Today’s post includes two videos from the University of Minnesota Writing Studies program that provide useful details on how to ensure your instructions are effective.
This first video provides an overview of the features and sections of instructions and how the documents are typically organized:
This second video explains how to write effective steps in your instructions:
For a comment, you can focus on your experience with writing instructions or your experience following instructions someone else has written. Based on your experience, tell us what you think is important to making instructions successful and compare your observations to the advice from the videos.