This is part of our advanced technical communication training course
Cherryleaf's advanced technical communication skills course provides you with access to a collection of online training modules, under a low cost monthly subscription plan.Go to our elearning platformThis online training course teaches the basic skills in single sourcing and writing content for reuse.
The ten learning modules in this course contain videos of the trainer with supporting slides and images. The course includes exercises for the delegates to complete and review.
Who is this course for?
If you need a solid understanding of the basics of single sourcing and content reuse, this affordable training course is ideal for you.
Recommended by the ASTC
This course is recommended by The Australian Society for Technical Communication and The Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand to their members.About the course
The course comprises ten modules in total, which you can complete at your own pace. The course will take delegates approximately 1/2 to 1 day to complete.
The course modules are delivered via the Web in small, manageable modules, totalling 81 minutes. With the exercises, each delegate will need to allocate around four to seven hours to complete the course.
The exercises and course notes are provided as PDFs and a Word document.
Course outline
Introduction
Single Sourcing definitions
- What is single sourcing?
Why single source?
When single sourcing might be a bad idea
Writing for re-use
- Single sourcing across documents
- Single sourcing across different media (mobile, paper etc)
- Creating variations of the same document
- The writing process
Structured v unstructured writing
Planning and designing single sourced content
- Authoring Guidelines and Style Guides
- Defining information types, content types, metadata dimensions
- Content modelling and mapping
- Mapping to output type
- Publishing single sourced content
Single sourcing software
Summary
Professional certification as a technical communicator - Technical Author qualifications
Cherryleaf’s training courses can help you become a Junior, Certified Member or Certified Fellow of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC). The ISTC is the national professional body for technical communicators in the UK. It has members around the world. Junior Members, Members and Fellows are certified by the ISTC through a vetting process, with Members and Fellows entitled to use the initials MISTC or FISTC after their names. All ISTC members have a responsibility to maintain their professional competence through Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Cherryleaf’s courses can help demonstrate you are extending and updating your skills.Contact us
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