Technical Writing: Quick Start Guides
With Leslie O'Flahavan
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Duration: 57m
Skill level: Beginner + Intermediate
Released: 6/8/2018
Course details
A quickstart guide is a short, getting-started document that usually accompanies a product or software. In this course, writing instructor Leslie O'Flahavan explains the components, best writing practices, and overall strategy for creating a quickstart guide that helps readers easily find answers to their questions. Leslie shares how to base your quickstart guide on your user manual or develop your guide by using customer feedback. She also discusses how to clearly identify the overall purpose of your guide, write clear headings, and use plain language. To wrap up, she covers methods for getting feedback from subject matter experts and users to ensure that your guide is both accurate and useful.
Skills you’ll gain
Earn a sharable certificate
Share what you’ve learned, and be a standout professional in your desired industry with a certificate showcasing your knowledge gained from the course.
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Certificate of Completion
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Showcase on your LinkedIn profile under “Licenses and Certificate” section
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Download or print out as PDF to share with others
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Share as image online to demonstrate your skill
Meet the instructor
Learner reviews
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Jaya Bhatt V
Jaya Bhatt V
Senior Technical Writer
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Janette David
Janette David
Student at National Teachers College
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Herouini Hamza
Herouini Hamza
Mechanical Engineer @ STG / SONELGAZ | Pipeline/Piping engineer
Contents
What’s included
- Practice while you learn 2 exercise files
- Test your knowledge 2 quizzes
- Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone
- Stay up to date Continuing Education Units