"How to Write Training Manuals" Course

Your team will learn how to write training manuals that are easy to read and use.

Our Courses are Customized for Your Team.

Your team’s training manuals directly affect operations and end-users. Clear, concise, easy-to-read training manuals mean fewer customer support calls, better products, and an enhanced relationship with customers, all of which save time. Our customized workshop, "How to Write Training Manuals," teaches your team how to write manuals that are easy to use.

Course Description

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Choose How to Take the Course:

Onsite
Virtual

In our instructor-led, customized onsite workshop, "How to Write Training Manuals,"your team will learn how to write manuals using effective language and graphics to ensure readability. The onsite courses are hosted at your facility and offered in one-, two-, or three-day sessions.

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Course Objectives:

Plan the content of a user manual
Use language effectively to ensure readability
Use graphics effectively
Analyze the end-user
Write targeted, reader-friendly user manuals

In our instructor-led, customized virtual workshop, your team will learn how to write user manuals using effective language and graphics to ensure readability. These virtual sessions are offered in one-, two-, or three-hour sessions over time.

Learn more about virtual training here.

Course Objectives:

Plan the content of a user manual
Use language effectively to ensure readability
Use graphics effectively
Analyze the end-user
Write targeted, reader-friendly user manuals

The writing course was nicely designed. The instructor had the audience engaged. The use of internal samples was great to use during our case studies.

Juan G.
- Verified Course Attendee

What To Expect

Before the Course

A deep dive by our analysts into your team’s documents
A customized proposal that outlines the topics we propose to cover based on this analysis
A discovery/planning call to ensure that our plan meets your vision
Pre- and post-class assessment (depending on the package you choose)

During the Course

In-class exercises that give participants opportunities to apply concepts
Breakout sessions in which participants work collaboratively to apply concepts and solve writing problems
Examples of your team’s rewritten workplace samples to illustrate concepts
Real-time feedback from the instructor on breakouts
Micro-learning sessions
Socratic discussion
Opportunities for participants to ask questions

After the course

Depending which option you choose, your team can expect:

Scores on their’ post-class assessment
Access to our digital library, which includes short videos, quizzes, and other resources
Access to Option 1 of one of our online courses
Office hours, so that participants can meet with the instructor, share work, and get personalized feedback
Forums, which is a chat room that participants can use to ask questions and get answers from our team of writing professionals
Personalized coaching and feedback

Why Improve Your Team’s Technical Writing Skills?

Having strong technical writing skills is crucial. In our technical writing course, your team will learn strategies to communicate technical information such that it is easy for readers to read and understand.

Clearer, More Concise Documents

Your team will learn how to include just the right amount of detail, avoid verbosity, and use strategies to guide readers to the appropriate conclusion.