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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
ANNOUNCE: WebWorks ePublishing Webinars:
The Fast Track to Advanced Skills
WebWorks Services has made accelerating your learning curve easy
and convenient with live 90-minute online training sessions. Here
are our upcoming Webinar topics for November:
* Getting Started with WebWorks Publisher Professional
November 8, 9:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. EST)
* Delivering Localized Content with WebWorks Publisher
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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ANNOUNCE: Shorten Your Writing Time by Learning the
Information Mapping Method
Learn Information Mapping's method today and:
* Start writing more easily
* Reduce your writing time
* Get better results from your documentation
* Decrease your document revision time, and
* Increase your productivity.
One technical writing department using the Information Mapping method
survived a merger by convincing the new company of their value through a
usability study. This study showed how the Information Mapping method:
* Added value to the company
* Saved the company money
* Saved readers' time, and
* Reduced the errors encountered by readers.
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