Spanish-American Institute

202 Keyboarding (Advanced Course) 120 Classes

Prerequisite(s): Keyboarding 201 or equivalent.

Textbooks: Scot Ober et al, College Keyboarding and Document Processing: Lessons 61-120, 2002 (or comparable text).

Course Description: While developing English language skills, this course builds keyboarding speed and accuracy skills through production of various kinds of business correspondence, of reports, of tabulations, and of forms from unarranged and rough-draft hand-written and print copy sources in English.

Objectives: By the end of the course, students should be able:

• to better understand and correctly use English word division and composite words;

• to read and follow directions in English when practicing advanced keyboarding exercises;
• to ask questions in English concerning concepts and implementation;
• to read and understand English language descriptions of business situations that will determine the production of documents;
• to synthesize information from various English language sources that will determine the format of document production;
• to produce letters, reports, memos, tables, and other personal-business and business documents from hand-written and from printed text in English, identifying and correcting language errors;
• to develop touch control of the keyboard and proper keyboarding techniques; and
• to build basic speed and accuracy skills to 45 wpm while keyboarding English text with no more than five errors in five minutes.

Instructional Methods: Classes include theory sessions followed by hands-on practice and drills for speed and accuracy using Word. Students complete periodic summary exercises that require application of all skills learned to date. Each student creates a portfolio of finished output.

Grading: The final grade is based on the following:

Class Participation	25%
Progress tests and Post-tests	25%
Document Production	25%
Exams	25%
Total	100%

The grading scale is: A=90-100%, B+=85-89%, B=80-84%, C+=75-79%, C=70-74%, D=65-69%, F=60-64%.

Course Outline:

Weeks	Topics	Assignments and Tests
1-2	Unit 1. Skills development/production review. .	Pre-test/Practice/Post-test (P/P/P): alphabetic keyboard review. Memos 11-12; Letter 23; Tables 16-18; Form 8; Reports 21-22
3-4	Unit 2. Reading, discussing, and producing English language correspondence: business letters, formal letter, and interoffice memos.	P/P/P: inter-office memo. Letters 24-31; Memos 13-14
5-6	Unit 3. Reading, discussing, and producing English language reports: business reports, news releases, magazine articles, book manuscripts with and without tables.	P/P/P: business reports Reports 23-29
7-8	Unit 4. Reading, discussing, and producing English language tables: open, ruled, and boxed tables. Review for exam.	P/P/P: ruled tables Tables 19-30; Report 30 Progress Tests: 5-minute timed writing, modified-block letter with indented paragraphs, ruled table, and book manuscript page. Exam.
9-10	Unit 5. Reading, discussing, and producing English language specialized correspondence: letter styles, special letter parts, two-page letters, special stationery, and special features.	P/P/P: letter styles Letters 33-41
11-12	Unit 6. Reading, discussing, and producing English language specialized reports: itineraries, meeting minutes, procedures manual, report with author/year citations, and legal documents.	P/P/P: minutes of meetings Forms 9-17; Tables 31-35; Reports 31-38
13-14	Unit 7. Reading, discussing, and producing English language specialized forms and tables: order and billing forms, financial statements, balance sheets, and complex tables.	P/P/P: financial statements Forms 10-17; Tables 33-35
15-16	Unit 8. Reading, discussing, and producing English language word processing applications: window envelopes, report headers and footers, automated typing technicalities, mail merge in formatting form letters, and desktop publishing in formatting a newsletter. Review for exam.	P/P/P: report headers and footers Letters 42-49; Memos 15-16; Table 36; Reports 39-41 Exam.
17-18	Unit 9. In-Basket situation: Reading about, discussing, and producing documents related to Saturn Appliances and deciding how to produce required documents	P/P/P: Saturn Appliances Memos 17-19; Letters 50-53; Table 37; Reports 42-43
19-20	Unit 10. In-Basket situation: Reading about, discussing, and producing documents related to Buck Hardware	P/P/P: Buck Hardware Letters 54-55; Forms 18-22; Reports 48-50
21-22	Unit 11. Integrated administrative office project: Reading about, discussing, and producing documents related to the National Conference of Realtors	P/P/P: National Conference of Realtors Memo 20 Letters 56-58; Tables 38-39; Forms 23-28; Reports 48-50
23-24	Unit 12. English language production skill refinement: correspondence, table, forms, and report review. Review for exam.	P/P/P: correspondence Letters 59-60; Memo 21 & Letter 61; Letter 62; Tables 40-43; Forms 29-30; Reports 51-53 Progress Tests: 5-minute timed writing, ruled table, modified-block style letter, two-page unbound report with footnotes. Exam.

rev.2/04, 2/07