Online technical writing courses

A range of business and technical writing training courses

Many people need to create instructions for end users, but they’ve never had any proper training in how to do this. They might need to develop online Help, procedures, API reference, UI text, user guides or training courses.

Are they doing a good job? How could their content be better? Often, they don’t know.

You can choose from affordable online courses, classroom-based training courses, podcasts or workshops in technical communication, content strategy, and written business communication.

You’ll improve your skills and become more confident in your abilities.

If you’ve been involved in technical writing for some time, our advanced courses are an ideal way to develop your skills, and keep them up to date. They are a great way to keep learning and improving yourself.

Which technical writing course is right for you?

Choose a course based on what you need to write, your current experience and whether you prefer self-paced or instructor-led learning.

Course Best for Format and time What you will learn
Technical writing foundation course New technical writers and people who write instructions but
have had no formal training.
Self-paced online course. Around two days of learning, which
you can spread over several weeks or months. An instructor-led
team option is also available.
How to plan, research, structure, write, illustrate and review
user documentation. ISTC-accredited, with optional expert
feedback and certificate.
Using generative AI in technical writing Technical writers who understand the fundamentals and want to
use AI in their work.
Self-paced online course with practical demonstrations and
more than 40 exercises.
How to use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and similar tools during
research, planning, writing, reviewing, publishing and
maintenance. ISTC-accredited.

Managing documentation projects with AI
Documentation managers, team leads and people responsible for
complex documentation projects.
Live instructor-led online course delivered over two sessions.

Self-paced online course coming soon.

How to use AI to scope and manage documentation projects,
reduce repetitive work, improve quality controls and build
useful documentation apps and agents.

Technical writing for developers
Software developers, engineering students, product managers
and DevRel teams.
Self-paced online course for individuals, or an instructor-led
virtual course for teams.
How to write clearer technical content, understand the
audience, create usable instructions and reduce avoidable
support questions.

Technical writing for Support staff
Support teams that write knowledge-base articles, help content
and troubleshooting guidance.
Live instructor-led online course delivered as two three-hour
sessions.
How to turn repeated support answers into clear, structured
content that helps customers solve problems for themselves.

Writing policies and procedures e-learning course
Individuals who want to learn independently and work through the material at their own pace. Self-paced online course with 18 modules and more than 50
exercises. Allow around two days.
How to plan, structure, write, review and maintain policies and procedures. Includes expert feedback and 13 months’ access.

Live policies and procedures writing course
Individuals and teams who prefer interaction with a trainer, group exercises and immediate feedback. Live online course delivered as two three-hour sessions. Public and private team options are available. How to write clear, usable policies and procedures, with guided exercises, discussion and feedback from the trainer.

Still not sure? Tell us what you write, your current experience and whether the training is for you or a team. We’ll suggest the most appropriate course and learning format.

Technical Author/Technical Writer/technical writing training course

Our foundation course

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Learn to write like a professional technical communicator. This course teaches you the fundamentals of technical writing, and helps you understand your role as a Technical Author (or similar position).

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AI related technical communication courses

Using AI in technical writing

This online course teaches technical communicators how to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to improve their efficiency and deliver better technical documentation. The ISTC, the leading professional body for technical communicators in the UK, conducted a rigorous independent assessment of our course. Their accreditation underscores our commitment to providing high quality educational resources for Technical Authors/Technical Writers looking to use AI tools in their work.

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Managing documentation projects with AI

This is an instructor‑led course delivered online.

This course enables people managing a documentation project to use AI to manage the project more effectively. It empowers documentation project managers to leverage AI for strategic advantages, transforming traditional workflows into efficient, high-quality, and scalable documentation operations.

The course focuses on project and quality management. It looks at ways of using AI to accelerate documentation creation, improve quality, enable collaboration, and integrate AI directly into their content workflows and pipelines.

Participants will learn through lectures, demos, hands-on labs, group discussions, and how to build a custom AI Agent Stack for their organisation.

AI for learning design: a hands-on course for in-house L&D teams

AI is reshaping how corporate training is built, but most L&D teams are using it only at the surface. They’re generating content without changing how they think, design, or work.

This course goes deeper. It equips in-house L&D practitioners with the skills, workflows, and critical judgement to use AI across the full learning design lifecycle: from needs analysis and design through to production, evaluation, and governance.

The objective is to enable you to use AI to design better learning, rather than just faster content.

Other courses

Writing courses for developers

Writing courses for Support staff

This course teaches Support staff the key skills of technical writing. This enables you to create content that helps users solve problems for themselves. This is an instructor‑led course delivered online.

Client testimonials

Citrix

Thank you very much for an interesting and thought-provoking course. The content and themes are very relevant to Citrix Technical Publications as we regularly look at trends and how we can respond and innovate.

The way in which customers consume our content is changing, as are the different expectations customers have regarding user assistance and support. Your course provided further insight and ideas regarding how to review and adapt to ensure content is relevant and appealing to our customers.

Amanda Lindsay
Citrix

MyScience

As an IT team, we had an array of support documentation for systems and services that we’d always struggled to have a consistent format, style and structure for. The course delivered by Ellis Pratt really clarified the best practices to use and answered many of the questions we had.

We were so satisfied with the service provided by Ellis that we contacted Cherryleaf to create an exemplary piece of documentation for one of our systems, with an aim to using the documentation as a template for our other services going forwards. Ginny Critcher was always punctual, polite and efficient in all her work. Where there were any doubts or suggestions, Ginny would provide insight into what the best approach would be in an eloquent and thoughtful manner.

Alan Oakden
MyScience

Cherryleaf Technical Author/technical writing online training course (Emma)

There is something new to learn for most technical authors who are in the early stages of their career. Overall, I would say that the course did benefit me, and I can see myself revisiting parts of it in the future.

Emma W
ARM plc

Cherryleaf Technical Author/technical writing online training course (Amber)

I attended a job interview which included a written exercise where I had to jot down how I would go about designing and presenting information for the users of the service unit I was applying to. I could not believe my luck, it was as if the interviewer had designed it with the contents of this course in mind, and, as a result, I got the job!

Amber A

Technical Author/technical writing online training course (Karl)

I thought it was an excellent course – very thought-provoking and useful. The exercises were enjoyable and really helped, far beyond simply reading from a book about the tasks involved in the job. And I greatly appreciate all your advice and support.

Karl D

Helen – Advanced Technical Writing Course

Thank you for the fabulous course on Friday. I can’t wait to start implementing some of the new techniques.

Helen Griffith
NewVoiceMedia

Linda – Advanced Technical Writing Course

You delivered a great workshop, I really enjoyed the day…plenty of food for thought and at an ideal time.

Linda Stansfield
Orchard Systems

Writing policies and procedures training course – Ann M.

I thoroughly enjoyed the policies and procedures course and thought the content was excellent.

Ann M

Writing policies and procedures training course – Traci J.

I found the course material very relevant to the day’s training. Very pleased I took part.

Traci J.

Writing policies and procedures training course – Sally B.

The trainer’s flexibility and delivery were fantastic, making this a really worthwhile day.

Sally B

Free training on technical communication

Creating screenshots and images for user guides (free course)

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Courses for people who need to write more effectively and efficiently. The policies and procedures course is available in two formats. Choose self-paced e-learning if you want flexibility, or live instructor-led training if you value discussion, group exercises and immediate feedback.

 

Course administration

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Where we teach our public classroom courses

Cherryleaf’s classroom courses are held at Savoy Place, London WC2R. This is close to the Strand and Waterloo Bridge.

Contact us for more information

Email:

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You also can talk to us via Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GoToMeeting, or another video conferencing platform of your choice. Email us if you’d like to arrange a date and time for a video call.