Online class on technical writing principles

Google has published a few technical writing classes, which are available for people to attend and/or teach. I’ll be running one of the classes next week, at a time that’s convenient for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. If you’re an engineer or software developer who wants to improve your technical writing skills, then this course is designed for you. The course is also useful for technical writers and others who want to brush up their tech writing skills and/or tech the class at a future date.

The dates and times of all upcoming classes are published on the Google Developers Technical Writing site. The classes are run by various people, including Googlers and others.

Here are the details of the class that I’m running:

Class title: Technical Writing One
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Time: 8:30am – 11:00am IST (India Standard Time: UTC +5.30)
11:00am – 13:30pm SGT (Singapore Time: UTC +8)
14:00pm – 16:30pm AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time: UTC +11)
Meeting link: Click to join class
Class format: Instructor led, online, free of charge. Participants work with partners (online) on the class exercises.
Prework: Read the pre-class material.

The Tech Writing One course was developed by technical writers at Google to train engineers and others in the principles of effective technical writing. It’s fun and interactive. The combination of pre-class reading followed by in-class exercises and discussions works well to help the participants retain what they’ve learned.

To join the class, click the above link at the time of the class. I hope to see you there! If you’d like to let me know you’re coming, feel free to add a comment to this blog post.