Documentation Writing Courses and Certifications

Technical Writing: How to Write Software Documentation

3844 ratings at Udemy

Learn a proven strategy for writing software docu in GitHub wiki based on the 12 main principles of technical writing!

• Udemy
• 9 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Board Infinity

Writing Effective Technical Documentation

19 ratings at Coursera

Write and structure user manuals, API documentation, release notes, and knowledge base articles, applying audience analysis, style guides, design principles, Markdown, CMS platforms, and version control.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Writing READMEs

23 ratings at Udacity

Documentation is an important part of the development process. Learn to write READMEs using Markdown so your code can be used by other humans!

• Udacity
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Advanced Math Notation

Master advanced typesetting techniques including accents, auto-sizing delimiters, big operators, and multi-line equations to handle any mathematical notation in technical documents.

• CodeSignal
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Documentation and Usability for Cancer Informatics

Build user-friendly documentation for informatics tools: write getting started sections, how-to examples, reference guides and code comments, identify your user community, and gather feedback.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The New Trainer's Guide to Creating End User Documentation

1492 ratings at Udemy

Learn quick, easy and practical technical writing skills to write great end user software documentation - FAST.

• Udemy
• 2 hours 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Technical Writing: How to Write Using DITA XML

1486 ratings at Udemy

How to Become a Modern and Successful Technical Writer Using DITA XML

• Udemy
• 9 hours 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Document AI: Project & API Writing

Document ML model architectures, data schemas, and training procedures, and build a developer-ready MkDocs documentation site for a prediction API with request/response schemas and error behaviors.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Technical Writing for Software Developers

Produce clear software documentation: tailor guides and reference material to audiences, structure pages with semantic markup, and run docs-as-code toolchains, automation, and AI-assisted workflows.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Craft & Review Docs

Review and maintain technical documentation: spot outdated API guides, embed code snippets and diagrams, and catch early signals that docs drift from the systems described.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Technical Writing: How to Write API Software Documentation

1574 ratings at Udemy

A framework for writing software documentation for an API as a technical writer, using Postman or Swagger UI

• Udemy
• 2 hours 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Learn to turn collected information into reliable, relevant reports through structured planning, analysis, drafting, editing, and presentation for first-responder documentation.

• TEEX
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

SAP

Introducing the Open Documentation Initiative

Learn how to contribute to SAP Help documentation through GitHub issues and pull requests, Markdown linting, the CLA process, and publication.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tejas Kumar

How We're Trying to Do Docs Better

See how static site generation, code generation, and feedback create a faster, up-to-date, measurable developer documentation experience.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Developing R Packages

156 ratings at DataCamp

The expansive ecosystem of R packages may seem daunting at first glance, but don't worry!

• DataCamp
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available