I am "self taught" so I can not recommend a tutorial, but there are several youtubes out there (I just googled "learning to design a paper pieced block" and "how to convert a quilt pattern to paper piecing"). Hopefully someone will chime in that has used a tutorial.
As far as the order - I use EQ and often change the suggested order. My decision is usually dependent on how many seams converge at one point and how many "units" there are. Can you share a pic of what you want to convert?