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* ANNOUNCE: Client Usability Testing Opportunity at CU Denver (NEW)
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ANNOUNCE: Client Usability Testing Opportunity at CU Denver
Starting January 15, 2005, the M.S. in Technical Communication Program at
the University of Colorado at Denver offers a semester-length course in
Usability Testing (graduate level). We invite public and private sector
organizations to participate, by providing documents, software, or other
technology for which they would like usability-testing or
comprehensibility tests performed in our usability testing lab, or at
client sites. Students in the course design and execute usability testing
under close faculty supervision. We offer this service in exchange for a
monetary contribution to our program?s technology and scholarship
fund-usually client contributions are $1000-$1500, far below industry
usability testing rates. We test the following: web sites; software
documentation and interfaces; tutorials & instructions; all kinds of
technical documentation. If you think you may be interested, please
contact: Professor James F. Stratman, University of Colorado at Denver,
at: jstratma -at- carbon -dot- cudenver -dot- edu
Phone:(303)556-2884
o. I just deployed a new web-based survey regarding LavaCon 2005. I really
need your input to make sure the conference program has what you need and
want, so *PLEASE* take a few minutes to fill out the survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB223XWW5JBAG
In exchange for your time, you will get $100 off the tuition to LavaCon
2005. I will also award a complementary ticket to Hawaii to one of the
respondents at random, so do take a few minutes to respond.
Deadline for responding: Friday, 5 December. That's two weeks away, but
please don't put it off as you might forget or be crunched for time that
week....
Thanks in advance, and have a great Thanksgiving week!
Jack Molisani
LavaCon 2005
September 25-28, Honolulu, HI
www.lavacon.org
888-378-2333 Ext 2
Dan the technical writer pushed a gift bag toward his date. "What's
this?" Callie said, opening it. "SnagIt!"
"It's the award-winning screen capture software that gives you more than
40 ways to capture images, text, Web content and onscreen activities," Dan
said.
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callouts, arrows and highlights to your images. You can add drop shadows,
change sizing and use other artistic effects."
"Dan, I love it!" Callie said enthusiastically. "Oh, I hope you didn't
spend too much money on me!"
Dan thought of the SnagIt Holiday Special - Two boxed copies of SnagIt for
$60. Plus, TechSmith offered free shipping to the US, Mexico and Canada.
"Actually, I was offered quite a deal," Dan said. He produced another gift
bag. "So I got you two copies."
Dan bathed in the warmth of Callie's smile. The only thing better than
the perfect gift ... was two of them.
ANNOUNCE: WebWorks ePublishing Webinars:
The Fast Track to Advanced Skills
WebWorks Services has made accelerating your learning curve easy
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* Getting Started with WebWorks Publisher Professional
November 8, 9:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. EST)
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November 10, 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT)
* Delivering 508-Compliant Content with WebWorks Publisher
November 16, 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT)
* WebWorks Template Design and Maintenance
November 18, 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST)
* WebWorks Publisher Functions: Advancing Beyond the Basics
November 30, 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT)
These interactive classes are conducted via WebEx, so you can get
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