This course is offered twice each semester. It is designed for students entering a variety of occupational fields that utilize the keyboard to input information. Concentration is placed on correct techniques, accuracy, and speed building of alphabetic and numeric characters. Assignments and timed speed drills form the basis for grading. Not open to Office Technologies students.
Course is graded on a Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory basis.
The course, which is designed to improve student s typing speed and accuracy, integrates the microcomputer and the leading-edge technology, Windows . The seven-week course is based on a diagnostic approach for improving keyboarding skills. Each unit consists of pretests, timings, individualized assignments based on each student s weaknesses, and post-test timings for evaluation and measurement of improvement. The course is graded on a Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory basis. This course integrates the microcomputer, the leading-edge technology, Windows , and primary word processing application software to develop keyboarding skills.