# Technical Writing Two introduction

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*Technical Writing Two*

helps technical people advance their technical communication skills.

## Target audience

We've aimed this course at people who have completed
[Technical Writing One](https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/one). If you've never taken any technical
writing training, we recommend completing *Technical Writing One* before taking
this class.

## Learning objectives

This course focuses on several intermediate topics in technical writing.
After completing both the pre-class and instructor-led components of this
class, you will know how to do the following:

- Choose among several different tactics to write first drafts and additional tactics for writing second and third drafts.
- Use several techniques to detect mistakes in your own writing.
- Organize large documents.
- Introduce a document's scope and any prerequisites.
- Write clear figure captions.
- Pick the proper information density for technical illustrations.
- Focus the reader's attention to selected parts of a technical illustration.
- Establish context through a "big picture" technical illustration.
- Create useful sample code that demonstrates a range of complexity.
- Identify different documentation types.
- Develop a systematic approach to describing complex technical topics.
- Empathize with a beginner audience and write a tutorial for them.
- Use LLMs to generate, edit, format, and summarize technical documents more efficiently.

It takes years of focused practice to become a great engineer or a great
technical writer. This course will improve your technical writing but
won't instantly transform you into a great technical writer.

## Pre-class and instructor-led components

The course consists of the following two components:

- Pre-class
- Instructor-led

(You are viewing the start of the pre-class component.)

The instructor-led component enhances the lessons taught in the pre-class
components. That said, even if you never attend the instructor-led component,
the pre-class lessons on their own still provide a valuable educational
experience.

## Hardware and network requirements

Although this course is optimized for a laptop or desktop, you may
take the course on a tablet or phone. Note that you'll do a lot of
typing during the instructor-led component.

You need an internet connection to take the course. You cannot download
the course. The course is not available on tangible media.

The pre-class component contains a few short videos, all of which are optional
viewing. If you want to skip the videos, then you can take the course on a
low-bandwidth internet connection.

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**Next unit:** [Self-editing](https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/two/editing)