Re: Advice sought re. training materials

Subject: Re: Advice sought re. training materials
From: "Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Pippa Cohen" <cohenpippa -at- googlemail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:29:52 -0600

We're driving a PPT with a live demo, *ALT-TAB*bing between the two. Best to
have all other windows closed when you're doing this for ease of use.

The PPT serves merely as a skeleton outline, guiding participants in
relation to where we are presently in the training manual. Concepts and
terms are up at the front of each PPT slide deck.

Jagdriver


On 5/7/08, Pippa Cohen <cohenpippa -at- googlemail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I have been asked to write a user guide and training materials for a
> software application. The time allocated for the user guide is ten days
> and
> time for training materials is four days.
>
> As part of this, I must also visit the end user and train them on the new
> application. My understanding is that a small group of people need to be
> trained (maximum of six), and that training should be informal. They do
> not
> require a 'stand up' trainer, more someone to spend time at each person's
> desk, working through the system.
>
> So, I am pondering what sort of materials to prepare for this approach to
> training. I am thinking along the lines of a Powerpoint presentation (that
> would be printed for each person), where each slide acts as a 'crib sheet'
> for key tasks (they will have the user guide for detailed information).
>
> I just wondered if anyone has any brighter ideas...?
>
> Thanks!
>
> P.
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