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Subject:Re: Most effective approach to training materials From:"Michele Cottingham (BCS)" <cottingh -at- GROUCHO -dot- BSN -dot- USF -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:01:48 -0400
Suzanne,
If you mean student handout as the hardcopy of your powerpoint
presentation, yes this would be a great start. You can hand it out so
they can follow along or give it to them afterwards.(I like this idea
since it forces the student to pay attention to your presentation and not
let them get distracted by the handout).
I would write an outline of what the students needed to know in training.
This is the best way to determine what is appropriate to include in the
slides or hardcopy. Online help materials and html documents are great as
visual aids for the students to understand. You have two ways to go or
the combination of
hardcopy of the screen capture of these online materials or direct
screencapture into the slides. You can do a screen capture directly into
the slides (which may be blurred) and then make a hardcopy of the actual
screen or webpage as a handout.
Michele Cottingham
Technical Writer/Graphic Artist
email:cottingh -at- groucho -dot- bsn -dot- usf -dot- edu
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On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Suzanne Pyle wrote:
> Using Powerpoint, can you tell me what has worked best for you in terms of
> producing/creating training materials? For example, when you have created
> slides used for training, have you also included a student handout? How
> have you determined what content is appropriate for slides, and what is
> appropriate for hardcopy handout? How have you used online materials, for
> example, HTML documents, etc.?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Suzanne
> Suzanne Pyle
> Documentation Consultant
> Communication Lines - Putting Your Message to Work!
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