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Computer Keyboarding 1
March 9

We start using Word in two weeks but I will be presenting this very important lecture next week because I will be at a conference Week 7, so please arrive promptly next week. You will still come to class Week 7.

Note: This week's lessons are due by Thursday evening, next week.

Check your grades each week for accuracy. Check specifically for attendance and late penalties in the last rows of the spreadsheet.

Lesson 13-A B C D E F 

Lesson 13-G, Paced Practice

Click here to go to a Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing training site to access a series of training videos on different exercise types used in GDP. Click Exercise Types in the left pane, and then click Paced Practice in the bottom pane to view a training video explaining in depth how Paced Practice drills work. Your skillbuilding is always more effective when you understand and focus on your goals for that particular drill. Enjoy!


To determine your beginning speed, you will take a 1-minute timing. Try to type the 1-minute timing with 2 errors maximum pushing moderately for speed.

The 1-minute entry timing will be followed by a series of 2-minute timings based on the speed you achieved in the entry timing. You will see 8 red boxes highlighting a letter indicating where you should be typing in 15-second intervals. You will try to "pace" yourself so that when you type for 15 seconds, you will reach the first red square you see on the timing copy. When each 15-second interval is up, the red square disappears. Try to slow down or speed up so that the squares disappear just when you reach them.

For example, in the timing below, the goal is 22 wpm. If you "pace" your typing at 22 wpm, when you type the "a" in "attitude" in the first line, the red square over the "a" will disappear just as you reach that point in the timing.

Lesson 13-H, Progressive Practice: Alphabet

Lesson 13-I, 2-Minute Timed Writing
TW Goal: 21/5e

Lesson 14-A B C D E F G H I J

Lesson 14-F, Progressive Practice: Numbers

To determine your beginning speed, you will take a 1-minute timing. Try to type the 1-minute timing with 3 errors maximum pushing moderately for speed.

Lesson 14-J, 2-Minute Timed Writing
TW Goal: 22/5e

Lesson 15-A B C D E F G H I J K

Lesson 15-F G H I, Pretest-Practice-Posttest

Click here to go to a Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing training site to access a series of training videos on different exercise types used in GDP. Click Exercise Types in the left pane, and then click Pretest-Practice-Posttest in the bottom pane to view a training video explaining in depth how Pretest-Practice-Posttest drills work. Your skillbuilding is always more effective when you understand and focus on your goals for that particular drill. Enjoy!

Lesson 15-K, 2-Minute Timed Writing
TW Goal: 23/5e

Lesson 16-A B C D E F G H

Lesson 16-H, 2-Minute Timed Writing
TW Goal: 24/5e

 

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