Table of Contents Create an account... 1 Create a tutorial... 11 Create a tutorial series... 13 Menu bar... 15 AREA content writing best practice... 16
*If you already have an Autodesk account you can skip ahead to page 4 and login with your account on AREA. Create an account To create an account: 1. From the AREA homepage, on the top-right corner select Create Account. 2. You can sign-in using social providers or your email. 2
3. If you prefer to login with your social account: Facebook, Google, Twitter, or LinkedIn, select one of the providers and follow the authentication process. You will then be redirected to AREA. 4. If you prefer to login with your email, select New to Autodesk? CREATE ACCOUNT and enter all required information. 3
5. After you are logged in, mouse over your login name in the top right corner of the page, and update My Profile. View a sample profile 4
Account Settings First name Real or Screen Last name Real or Screen name name Screen name Your unique id. Avatar Your profile image. Login email Email you registered with. Password View or change your password. 5
Area Newsletter Profiles Settings Check the box if you would like to receive AREA newsletter. Job Add your title. Company name Add your company/brand name. Location Primary Software Used Secondary Software Used Following Authors Blogs Add your location. Add primary Autodesk software used to create your assets. Add secondary Autodesk software used to create your assets. Industry Professional Summary Other Software Used Add primary industry served. Add your personal summary. Add any other Autodesk software used to create your assets. Displays all authors you are following. Displays all blogs you are following. Once your changes are saved you are ready to publish your first tutorial. 6
Create a tutorial 1. Sign in to your account. 2. From your login, use the drop-down menu and select My Tutorials. 3. Select Create Tutorial. 4. Complete the fields and start adding content. Featured Image - Upload your featured image. The preferred format is 1900x480 pixels. Note: This image will be used as a thumbnail and banner. Tags Enter all required tags marked with an asterisk. Note: It is best practice for SEO to include all tags. 5. Add all supporting assets: videos, files, and images. 6. If necessary, add contributing authors. 11
7. Once you are finished, select Save & Preview to review your tutorial. 8. If you are satisfied with your tutorial, select Save & Publish. 9. Your tutorial will be sent to the AREA team for review. 10. If approved, your tutorial will be published and featured on AREA Learning. 11. You will be notified if your tutorial is not approved. 12
Create a tutorial series 1. From the menu bar, select My Tutorial Series. Note: Ensure you have two or more tutorials to add to your series. 2. From the top, select Create Tutorial Series. 3. Complete the fields. 4. Add your featured image. The preferred format is 1900x480 pixels. Note: This image will be used as a thumbnail and banner. 5. Save your form. 13
6. From the drop down which appears when you save your series, search and select the tutorials you wish to add to your series. Note: Ensure you have two or more tutorials to add to your series. 9. Once you are done, select the articles you wish to attach to your series and click Publish Selected. Note: Once you have attached your tutorials to the series, you can update the order in which they appear and click Update Series Order, as seen here: 10. Save your changes at the top right of the page and preview. 11. Your series will be sent to the AREA team for review. 12. If approved, your series will be published and featured on AREA Learning. 13. You will be notified if your tutorial series is not approved. 14
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AREA content writing best practices 1. Succinct AREA Tutorials should be succinct. Aim for 250 500 words, 50 words per paragraph, make copy 50% < print. 2. Inverted pyramid Most people will only scan your article. A good strategy is to consider your content as an inverted pyramid with the most vital information in the first paragraphs. 3. Left-side scannable Use headings and subheadings to make content scannable on the left side where people tend to focus their attention. Tip: Place keywords first in the paragraph. 4. Simple and concise Reading quality is reduced online, write simple and concise sentences to make it more consumable. 5. Call outs Call out key information with charts, graphs, pictures, captions, quotes, and lists. 6. Laser focus Pages with several topics rank lower in search results than a page focusing on a single topic. Cover one topic per article. Connect topics with a tutorial series. 7. Stand-alone Pages can be randomly accessed and readers might not understand the bigger picture. Tip: Ask yourself whether this page makes sense out of context. 8. Freshness Outdated content decreases trust, make it a habit to update regularly. Video Tutorial best practices 1. Description: When creating an article about a video tutorial on AREA, make sure to write a short description of what the tutorial is about 2. Voice over: Make sure you include a voice over or captions in your video tutorial, this helps users understand what is going on. Captions also helps users who are not proficient in English 3. Be careful about language: We will not publish written or video tutorials that use foul language. Please refer to the Autodesk terms of use for more information: https://www.autodesk.com/company/legal-noticestrademarks/website-terms-of-use 16
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