Spanish-American Institute

203 Keyboarding (Expert Course) 80 Classes

Prerequisite(s): Keyboarding 202 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 teaches expert keyboarding skills through comprehension and application of editing, of abstracting information, of making decisions, of setting priorities, of planning workflow, and of following directions.

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

• to read and follow directions in English when practicing advanced keyboarding exercises within integrated business situations experiences requiring English language reading, discussion, and writing skills;
• to ask questions in English concerning concepts and implementation; .
• to read and understand English language descriptions of complex 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 within situated experiences various kinds of letters, reports, memos, tables, and other personal-business and business documents from English language text, identifying and correcting language errors;
• to develop advanced touch control of the keyboard and proper keyboarding techniques; and
• to build basic speed and accuracy skills (to 50 wpm, 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:

Week	Topics	Assignments and Tests
1	Document review	chapter 10 activities and exercises
2	Mail merge	chapter 11 activities and exercises
3	Enhancing document format	chapter 12 activities and exercises
4	Table mastery	chapter 13 activities and exercises
5	Report mastery	chapter 14 activities and exercises
6	Pacific Newport Medical Group	chapter 15 activities and exercises
7-8	Macros and forms	chapter 16 activities and exercises exam, week 8
9-10	Styles and master documents	chapter 17 activities and exercises
11-12	Workgroup collaboration	chapter 18 activities and exercises
13-14	Employment online documents	chapter 19 activities and exercises
15-16	Horace Mann Associates Project	chapter 20 activities and exercises exam, week 16

rev. 2/04, 2/07