It provides valuable practice beyond the textbook in developing skill areas such as Understanding Vocabulary in Context,Recognizing Main Ideas, Recognizing Major and Minor Details, Transitions, Argumentation, and more. It also has user record capabilities which allow the instructor to closely monitor student progress. Claris Works is a word-processing program similar to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. It has many of the same options as the above mentioned programs like columns, centering, line spacing, Speller, Thesaurus, Layout optons, Style options, etc. This program allows the students to write and print anything they need to.
Encore provides indepth practice and fun activities to improve typing skills and speed.
The students learn to touch- type, increase accuracy, learn about word processing, and have fun. Both beginning and advanced keyboardists can use this program. For beginners there are three options to help them get started. The first is How to Use Typing Instructor. Next is Typing Basics for Beginners, and last is Learning Key Locations.