05 Oct Technical Documentation Tools Workshops
Summary
As part of Technical Documentation Workshops during the Technical Writing Certificate course, TWT helps you get started with multiple authoring tools. For the current batch, our experienced trainers will help you learn the following:
- Feb 1-2 (2025): Oxygen XML Author for DITA XML Project (A 2-day workshop)
- Feb 15-16 (2025): MadCap Flare (A 2-day workshop)
- Feb 22 (2025): Camtasia (Creating Videos)
- Feb 23 (2025): Confluence Workshop
- Timing: 2.30-5.30 PM IST
IMPORTANT!! Those who have registered for Technical Writing Fundamentals course should not register separately for this Module.
This is part of the Technical Documentation Tools Workshops that TWT offers under the Technical Writing Fundamentals Certificate Course.
These workshops are useful for first-time users of a tool and help the participants get started with using the tool, creating multiple projects, and publishing the outputs.
You can register together for other weekend modules for technical writers: Click to Access
How to Register
Inclusions
- Reference toolkit for future usage (Not for Camtasia)
- Recording of all sessions for 3 months. (Annual Members get it for a minimum of 6 months)
- Participation certificate
Who Should Attend!
- All who want to learn how to create technical documentation projects using a specific tool.
- All who want to apply for jobs where experience of such concepts is required.
- All who want to create documentation projects or videos.
Feb 1-2, 2025
Registration Open
Fee: INR 3000 / USD 70
Oxygen XML for DITA Workshop
Learning Objectives
After the training, you should be able to
- demonstrate familiarity and application with the DITA authoring environment
- develop technical content using DITA authoring elements
DITA Workshop: As more and more companies implement DITA to simplify the development of technical content, the demand for technical communicators with DITA knowledge is growing. This 6-hours hands-on workshop is designed to teach you the basics of DITA.
Curriculum
- Introduce the different topic types in DITA using Oxygen XML
- Concept (Topic that introduces the application and talks about the benefits and the features – important Tags used)
- Task (Topics with steps and procedures – key tags)
- Adding your bank account to the application
- Navigating to various payment options
- Viewing the transaction History
- Reference (Topic that gives additional information – key tags)
- Glossary of terms
- Creating a DITAMAP to add all the topics (Parent ditamap, map references, Reuse concepts)
- Publishing concepts (Hand on output)
Prerequisite
Ensure that you have installed the tool (that will be shared in the meeting invite) prior to attending the training.
About the Trainer: Princy Helmina Melchius
Experience: 10+ years of extensive experience in DITA and Oxygen XML. Onboarded and trained writers on effective writing strategies and processes. Worked with industry giants and skilled in SDLC and DOC Agile process.
I am an intelligent and passionate writer with around 20 years of Technical Writing experience. I have worked on various industrial documentation platforms, such as CRM, Mobile Applications, Health Care, Supply Chain Management, and Industrial Automation. I transitioned to be a manager and my passion towards learning and development made me take a role as a training lead. As a Staff Curriculum developer, I created various training materials, courses, and assessments for writers. I am also a certified Train the Trainer.
Confluence Workshop by Mridula Menon
- Fee: INR 1500
- Registration is open
- Date: Feb 23, 2025
Introduction
Explain what is a WIKI and how is it different from a CCMS.
Configuration
How to create an account and set up Confluence
Parts of a Confluence Page
- Explain the menu items
- Explain the add ons
- Explain the templates
Space
- Explain the purpose of Space
- Explain how to set up the Space as an admin
Pages
- Explain what are pages and how to structure them as per IA
- Explain various tools in pages
- Explain how to use the macros/add-ons
- Explain basics of Reporting
Labels
- What are labels
- How to structure labels.
- Basics of label management
SEO in Confluence
How does SEO work in Confluence
Templates
- How to use templates
- How to create templates
About the Trainer
Mridula Menon
Mridula is working as Senior Manager, Information Development at GreyOrange, Bengaluru. She is building and managing the Knowledge team that is responsible for bridging the gap between our products and its users. We are also committed to doing everything related to technical content that improves the CX.
She has extensive experience in using Confluence to create client-facing documentation sites and content.
Camtasia Workshop
Learn how to create Videos using Camtasia.
- Registration is open.
- Date: Feb 22, 2025
- Fee: INR 1500
Outline
- Start from scratch
- Working with images to add
- Working with text
- Using Audio
- Publishing output
Join one or multiple modules:
About the Trainer: Yuvaraj R
10+ years of technical writing experience in multiple domains such as Cloud, Agile, Software Product documentation, e-learning, Finance, etc.
Good knowledge on e-learning tools and have hands-on experience on multiple tools such as Camtasia, Captivate, Adobe Premiere Pro, Articulate 360,etc.
Likes exploring latest tools in technical documentation and always in search of simplifying complex processes in documentation to end-users.
Tools Expertise
- Madcap Flare
- Robohelp
- WordPress
- Jira
- Confluence
- LucidChart
- Publisher
- Adobe InDesign
Interests
- Technology
- Photography
- Video Editing
- Freelance work
Feb 15-16: MadCap Flare Workshop by Shrutika Kalgutkar
Registration Open
Fee: INR 2500
In-session project with Workshop: Introduction to MadCap Flare and learning how to use the single-sourcing tool to create a new project and publish in the live practical session.
Introduction
- Introduction to MadCap Flare
- UI Walkthrough
- Input and Output Types
- A few concepts/terminologies
Environment
- Create projects using templates
- Folder structure and walkthrough
- Editing/Customizing the Home page
Authoring
- Adding topics
Structuring using Headings, Lists, Tables - Inserting Images and Videos
- Creating Links and Cross References
- Topic previews
Designing
- Creating Master ToC and section-wise ToCs
- HTML5: Using Master Pages to add common sections
- PDF: Using Page Layouts
- Preview changes
Publishing
- Setting up HTML5 and Print Targets
Building Output - Previewing Output
- Publishing Output
About the Trainer
Shrutika Kalgutkar
For the past 11 years, Shrutika has been making lives easy one piece of content at a time. She specializes in documenting products from scratch, revamping existing documentation sets, and UX writing.
She enjoys challenges and at her current organization, took it upon herself to migrate the entire documentation set consisting of 4 products to MadCap Flare from scratch. With MadCap Flare, she specializes in setting up doc environments, designing sites, creating styles and templates, and creating content.
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