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2000/200001_15-19.pdf
Designing an Online Help System Before the Interface is Ready
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1997/PDFs/0215.PDF
Indexing Online Help
www.stc.org/46thConf/postconf/we7n.ppt
What's Ahead for Help? Remember Your Roots
www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2002/200201_25-31.pdf
Moving Beyond Help
www.stc.org/confproceed/1995/PDFs/PG311.PDF
Quality online help development
www.stc.org/46thConf/postconf/help2fin.pdf
Help Is Dead. Long Live Help!
www.stc.org/confproceed/2001/PDFs/STC48-000073.PDF
Information sources on indexing online help
www.stc.org/46thConf/postconf/we7nrl.pdf
The Evolution of a Help System
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1995/PDFs/PG408410.PDF
For More Information on Indexing Online Help…
http://www.stc.org/46thConf/postconf/we7nrl.pdf
Strategies for Using Information Types in HTML Help
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00172.PDF
Adding Life to your documentation
http://www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2003/200311_25-28.pdf
Key Roles In Developing Successful Online Help
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1999/PDFs/058.PDF
Creating Documentation that shows
http://www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2000/200012_22-25.pdf
Standards for Visuals for Online Help: Selected Examples
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1997/PDFs/0068.PDF
Seven Steps to Successful Online Help
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1995/PDFs/PG411414.PDF
Wizards
http://www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2000/200011_22-23.pdf
Benefits and Pitfalls of Mentoring
http://www.stc.org/ConfProceed/2003/PDFs/STC50-003.pdf
Making Online Help Helpful - Perspectives of professionals and users
http://www.stc.org/ConfProceed/2003/PDFs/STC50-081.pdf
Planning and Creating a Windows Online Help System
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1995/PDFs/PG264267.PDF
Online Help: You Think It’s Documentation but Your Company Thinks It's Software
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1999/PDFs/stc-47.pdf
Business Plans Build Good Business
http://www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2004/200404_38-39_42.pdf
The State of Navigation
www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00168.PDF
Mastering The Mayhem: How To Manage A Hypertext Help Project
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG412.PDF
TW_Dynamic Content Management_Feb2001
http://www.stc.org/intercom/PDFs/2001/200102_28-32,42.pdf
Building Documentation into the Interface
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00025.PDF
Documentation Through the Discovery Process
http://www.stc.org/ConfProceed/2003/PDFs/STC50-097.pdf
A Modular Approach to WinHelp Projects - The Process Behind the Success
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1996/PDFs/PG0267.PDF
Developing WebHelp: What ‘How to’ Design Doesn’t Always Tell Us
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00057.PDF
Creating Online Help (Part 1): Design and Development Considerations
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/robohelp/articles/online_help_print.html
Creating Online Help (Part 2): Strategies and Implementation
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/robohelp/articles/online_help_pt2_print.html
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