Training in usability and writing

Writing and editing for the web

Writing is a core skill for professional life, whether you’re working up the words yourself, or editing from a range of sources. In this very practical workshop we’ll take you through the nine key stages to produce content that works.

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Suitable for anyone responsible for authoring or managing online content, this is an intensive small-group workshop where we spend much of the day working on examples of your real writing.

The programme covers:

  • identifying goals for your web content
  • understanding your audience(s)
  • how users read and use web content
  • using plain English and demolishing walls of words
  • effective techniques for editing  and organising content
  • using figures, graphs and illustrations
  • choosing and using links
  • testing content for usability
  • reviewing and renewing

A key feature of all Effortmark courses is the work we do to understand the specific needs of your organisation and staff. This enables us to tailor the material and examples  in order to make all elements fully relevant to how the day’s learning will be used in practice.

To discuss running this course for your organisation please contact us.

Do-it-yourself usability testing

Usability testing is the most important stage of any web project if it is to deliver your objectives. This one-day course is aimed at those who have never done a usability test before, or are new to testing.

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The programme is a combination of presentations, practical exercises and Q&A sessions, covering:

  • understanding what usability testing is
  • the benefits of usability testing
  • recruiting users and choosing tasks for your test
  • conducting a usability test
  • using your findings from the usability tests to improve your designs
  • planning your next usability test

A key feature of all Effortmark courses is the work we do to understand the specific needs of your organisation and staff. This enables us to tailor the material and examples  in order to make all elements fully relevant to how the day’s learning will be used in practice.

To discuss running this course for your organisation please contact us.

Interviewing skills for usability testing

Most testing involves interviewing your users as well watching what they do with your product. This tutorial concentrates on the practical skills of interviewing within the context of a usability test.

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This half-day course comprises a mix of presentation, practical exercises and group discussion and is suitable for anyone who wants to improve the performance of their website and has run or observed at least one usability test. It covers:

  • basic questioning and listening
  • the purposes of interviewing
  • planning and preparing to interview
  • participants and their behaviours.

A key feature of all Effortmark courses is the work we do to understand the specific needs of your organisation and staff. This enables us to tailor the material and examples  in order to make all elements fully relevant to how the day’s learning will be used in practice.

To discuss running this course for your organisation please contact us.