Contact us to schedule onsite or instructor led web-based training. The following list shows pricing for web-based courses:
Basics for Writers (TR-BASICS - 4 hours) - $500/student
This course is a good way to get started with Author-it, to get a refresher if you've been away from Author-it for a while, or to get new writers up to speed. We'll cover Single Sourcing concepts, provide an overview of Author-it, and show how to create, import, publish, and manage content using Author-it.
This course includes hands-on practice with Author-it. It is helpful to have a copy of Author-it running on the same machine where you're accessing the session (or one close by). You can use either a licensed copy or the evaluation version. The evaluation download is available upon request from your Author-it account manager or jhawkins(at)sdicorp.com.
The coverage includes:
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Basic Authoring and Publishing
- A Closer Look at the Authoring Environment
- Importing Legacy Content (overview)
- Advanced Authoring (overview)
All attendees receive a PDF training guide.
Enrollment is limited to 10 students.
Author-it Quick Start (TR-QS - 8 hours) - $1000/student
This course is a good way to get started with Author-it, to get a refresher if you've been away from Author-it for a while, or to get new writers up to speed. We'll cover Single Sourcing concepts, provide an overview of Author-it, and show how to create, import, publish, and manage content using Author-it. We'll also provide an overview of administering and customizing Author-it, with a light once-over on more advanced Author-it techniques.
The course is offered in two parts, each 4 hours (typically two mornings or afternoons during the same week). The coverage includes:
Part I:
- Overview of Single Sourcing and Author-it
- Getting Started
- Basic Authoring and Publishing
- A Closer Look at the Authoring Environment
- Importing Existing Content
Part II:
- Author-it Objects
- Conditionality and Versioning
- Structured Authoring
- Author-it Administration (overview)
- Customizing Author-it (overview)
All attendees receive a PDF training guide. The training guide includes hands-on exercises with Author-it (for web-based training, exercises are performed outside class sessions). You can use either a licensed copy or the evaluation version of Author-it.
Author-it Administration (TR-ADMIN - 2 hours) - $250/student
This course is for those who will administer Author-it. It provides a complete treatment of the Author-it Administrator module, as well as information about implementing Author-it, configuring the Author-it library, and managing external resources required by Author-it.
This course includes hands-on practice with Author-it. It is helpful to have a copy of Author-it running on the same machine where you're accessing the session (or one close by). You can use either a licensed copy or the evaluation version. The evaluation download is available upon request from your Author-it account manager or jhawkins(at)sdicorp.com.
The coverage includes:
- Overview
- Author-it Administration
All attendees receive a PDF training guide.
Enrollment is limited to 10 students.
Print Customization (TR-PRINT - 3 hours) - $375/student
Author-it provides default print publishing templates that you can use immediately; but most organizations need to produce print output that conforms to a "house style" for print media.
This course provides an overview of the publishing customization process in Author-it, explains how default Author-it templates are used to control print publishing, and walks you through the process of creating customized print publishing applications. Examples include a compact page design that use the entire page, a multi-column design, landscape pages, and more.
The course includes hands-on practice with Author-it. It is helpful to have a copy of Author-it running on the same machine where you're accessing the session (or one close by). You can use either a licensed copy or the evaluation version. The evaluation download is available upon request from your Author-it account manager or jhawkins(at)sdicorp.com.
All attendees will receive a PDF training guide and an Author-it library that contains sample print publishing applications.
Enrollment is limited to 10 students.
HTML Customization (TR-HTML - 3 hours) - $375/student
Author-it provides default publishing templates that you can use immediately to publish HTML and XHTML output (including browser-independent web-based help formats); but most organizations need to produce HTML pages that conform to a "house style" for web-based media.
This course provides an overview of the publishing customization process in Author-it, explains how default Author-it templates are used to control HTML and XHTML publishing, and shows how to create customized HTML publishing templates for Author-it. Examples include a simple customization that includes a banner frame, more complex designs that use produce a different screen layout and different page templates for different types of HTML pages, and the use of HTML variables for including dynamic content.
This course includes hands-on practice with Author-it. It is helpful to have a copy of Author-it running on the same machine where you're accessing the session (or one close by). You can use either a licensed copy or the evaluation version. The evaluation download is available upon request from your Author-it account manager or jhawkins(at)sdicorp.com.
All attendees receive a PDF training guide and an Author-it library that contains sample HTML publishing applications.
Enrollment is limited to 10 students.
Using the Localization Manager (TR-LM - 4 hours) - $500/student
The Author-it Localization Manager enables you to manage content for localization and translation. It packages translation content in an XML format that can be translated using translation memory applications, ensures that reused content is translated only once, and provides the ability to published translated content to all required media (print, HTML, help, and more).
This course provides an overview of the localization process. It also shows you how to configure your library for localization workflow, create and manage translation jobs, control the updating of changed content from your source library, and publish content to different languages and media.
This course includes hands-on practice with Author-it. It is helpful to have a copy of Author-it running on the same machine where you're accessing the session (or one close by). You can use either a licensed copy or the evaluation version. The evaluation download is available upon request from your Author-it account manager or jhawkins(at)sdicorp.com.
All attendees receive a PDF training guide and an Author-it training library that contains sample content.
Enrollment is limited to 10 students.
All courses are for Author-it 5. (V4 courses can be arranged on request.)
Students can enroll using our PDF order form (available at http://www.sdicorp.com/authorit/order-form.pdf). Please list the course ID (such as "TR-BASICS") and date on the "Other" line. No tax is required.
Also, please send the email addresses of attendees to jhawkins(at)sdicorp.com.