Audience and purpose

Deciding who is reading, what they already know, what you want them to do differently afterwards, and writing for that person rather than for yourself.

foundational~1.5hWe mark it against a checklist you can read first
The barWhat counts as knowing this

State in one line who a document is for and what you want them to do, then write to that

That sentence is the bar. It only counts once your work shows you can do it. Reading about it does not.
Prove itA check for this one skill

Up to 3 questions on this skill alone, marked against the bar beside this. It stops as soon as the answer is clear. No account, and your answers are not kept.

01 · Prerequisites

Where it sits

No prerequisites — this is a starting point in Business Writing & Communication.
03 · What comes next

What it unlocks

Start on Business Writing & Communication

Every skill above, ordered by what depends on what, with the projects above that as the evidence you actually did it. We work out where you already are first, so the path skips what you can do.

About three minutes to set up. Nothing is marked until you hand something in.Start this path
Part of Business Writing & Communication.

One cookie, so we can see which subjects people finish and where the site loses them — plus a replay of where you click. Nothing you type is recorded, and once you’re signed in the words on screen are blanked out too. No advertising, nothing sold. The detail.