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User Training for Busy Programmers

User Training for Busy Programmers

By : William Rice
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User Training for Busy Programmers

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By: William Rice
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Overview of this book

If you need to write a successful software training course and are unsure of how to start, then this book gets right to the point with clear, concise directions for developing an end-user software course. This step-by-step job aid walks you through the process of developing a successful, instructor-led software class. There are many good books on training theory. This book takes a more practical, condensed approach for when you don't have time to learn training theory. It is based on fifteen years of technical writing and training experience. In under 100 pages, the book guides you through the process of developing an end-user software course using a method that is tested, proven, and based upon sound instructional theory.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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User Training for Busy Programmers
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User Training for Busy Programmers
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
Preface
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Preface
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Misconceptions about Training
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Haven’t we Solved these Problems with IDS?
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The Checklist
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Summary
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The Setup
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The Setup
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Who Needs to be Trained?
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Write the Learning Objectives
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Develop In-class Exercises
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Develop In-class Exercises
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Prepare Software for the Exercises
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Write the Directions
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Develop Lectures
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Develop Lectures
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Develop Lectures Around the Exercises
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A Structured Approach to Developing Lectures
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Summary
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Develop the Demo
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Develop the Demo
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Write the Demo Instructions
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Use Unique Data for the Demo
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Developing a Demo—Key Steps
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Write the Demo Speaking Points
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Summary
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Package the Course
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Package the Course
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The Student Guide
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The Instructor Guide
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Checkpoint
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Action
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Summary
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Setup and Test Run
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Setup and Test Run
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Test the Room Setup
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Practice Run
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Develop Follow-up Materials
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Deliver the Course
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Deliver the Course
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Presenting your Course
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Summary
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A Final Note
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A Final Note

Chapter 5. Develop the Demo

In a software class, usually the best way to teach how to perform a task is by demonstrations. This section discusses how to develop an effective teaching demonstration.

Write the Demo Instructions

Remember that the purpose of the demo is to enable the students to complete the in-class exercise successfully. Therefore, your demo should use the same core functions that the students will use during the exercise.

Look through the exercise that you developed for this unit, and identify the menu options and functions that are essential for successfully completing the exercise. For example, if the purpose of the exercise is to create a new customer, the menu items that are used to create a new record and the required fields in the New Customer screen would be core functions. Any other optional information about the customer would not be a core function.

When writing your demo, you can literally make a copy of the directions for the exercise. Then change the data that...

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