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Course Descriptions & Syllabi

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COURSE NUMBER:		BOFF117
COURSE TITLE:		Keyboarding Speed Development I
DIVISION:		Business
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SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS:		1.0
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is a satisfactory/unsatisfactory course for the student who has not met the timed writing speed requirement to enter Document Processing II. This course will help students develop proper techniques and increase speed to 40 wpm with a minimum of 6 errors on a 3-minute timed writing and develop speed of at least 35 wpm with 10 errors or less on 5-minute timed writings. This course will not count toward the requirements for an Associate of Applied Science degree for Office Systems majors. (Non Degree Credit)
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COURSE OBJECTIVES / GOALS:

TOPICAL OUTLINE:

Speed building exercises
Accuracy building exercises
Analysis of errors
Paced practices
12-second sprints
Diagnostic skill building
Three- and five-minute computer timings

TEXTBOOK / SPECIAL MATERIALS:
Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing For Windows, 10th Edition. Ober, Zimmerly, Johnson, Lessons 1-60.

Skillbuilding Mastery on the Computer, Barbara Ellsworth, Ellsworth Publishing.

3 3-1/2" high density disks

EVALUATION:
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory based on speed and accuracy on three- and five-minute timings. Final evaluation (pass/fail) based on the three best three- minute timed writings and the three best five-minute timed writings.
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REVISION:
Fall 2008

RECORD UPDATED:
2009-02-02 11:01:23