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Keyboarding
1, CAOT 1
3 units
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Advisories:
Eligibility for ESL Level 6B and 6C, or completion of Office Administration
1 or Office Administration 1C with C or better. |
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Recommendation: If you do not type at
all or do not type by touch, you should enroll in CAOT 1. If you type 20
w.p.m. and want only to improve speed and accuracy, you may enroll in
CAOT 9, Keyboarding Improvement, which has no document processing.
Students who type accurately at 30 w.p.m. may enroll in CAOT 2, Keyboarding
2. Note: Students with a
verified disability who may need a reasonable accommodation(s) for this
class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact the Office of
Special Services (CH 109, 323/953-4000, X2270) as soon as possible. All
information will remain confidential. |
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Course Overview |
| Keyboarding 1 is a
full-semester, 3-unit course delivered in a traditional classroom setting on
campus. You will learn to type by touch and will also learn the basic
features of Word 2003 in order to produce mailable documents such as
letters, tables, reports, and memos. |
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Course Description |
| CAOT 1, Keyboarding 1 (3
Units): Mastery of the keyboard (letters, numbers, and symbols) by touch on
a microcomputer; formatting of mailable letters, tables, reports, and memos
using Microsoft Word 2003; minimum speed at end of course of 30 wpm
accurately. |
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Supplies |
Kit
1, Book 1 (Lessons 1-60), Gregg College
Keyboarding & Document Processing for Windows,
10th Edition; Ober,
Johnson, Zimmerly; 2006; McGraw-Hill/Irwin. This book comes bundled
with the items you see below and an easel. ISBN: 007313841X
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Book 1
Lessons 1-60 |
Word 2003 Manual |
GDP Home
Version CD |
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Word
2003: If you want
to type document processing jobs at home as well as on campus, you either
need to have Word 2003 at home or complete your documents at a second
location that has Word 2003 and GDP. If you don't have Word 2003 at home,
click
here for
alternatives.
- You may order your supplies online from the
LACC Bookstore. The phone number
for the LACC Bookstore is 323-953-4000, Ext 2140.
Be sure to search by ISBN to insure you are ordering
the correct items.
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Hardware: Your computer must
meet these minimum specifications:
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PC with a Pentium II or higher CPU,
provided that they meet the other requirements below. (GDP
software is not compatible with a Mac.)
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16 Mb RAM for Windows 98 systems; 32
Mb RAM for Windows NT, 2000, and Me systems; 128 Mb RAM required for
Windows XP systems (64 Mb may be sufficient)
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Hard disk drive.
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CD-ROM drive (8X or faster) to install the
program.
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Graphics adapter-sVGA or higher; 800 x 600,
True Color (24-bit or 32-bit) or High Color (16-bit) modes.
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sVGA color monitor.
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Modem or some type of reliable Internet
connection. A cable modem or DSL is recommended but not required.
Software: You must have the
software listed here installed on your home computer.
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GDP
Home Version Software for Gregg College
Keyboarding & Document Processing for Windows, 10th Edition, Lessons
1-120, For Home Use. This software (hereafter known as GDP) is
included with the textbook.
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Microsoft Word 2003 for document processing. Click here
for details.
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Microsoft Windows 98,
Me, NT 4.0, 2000, or XP. The specific releases are Windows 98, Second
Edition, Service Pack 1.0; Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 6.0;
Windows 2000 Professional, Service Pack 2.0; Windows XP, Service Pack 2.0
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or Netscape
Navigator 7.0.
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An e-mail account is required. Click
here to see how to get free e-mail.
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An updated virus software
program.
Click
here for information on virus software.
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General Grading Policies
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Drop Policy, LACC Schedule of Classes:
"It is the student's responsibility to drop a class no longer being
attended. Failure to drop a class in a timely manner may result in a "W"
or an "F" on your academic record." "The student agrees to be familiar
with the information in the college catalog and schedule of classes, and
know and observe all policies and procedures related to the program of
study being pursued."
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Due Dates. All
work assigned for a particular week, including practice tests and regular
tests, is due no later than Sunday evening at the end of the week in which
the work is assigned.
 Up to 1% per
week will be deducted from your final average for any late or missing
skillbuilding or production jobs.
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Proofreading Checks.
Five documents are designated on the
Assignment Sheets as
Proofreading Checks.
Each
Proofreading Check document must be proofread with 100% accuracy and have zero scoring errors on
the first scored attempt. If any errors are scored, 1% point will be deducted from your final
grade average. To make up a lost point, you may recreate the
document and try again.
If you finish a document and
are not yet ready to score it, click No when you exit and are
prompted to score. I count scored attempts only, not unscored
attempts.
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Practice Document Processing Tests.
These timed practice tests are very similar to the actual document
processing test you will take and are evaluated
for format and accuracy. Please see your assignment sheet for for
details.
Never take
an actual document processing test until you have successfully
completed the practice document processing tests!
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Document Processing Tests.
These tests are timed and the document is evaluated for format and
accuracy.
Only one
attempt is allowed on these tests.
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Document Processing
Jobs.
All document jobs must be submitted as "mailable" (free of
formatting or typographical errors) to earn an A. Click
here
for grading standards.
A
document assigned a D or F may be resubmitted one time by editing the
document and uploading again. The lower grade will be dropped.
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Technique Check.
Your instructor will give you a
Technique Check and watch you type to
insure that you have learned to type by touch with correct fingering and
technique.
If you
cannot type with acceptable technique, you cannot pass the course.
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Timed Writings.
You will be given a series of 3' timings at the end of the course. The
best two timings are averaged to determine your speed. If your timings are
not within the 3-error limit, 2 w.p.m. will be subtracted from the gwpm.
(gross words per minute) for each error over the maximum number of errors
allowed. For example, if your speed was 40 and your errors were 4, your
nwpm. (net words per minute) would be 38.
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 Extra
Credit. Your grade may be raised up to 10% for additional documents or skillbuilding submitted. If
you proofread any documents (other than designated
Proofreading Checks)
with zero errors on the first scored attempt, you will earn extra credit.
Note: Short documents like tables or short revised
documents will earn half as much extra credit as longer documents.
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| Objectives
and Evaluation
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As a result of successfully completing
Computer Keyboarding 1, you will:
- Type a minimum of 30 w.p.m. on a 3-minute timed writing with 3 or
fewer errors.
- Demonstrate good work habits, acceptable typing technique, and skill
in using the microcomputer and printer.
- Recognize, evaluate, and correct errors in content and format of
documents.
- Demonstrate skill in language arts, including word division,
proofreading, punctuation, grammar, spelling, and keyboard composing.
- Produce mailable business documents including letters, tables,
reports, and memos using Microsoft Word 2003.
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50%
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3-Minute Timed Writing, 3-Error Limit, by Touch |
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- A = 40+ w.p.m.
- B = 35-39
- C = 30-34
- D = 25-29
- F = 24 or below
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20% |
Document Processing Tests
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15%
10% |
Practice Document Processing Tests and
Document Processing Jobs
Document Processing Jobs
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Grade |
Formatting and Typographical Errors |
| A |
0 errors |
| B |
1 error |
| C |
2 errors |
| D |
3 errors |
| F |
4+ errors |
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5% |
Proofreading Checks |
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Up to +10% |
Extra Credit:
(extra
Proofreading Checks, documents, and skillbuilding) |
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Up to -10% each |
Deductions:
Technique Check; missing assignments;
late assignments; Keyboarding Talk (up to -5%) |
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