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Standard |
Posted: 05/12/08
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R State Standard £ Developed College: |
Course
Description
Reinforces
the touch system of keyboarding placing emphasis on correct techniques with
adequate speed and accuracy and producing properly formatted business
documents. Topics include: reinforcing correct keyboarding technique, building
speed and accuracy, formatting business documents, language arts, proofreading,
and work area management.
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Competency Areas |
Hours |
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Reinforcing
Correct Keyboarding Technique |
Class |
2 |
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Building
Speed and Accuracy |
D.
Lab |
8 |
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Formatting
Business Documents |
P.
Lab/O.B.I. |
0 |
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Language
Arts |
Credit |
6 |
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Proofreading |
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Work
Area Management |
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Prerequisite: |
The
ability to key at least 25 wpm or BUS 100 |
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Corequisite: |
SCT
100 |
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Course
Guide |
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Competency |
After completing
this section, the student will be able to: |
Hours |
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Class |
D.Lab
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P.Lab/ O.B.I. |
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REINFORCING CORRECT
KEYBOARDING TECHNIQUE |
1 |
5 |
0 |
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Touch
Keying |
Reinforce the touch
method of keying with correct techniques. |
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BUILDING SPEED
AND ACCURACY |
1 |
10 |
0 |
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Skill Development |
Reinforce using correct alphabetic, number, and
symbol reaches. |
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FORMATTING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS |
10 |
50
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0 |
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Correspondence |
Key letters, memos, and e-mail messages from
straight and rough-draft copy using various styles and special features. |
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Reports |
Key various types of reports from straight and
rough-draft copy. |
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Tables |
Key simple and complex tables from straight and
rough-draft copy. |
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Other
Business Documents |
Type
other business documents from straight and rough-draft copy (i.e. agendas,
minutes, news releases, labels, invoices). |
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LANGUAGE ARTS |
3 |
5 |
0 |
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Language
arts |
Edit documents using correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
number expression, abbreviations, and word division. |
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PROOFREADING |
3 |
5 |
0 |
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Proofreaders’
marks |
Use proofreaders’ marks to edit or proofread copy. |
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Error
detection/correction |
Identify and correct typographical, format, and content errors. |
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WORK
AREA MANAGEMENT |
2 |
5 |
0 |
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File
Management |
Create
and organize folders, describe and demonstrate proper care and handling of
storage media. |
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Organization |
Keep
work area neat and clean. |
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Suggested
Resources |
Books
Mitchell,
W. (2006). Paradigm Intermediate
Keyboarding and Applications: Sessions 61-120, fifth edition. St. Paul:
Paradigm Publishing (For Office 2003).
Ober,
S.; Johnson, J. & Zimmerly, A. (2006) Gregg
College Keyboarding & Document Processing, 10th edition. New
York: McGraw-Hill Publishing (For Office 2003).
VanHuss,
Susie H., et. al. (2008) Keyboarding & Formatting Essentials
Microsoft Word 2007, Lessons 1-60, 2nd edition, ISBN:
0-538-72976-7.
VanHuss,
S.; Forde, C.; Woo, D.; & Hefferin, L. (2008). Keyboarding & Formatting Essentials Microsoft Word 2007 Complete
Course, Lessons 1-120, 2nd edition. Mason, OH: Wadsworth Cengage
Learning (Formally Thomson Learning).
VanHuss,
Susie H., et. al. (2008) Keyboarding & Word Processing Microsoft
Word 2007, Lessons 1-60: Certified Approach, 17th edition. ISBN:
0-538-73024-2.
VanHuss,
S.; Forde, C.; Woo, D.; & Hefferin, L. (2008) Keyboarding and Word Processing Complete Course, Lessons 1-120:
Certified Approach, 17th edition. Mason, OH: Wadsworth Cengage
Learning (Formally Thomson Learning).
VanHuss,
Susie H., et. al. Keyboarding & Word
Processing Microsoft Word 2003, Lessons 1-60, 16th edition.
ISBN: 0-538-72800-0.
VanHuss,
Susie H., et. al. Keyboarding &
Formatting Essentials Microsoft Office 2002/2003 Lessons 1-60, ISBN:
0-538-72757-8.
Posted: 05/12/08