Testimonials from Contented customers
CONTENTED customers are indeed contented. They love our online courses and the Diploma in Web Content: Core Skills.
Thanks to all those who have given us feedback. You say what we are too embarrassed to say ourselves, being ever so modest, as typical Kiwis. (Some of our customers are modest too, so we just use their initials.)
- Fabulous, fascinating, fun
- I've learned something new
- Immediately useful in my work
Fabulous, fascinating, fun
"I have just finished the Contented course. I absolutely loved it! I have had little to no experience with online web editing, although I have contributed significantly to our Interact site for earlychildhood teachers, and this definitely opened my eyes. The quizzes were great for me as I liked being challenged to really think hard while working through. I'm ready to test my new knowledge out and will be bringing some of the key points to our next team meeting." N.F.
"Please let me commend you for offering a great course. It really was work disguised as fun. I chose to complete the course over the maximum three-month period. While doing so and working on our web content, I found myself watching out for things like plain language writing, front loading headlines, page summaries, and others. That indicates the course was very effective for me, even though I did retake my quizzes!" C.C.C.O.
"Suzie and I have thoroughly enjoyed the course and are quite sad that we have now finished it. Thanks very much for providing such excellent material. It was interesting, practical and entertaining and we learnt heaps.
"We have both completed our quizzes and although we are not A students, we have done okay. Many thanks for sending us our Certificates of Achievement for the 'Contented' course! These certificates have promptly been laminated and are now in pride of place up on our office wall." T. and S.
"Thank you very much for making the online course easy to understand. The examples help so much in making the modules more understandable. I like the module on Make Images Accessible because it talks about how to use high quality graphs and charts which I always create for PowerPoint presentations and reports. I will see how I would make graphs and charts for our web page. What I would like to be added in the course is using high quality tables, appropriate pictures, and captions.
"More power to Contented!" G.B.P.S.
"Contented was fabulous. I know 1 or 2 others from UC have signed up. I will be recommending Contented to people I think will benefit from it." Heather Pearce, University of Canterbury
"Finished your online course yesterday. You sure live up to your name as I was "contented" with the methodology and the lessons.
"You were able to translate a what-would-otherwise-be-a-boring course into something truly interesting. Even professional, busy people would find time to set aside a few minutes to finish your course.
"Thanks for the opportunity to learn. Please inform me re future online courses as I'm inclined to register again." M.P.D.R.
"Just completed the content course. I found it an extremely useful learning experience. Very well structured and smooth instructions. Please do not forget to send me a certificate - as I have cleared all quizzes with flying colors!" M.I.K.
"I gained a lot from the course,and find it useful and interesting at the same time. I initially thought this would be a boring course as most writing courses tend to be. However, I found the modules concise yet well-explained; short but easy to understand. The pace was quick enough to keep me engaged and the quizzes helped retain key points. The online and interactive approach was also a big help in making the course as interesting as it was.
"The learning gained will definitely be put to good use to improve my unit's website -- most of it, I realize, I have to rewrite, and to any future web writing I may have to undertake. I deem your course highly recommended. Thank you and more power." E.C.M.
"The course was great — really insightful and I learnt a lot, thank you." F.McI.
"I really enjoyed the course — it is very user-friendly, helpful and fun to use (don't change a thing!). " R.C.
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I've learned something new
"I feel that I've learnt something new which is really great. The quiz made me think too." Heather Pearce, University of Canterbury
"I've been raving about the course! I found the contented course really valuable. It gives clear guidelines on writing and editing website content. The contented course appealed to me because it was online and self paced. I liked the examples of websites before/ after editing and the checklist in the last module. Each module was broken down into small parts so I found it easy to read onscreen. I have just edited a website for a client using the contented 'rules' i.e. front loaded headlines, reduced waffle and lots of white space. She is really happy with the results.
"I'd be interested in other writing courses of yours in the future. I'm just at the start of my writing and editing career but I know the skills I've gained from the course will generate business for me." Jo Issa, free lance plain English editor.
"I'm pleased to inform you that I've finally completed the Contented Course. I purposely took all the quizzes in one attempt to test how much I've learned from your modules. Based on the results, I am very happy!
"Thank you for making it very simple, straightforward, and well-structured. You and your team really walk the talk!
"I have learned a lot from this course and I already have a list of things to improve our website. One of which is to add alt-text to the graphics and charts and write meaningful headings :>)" M.V.R.
"Some feedback on the session so far — absolutely brilliant! I am learning a lot." R.M.
"I want to 'show off' that I have finished the Online Writing Course and I must say I finished with 'Semi Flying Colors' (actually I was trying to achieve a perfect score in one attempt but I guess . . check my scores).
"I enjoyed this learning course: it gave me a different learning perspective on my own, giving me the opportunity managing my own time, and I must say I learned a lot and did have lots of fun with the sample web pages that have been used.
Hoping my colleagues are doing quite well with their quizzes too." R.S.R.
"It was a great experience! I learned a lot. I already knew some of the items so they served as a refresher. The examples in the end of the course will be very useful in creating effective websites. Thank you!" A.M.S.
"Thank you for this great course. Even right from the first module, it made me very aware of the shortcomings of several websites I've been involved with - and as a result of doing the course I'll be looking at content with new eyes."The challenge now will be to put the excellent advice into practice! It's always easier to read and think, than to "do".
"As I did the course I was also observing the clarity and simplicity of your course design, page layout, explanations and so on. What a wonderful model to follow."J.McF.
"I enjoyed doing the course. I do believe it will add value to my job and job profile.
"Despite the instruction overload at times and heavy reading exercises, the quizzes were a great relief and also fun to do. I look forward to receiving my certificate." U.T.
"I've enjoyed the course. It has served its purpose very well, giving me practical experience in applying the content of Rachel McAlpine's latest books on the subject. Thank you very much for this opportunity. The course structure is well designed, with excellent content, and is easy to follow." J.C.
"The course was great, confirmed a lot of what I suspected about writing online. I found the info on what search engines pick up particularly helpful." J.E.
"I enjoyed the course, and learnt a lot. The information was presented in a straightforward, practical way, and the examples and exercises throughout helped to reinforce the points made. The quiz at the end of each module was also useful to help cement the concepts learned. I found the initial follow-up and registration process to be efficient and effective, especially given the time factor involved. Thank you very much." N.McM.
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Immediately useful for my work
"I learned enough in the first Contented module to give me confidence to get started organising the content of a client's website. I allowed about an hour to complete each module and I found myself getting really excited about doing the next one. The material is easy to read, and I was surprised how much I knew when I took the short test at the end of each session. Every day I found myself critiquing other people's web content—even brochures and reports! When I had completed ten modules, and applied what I had learned daily, our draft was well organised, the text was tight, the links were in. Then, with even more confidence, I went in again with a 'knife'. My editing skills had improved so much that I could easily make my own work even clearer and more convincing. " Christine Toner
"I'm managing the intranet page (Lotus Notes) and web page (ADB website) for Japan Special Fund (JSF). Applying what I've learned from the course, I will try to rewrite the text, and edit the headlines, summary, and the link-text. I know it will be difficult at first try. With the help of my notes I took from the course, I can improve the intranet and web pages." G.B.P.S.
"I truly enjoyed reading through the online materials and can't wait to apply them to my Department's newly created intranet." H.N.A.
"I learned a lot from the course which I have been applying in developing our department's intranet. My favorite modules are write headlines for web and intranet pages, where I got tips in writing meaningful headlines for my department's intranet page and write summaries for web and intranet pages, where I learned that it is important for intranet pages to have summaries that are useful both on the page and in search results.
Thanks to Contented, now, I am even more confident in handling the development of our department's intranet." C.C.C.
"Finally, I have completed the CONTENTED online course and I am absolutely contented! True enough, the course is very simple and easy to follow. I hope to be able to use it as soon as possible." J.P.
"I really enjoyed and gain vast amount of knowledge from this Contented course. This is really helpful for writing for our Intranet that is under construction. I would like to thank the course organiser. The teaching is excellent and easy to follow. I will recommend this course to anyone." V.P.
"I would like to applaud you on the content and ease of flow and structure. Not only have I found this course to be very interesting and beneficial from a "beginners" web writing point of view but also from a practical every day report writing stand point. I now look at my writing in a more critical and purposeful way.
"I look forward to receiving my certificate to add to my CV." S.C.
"We have just begun redesigning our web pages and the information in your course will be very helpful." J.T.
"The Contented course [...] was really informative and reinforced most of the things I already knew on the job on how to manage our online content, and at the same time I learned new things which would be very helpful at work." Cristina Samson
"Wow — I just loved this class so much. Lots of great information, examples and quizzes. I really learned so much. GREAT NEWS— I Passed all the quizzes — over 70 percent—Average of 93.4 Percent - Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spent hours looking for the right online class on Writing Web Content! When I found your class through Google I just knew this was the best online class on writing for the web.
"All the topics in this class helped me feel confident in writing web content. Your class is well-rounded and gives the learner a real-world picture of what makes great web content with plenty of hands-on examples.
[3 months later:] "*** have hired me as a freelance writer to write for sites like www.ehow.com. They are the largest web content service provider in the United States. So taking your class helped me achieve a dream — to write web content for a company.
"So I personally wanted to let you know how much your class has helped me. The best investment I ever made." Gina
"PS really enjoyed this course—found it easy to follow and great reinforcement through out the modules and then in the quizzes. Feel a lot more confident about writing for the web. Great that I have access to it for a length of time as I think I may need to go back and check some of the points. Although the last module's tests might do that job." D.W.
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