Keyboarding skill 15 wpm

COURSE (CATALOG) DESCRIPTION:

This course designed to increase keyboarding speed and accuracy. Content includes assessing skills and prescribing individualized corrective practice.

To improve speed and accuracy of typewriting skills.

Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic inegrity and follow Oakton's Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:

• cheating
• plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation)
• falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth)
• helping others to cheat
• unauthorized changes on official documents
• pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you
• making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats
• any other behavior that violates academic integrity

There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton's policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.

Details of the Code of Academic Conduct can be found in the Student Handbook.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS:

A. 5-Minute PreTest Timings
B. Charting PreTest Results
C. 1-Minute Diagnostic Tests
D. 1-Minute Skill Development Paragraphs
E. Corrective Practice Drills for Speed and Accuracy
F. 5 Minute PostTest Timings

 

Skill building including diagnostic tests and appropriate drills.

A. Attend lab a minimum of two hours a week.
B. Attend seminars as scheduled.
C. Complete required assignments when due and take tests.
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1. TEXTBOOK: Cortez Peter’s Championship Keyboarding Drills, 4th Edition by Cortez Peters.  Publisher- Glencoe/McGraw-Hill (Required)
2. 3 1/2" Disk or a USB Flash Drive (Required)

Speed and accuracy improvement. -- 90%
Attendance and instructor evaluation of effort. -- 10%

Since students will be entering course at many skill levels, evaluation will be based on an individualized grading scale established by diagnostic tests and an interview with the instructor

Software Users!
Copying software is in violation of Federal law and College policies. Suspected violations will be vigorously investigated and if warranted, appropriate penalties applied.

Specifically, you do not have the right to:
1. Make copies of software for yourself or others.
2. Receive and use unauthorized copies of software.

If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the ASSIST office in Instructional Support Services. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program.