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Online Certificate Course in Technical Writing
Technowrites has launched Online Certificate Course in Technical Writing for individuals. Here is the summary of the course.
Course duration:
One year
Course fees: Rs. 35,000/- (Rupees thirty Five thousand only)
The student has to pay the complete course fees including tax (12.36%) at the time of taking admission. Total fees including tax is Rs. 39,326/- (Rupees thirty nine thousand three hundred and twenty six only).
Contact Period: 3 days at the time of starting of course and 3 days at the end of the course. Contact period is an optional. Fees for the contact period is Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only) plus tax.
Course Subject: The course consists of the following subjects:
- Communication Basics
- Writing & Grammar
- Technical Writing Theory, Practices & Processes
- Technical Writing Tools
- Technical Writing Project Management
- Advanced Topics
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The brief outline of each of the subject is given below:
Subject 1: Communication Basics
- What is communication
- Communication Model
- Factors affecting communication
- Verbal and non-verbal communication
- What is writing
- What is technical writing
- Applications of technical writing
- Skills of a good technical writer
Subject 2: Writing & Grammar
- Origins and developments in English Language
- English Grammar
- US & UK English
- Comprehension
- Active and Passive Voices
- Punctuation marks
- Writing Numbers
- Bias-free writing
- Writing for the international audience
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Subject 3: Technical Writing Theory, Practices & Processes
- Document structure and its components
- Document development life cycle
- The three dimensions of a document – Structure, Content, & Presentation
- Linear, non-linear, and hyper documents
- File types (.txt, .doc, .rtf, .hlp, .fm, .pdf, .html, .chm, .xml and so on)
- Types of user documentation
- User Guides
- Installation Guides
- Help Files
- Knowledge Base Documents
- Training Material
- Technical Documentation
- Administrator’s Guide
- Developer’s Guide
- Command Reference
- API Documentation
- Business Documentation
- Project Reports
- Marketing Collaterals
- Brochures
- Company profile
- Case Studies
- White papers
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Subject 4: Technical Writing Tools
- MS Word
- RoboHelp
- FrameMaker
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Subject 5: Technical Writing Project Management
- Inquiry handling
- Making presentations
- Interviewing Subject Matter Expert (SME)
- Developing document outlines
- Preparing estimates
- Planning the project
- Tracking the project
- Performing Interval reviews
- Using quality Assurance techniques (Style guides, checklists)
- Releasing the document
- Maintaining project history
- Handing over the Project
- Concluding the Project
- Performing Project post-mortem
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Subject 6: Advanced Topics
- Concepts of Computer Applications
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Databases
- Engineering projects
- Single-sourcing (Multi-channel Publishing)
- Minimalism
- XML-based authoring
- Introduction to Structured FrameMaker
- Introduction to Computer Based Training (CBT) and Web Based Training (WBT)
- Introduction to Instructional Design
- Conducting training session
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| The course also includes a series of assignments related to the topics mentioned above. The students may be asked to repeat the assignments till the output is up to the professional level. |
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