Design principles for online tutorials

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. What is an online tutorial?
3. Why create online tutorials?
4. Demonstration - Two approaches
5. Principles for creating effective tutorials
6. Applying the principles - some examples
7. The process of creating tutorials
   1. A possible model
8. Practical Hints and Tips
9. Summary
10. References

The process of creating tutorials

There are many possible processes for creating a tutorial. Much will depend on :

1. The nature of your material and aims and objectives
2. whether you are working from an existing tutorial or creating a new one.
3. whether you are working on your own or collaborating with others.

Whatever you approach to creation your tutorial, our experience suggests that evaluation and user testing can help to improve the quality and usability of the materials.

You are likely to need several iterations of your tutorial before you release a final version