A very basic guide to creating your first model in Maya

[Eyvindr]

I appreciate you making this, I am having some difficulties however..

I have followed all the steps till step 18 where i'm suppose to export the model into OpenCollada. So i download the tools but then nothing happens afterwards, and the option to export it into OpenCollada doesn't appear. I have tried re installing it several times already without any luck.
Is there any other format i can export it to which does the same as OpenCollada that i can use?
Or do you have any other suggestions to what i can do