Will you help us to develop tutorials for DITA Users?

http://www.ditausers.org

Have you prepared a presentation or written an article on DITA that could be the basis for a tutorial?

Have you recorded a webinar (vendor webinars are welcome - if they teach DITA using their product).

We have already collected about 50 articles and Powerpoint presentations. They are listed in the publications and tutorials sections at DITA Users and our new draft website DITA Tutor (www.ditatutor.com).

Perhaps something you have written is already included?

http://www.ditausers.org/tutorials/

If you send us your Powerpoint presentation on DITA, we will post it to our servers. If you prefer that we link to your site, send us the URL.  Send to editor at cmsreview.com.

For the most valuable presentations, we plan to ask presenters to record an accompanying audio track. We will record the audio in our lab in an online screen sharing session with the presenter. We will then post the Powerpoint with audio to our servers (using Camtasia or Captivate).

Our next step will be to enhance selected presentation materials for online training (eLearning). We will add instructional design elements like an overview, summary, and assessment (to test understanding of concepts, add practice exercises, etc.). We will offer these as self-paced tutorials for those getting started with DITA.

Finally, we have set up a Learning Management System (LMS) at DITA Tutor. We can reuse the tutorial materials to support instructor-led workshops. These will be conducted online with a digital online classroom tool called Elluminate. If you would like to be an instructor and lead an online workshop, we will give you the technical and administrative support to do so.

Anyone who submits a presentation is eligible to become part of our DITA Mentors program, which includes membership in DITA Users.

http://www.ditausers.org/membership/mentors/

We also welcome as DITA Mentors all of you who present at the major DITA conferences.

http://www.ditanews.com/events/conferences/ (all these conferences provide registration discounts that more than offset the annual cost of membership for DITA Users ).

If your work is already included on DITA Users and you have already joined the beta program (nearly 400 members have joined from 20 countries), we will be extending your free membership indefinitely. Our community needs teachers as well as learners. DITA Mentors can join us for free and earn income from instructor-led workshops.

If you are just getting started with DITA, consider joining DITA Users, add yourself to our member directory and find others to work with in your area.

http://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/