Write the Directions

At this point, you will write directions for each of the exercises. This requires you to use the same software that your clients will use in class, log into it with the same privileges, and start with the same data files. You then step through the detailed description for each exercise, in order. You will write each step as you complete it.

Save a Version of the Data after Each Exercise

If you are developing end-user training, the exercises are progressive, and build upon each other. That is, the output of the exercise for Unit 1 will be the input for the exercise in Unit 2. If you’re developing training for a toolkit instead of an end-user application, you might make each exercise stand on its own. Since end-user training is more common, we’ll proceed from that assumption.

Save a version of the data after each exercise while writing the exercises. For example, suppose your database is called customer.db. After you develop Exercise 1, you would:

1. 1. Save customer.db

2. 2. Make...