How Do You Author CBT/WBT Content (Web Based Training)?
Are you an online writer? Do you author CBT or WBT content (Computer-based or Web-based training)? If so, these tips will help you in your journey to design – by helping you form your text or content. Look at the total amount or subject of material to be even possibly covered by the training. Write down questions that you think a user taking the course might ask or want to know. Be specific? Look at the information from all angles. Write all questions in a spreadsheet or easy to organize format. Consider writing them on post-it notes. That way you can organize and rearrange them quickly. You might also try a spreadsheet in columns. How about large sticky sheets on a wall around a board room or conference room? Now organize all your possible user questions into categories or topic groupings. These do not have to be final – you can change your mind on these groupings at anytime. This is jsut to help you organize the questions posed. Next, look at each individual category or grouping. Is