Course code TECW 1107

Credit 0.5

Length 6.5 hours

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Review the document development process for producing effective manuals and training guides. Topics include information design techniques, improving usability of manuals via reader analysis and peer review, and considerations for internationalizing documents.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • The manual writing process
  • Standards and styles for manuals
  • Determining project scope and key content
  • Working with subject matter experts (SME)
  • Research and development
  • Draft manual product10n tips
  • Incorporating changes and redrafting
  • Audience analysis and user-testing techniques
  • Lessons learned

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.