CE-TCOM-3001 - Writing for the Web
Course Description
Clear and concise writing is important for effective communication in any medium, and that means taking into account the audience, what you’re trying to communicate, and how it will be viewed. When it comes to writing for the web, there are a multitude of different genres to consider writing in, from websites to social media and more, and it’s important to understand the differences between writing for different web-based genres. In this course, you’ll dive into the nuances in writing for these different platforms and get hands-on experience creating both internal and external facing pieces of web-based writing.
Is This Course For You?
Whether you’re looking to start a career in technical communication or you want to add web writing skills to your resumé to take the next step along your career path, this course will help you with your goals. This is one of the elective course options in the Technical Communication Mastery Certificate, but it can be taken as a standalone course if you’re looking to learn about writing effectively for web-based genres such as wikis and websites. Skills related to technical communication and writing for the web are 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 be introduced to various web-based writing genres, including those that are customer-focused and for internal use, wikis, websites, social media, and more. You won’t just learn the theory and ideas behind these skills – you’ll have the opportunity to practice writing and designing different web-based deliverables through the different projects assigned to you throughout the course.
How You’ll Learn
This six week course is a hands-on introduction to the basic principles involved in writing for the web as well as how to put those skills to work. The coursework involves practical projects, including explaining the considerations you’ll keep in mind when writing and designing web-based deliverables, designing a website framework to support a sample technical product, creating a wiki for internal product support, creating a strategy for supporting a sample technical product through social media, and more.
Skills You Walk Away With
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain considerations in writing and designing web-based deliverables.
- Design a website framework for supporting a sample technical product.
- Create a wiki for internal product support.
- Create a strategy for use of social media to support a sample technical product.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Mastery Certificate: Technical Communication : Elective Courses