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Hi,
Without blowing our own horn (should that be horns?)too much, we're
pretty happy with our tutorials. The feedback from users has been
entirely positive (with the exception of one typo). We created our older
tutorials using a nifty, open-source tool from IBM called Toot-O-Matic.
You develop the tutorial in XML, which is a great format for designing
effective outlines, etc. You can see an example of the output at http://www.capescience.com/education/tutorials/capestudio/tut17/index.ht
ml. I wrote an article on this process that appeared in the
always-riveting April, 2002 edition of the IEEE-PCS Newsletter. You can
read that article here: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/writingsamples/Tootomatic.pdf
More recently, we've dispensed with the somewhat-labor-intensive
Toot-O-Matic approach and now create what amount to short, educational
movies using a tool called ViewletBuilder (from www.qarbon.com). They're
easy to make and users seem to really respond to them. You can see an
example of this approach (in fact, a later version of the tutorial I
referred to above) at http://www.capescience.com/education/tutorials/g4/helloworld/. Thanks.
DB.
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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-118566 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf
> Of Emily Goodin
> Sent: 22 January 2003 22:41
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> Subject: tutorial fomat - good examples?
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> Sorry for the repetition - I forgot my Subject line....
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I'm creating a tutorial (document) and am looking for good
> examples - headings, organization, etc. - to give me some
> ideas. I found a bit of discussion on this topic in the
> archives, but not a lot. Any and all suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Emily
>
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