UX Writing for Technical Writers

The UX Writing for Technical Writers final project is designed to test all the skills you practiced during the course.

The project itself is a series of screens within a web-based application. Your job will be to complete a set of tasks within each screen related to writing microcopy, feature descriptions, and other text, alongside ensuring consistency within relevant technical documentation.

You will be graded on:

• Your ability to implement UX writing best practices within technical documentation
• Your ability to write for UI components
• Consistency
• Use of voice and tone
• UX writing best practices, such as using active verbs for buttons, consistent formats, and writing useful microcopy
• Evaluation of interactions and text
• Your ability to determine what useful copy isn’t there, but should be

Here are some key points you should keep in mind:

You don’t need to be a Figma pro: You should understand how to create and edit text, as well as move text fields around. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to do any more than that—it isn’t necessary.

However, we’d always encourage you to improve your Figma skills.

Be consistent: One of the most important things a UX writer can be is consistent. That goes for your final project.

Take your time: This isn’t a race. Take your time to make sure everything is just right.

Remember your practice work: Remember your course material if you need help with an element, like an error message or a tooltip. Go back and reread lessons if you need to.

Think carefully about what is, and isn’t there: We’ll leave the rest to you. 😉