Writing for Machines and Humans includes 12 contact sessions. Ignore the '46 lessons' indicated on the course banner. Our training site automatically adds this number because we already have materials to share with you included inside our training site.

While we've targeted this course at technical writers and content developers, anyone can follow this course and benefit. This course takes an entirely new approach to writing, so even if you do have a technical writing background, you may have to re-learn some things.

In this course, you'll do some activities that prepare you for writing to a multi-dimensional audience. You'll also have some individual and collaborative writing activities that help you put into practices the lessons you're learning about writing for machines and humans. You'll also have the opportunity to comment and discuss, in a discussion board platform, topics related to lessons.

While it is not required that you participate in group work, we highly recommend that you work on activities with your group or on your own in order to gain the skills this course proposes to impart.

If you miss a session, don't worry. All sessions are recorded, and you'll get a link following the session. You can watch the recording to catch up before the next session. Some sessions build on others, so you will need to keep up from week to week.

In this course, you will have two live sessions each week. Each session will be about one-and-a-half hours, which included discussion time. A few of the lessons have an activity that you may need to finish outside of the live session. Each activity should take no more than 1 hour. In total, you'll spend about 20-24 hours working on this course.

We understand that due to time zone and work constraints, some people may not be able to attend all live sessions. Successful completion of the course Writing for Machines and Humans requires that you demonstrate you have understood the materials covered in the course. We determine that in 2 ways: We see from our site statistics that you've viewed the recordings, and you participate in activities that show you've understood the materials and can put them into practice. For this reason, even if you cannot attend live sessions and participate in live discussions, you must at least participate in activities. Sometimes it's easy enough to do this by completing activities in your own time.

You can get a refund up to 24 hours before the course starts. If you start the course and face an unforeseen circumstance during the course and need to drop out, you'll have the option to join a later cohort at no additional cost.