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User Training for Busy Programmers

By : William Rice, William Rice
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User Training for Busy Programmers

By: William Rice, William Rice

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)

The Instructor Guide


The Instructor Guide consists of the same five parts as the Student Guide. However, the Instructor Guide has additional information to each of the parts.

When developing the Instructor Guide, start with a copy of the Student Guide and add the information below.

Table of Contents

In addition to a table of contents, generate a table of the units and their learning objectives. The instructor should be able to look in the beginning of the Guide and see all of the learning objectives.

Most word processors use paragraph styles to generate a table of contents. In a similar way, you can use paragraph styles to generate a table of learning objectives. Check the online help for your word processor under indexes and tables.

Introduction

The introduction contains all of the information that a student needs to decide whether to attend the course. You can copy and paste this information into your public announcement of the class.

Also, include login information for any accounts used in...