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Writing for the web
One day program
| Target group: | All staff who need to write content for departmental / work unit web sites. This excludes courseware supporting the academic teaching and learning function |
| Group size: | Minimum 10 - Maximum 20 |
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| Schedule: |
| Date: | Thursday 7 August 2008 |
| Time: | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| Venue: | G16, Bld 60, Engineering, Clayton |
| Apply by: | Wednesday 30 July 2008 |
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| Schedule: |
| Date: | Wednesday 5 November 2008 |
| Time: | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| Venue: | G16, Bld 60, Engineering, Clayton |
| Apply by: | Tuesday 28 October 2008 |
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| Cost: |
Monash Staff /Students-$150
Others - $188.50
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| Catering: | Morning and afternoon tea will be provided |
| To apply: | On-line application form |
Overview
To understand the unique nature of the Web as a publishing medium and to provide a set of strategies for writing specifically for the Web. This excludes courseware supporting the academic teaching and learning function.
Intended Outcomes
Participants will understand how users interact with the web and develop strategies to ensure the web content meets their objectives.
Course Content
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
- appreciate how users interact with written content on the Web
- apply the basic rules of good business writing
- use a set of strategies for writing content for the Web, excluding courseware
- write meaningful microcontent (page titles, headings, link text)
- utilise techniques for dealing with content archives, online help, FAQs and policy documents
Learning Approach
- Hands-on workshop
- Practice exercises
Participants are asked to bring the following documentation to the workshop:
- 3-6 pages of content printed from your department/faculty website (These pages should not be navigation pages ie. home pages or section home pages, but pages with content).
- 1 or 2 examples of very long content pages (preferably from your own website)
Handouts
A booklet of notes will be provided.
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