Differences Between How-To and Tutorial Documentation - Open Documentation Hour

Differences Between How-To and Tutorial Documentation - Open Documentation Hour

Ubuntu OnAir via YouTube Direct link

Intro

1 of 21

1 of 21

Intro

Class Central Classrooms beta

YouTube videos curated by Class Central.

Classroom Contents

Differences Between How-To and Tutorial Documentation - Open Documentation Hour

Automatically move to the next video in the Classroom when playback concludes

  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Updates
  3. 3 Presentation starts
  4. 4 How-to vs. a tutorial
  5. 5 Cooking example
  6. 6 Similarities between the two
  7. 7 Differences between working and learning
  8. 8 More confusion
  9. 9 Further reading
  10. 10 Diátaxis definitions
  11. 11 Questions
  12. 12 When do you need a tutorial?
  13. 13 How do you decide if you need one or the other?
  14. 14 How simple should a How-to be
  15. 15 Other options on how the two differ
  16. 16 Tutorials that glue the product together
  17. 17 Tutorials for teaching, How-tos for general use
  18. 18 How do you know if your tutorial is effective?
  19. 19 What'a a good advanced-level tutorial?
  20. 20 Should you use screenshots?
  21. 21 Where is the single source of truth?

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.