CE-TCOM-1002 - Content Design for Technical Communication

Course Description

One facet of effectively communicating technical information and ideas is presenting them in the best way. In this course, you will learn about how you can design content that will deliver technical information effectively and ethically using design principles. You will also explore different genres of technical communication and discuss how to independently and collaboratively create content that communicates technical ideas to your intended audience.

Is This Course For You?

Whether you’re looking to start a career in technical communication or you want to add technical communication skills to your resumé to take the next step along your career path, this course will help. This course satisfies one of the core requirements for the Technical Communication Mastery Certificate, but it can be taken as a standalone course if you’re looking to learn about content strategy as it relates to technical communication and how to use those skills to grow your career. Technical communication is in high demand in many industries including tech, health care, IT, education, business, and more, so adding these skills to your resumé can help give your career a boost regardless of your current role.

What You’ll Learn

In this course, you’ll learn essential information about managing content and designing technical information. You will develop skills to implement techniques and practices for collaborative writing and content strategy, understand the function of different genres of technical communication, perform research while evaluating the source material, explain the five design principles and how to apply them to typical technical communication deliverables, and deliver visual information effectively and ethically to an audience. By the end of this course, you will have an understanding of how you can use different types of content and design principles to communicate ideas and information as effectively as possible.

How You’ll Learn

This six week course is fully online and will take you through all of the vital information you need to know to grow your technical communication skills by way of content design. This course is fully asynchronous, so you can complete your classwork and watch pre-recorded video content when it’s convenient for your busy schedule. You will learn about the principles and practices of content design for technical communication and also get hands-on practice and experience implementing those principles so you can start applying your skills as soon as you complete this course.

Skills You Walk Away With

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe techniques and practices of collaborative writing and content strategy
• Explain the function of different genres of technical communication
• Explain the five design principles and how to apply them to typical technical communication deliverables
• Explain how to communicate visual information effectively and ethically

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Mastery Certificate: Technical Communication : Core Courses