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| Class Hours: 3.0 | Credit Hours: 3.0 | ||||||||
| Laboratory Hours: 0.0 | Date Revised: Spring 02 | ||||||||
| NOTE: If you wish to take this course for AUDIT (not receive a grade), you can change to AUDIT status by completing an Add/Drop form by the published deadline date. You will receive the same instruction as students taking the course for credit, but your GPA will not be affected and the course will not count toward an academic degree. | |||||||||
| Catalog Course Description: | |||||||||
| A course designed to build speed and accuracy on the keyboard using the computer as the training device. Individualized diagnostic and corrective practice drills will be used to help students build speed and accuracy for the job and gain competencies for employment testing. | |||||||||
| Entry Level Standards: | |||||||||
| Minimum typing speed of 28 words per minute for 3 minutes with 5 errors or less. | |||||||||
| Prerequisites: | |||||||||
| OST 1100 or equivalent and OST 1005 | |||||||||
| Textbook(s) and Other Reference Materials Basic to the Course: | |||||||||
| 1. Gregg College
Keyboarding & Document Processingg, 9th Edition (Lessons 1-60).
Ober, Hanson, Johnson, and Rice. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2002.
2. Internet Ready/Home Version Software (Lessons 1-120). Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing, 9th Edition. 3. KeyChamp. Sharp, Olinzoek, and Santos. South-Western Educational Publishing, 1999. 4. Four 3 ½” double-sided, high density floppy disks: one source and one backup for GDP, and one source and one backup for KeyChamp. |
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| I. Week/Unit/Topic Basis: | |||||||||
| Week | Topic | ||||||||
| 1 | Introduction to Course; Drills; Timed Writings | ||||||||
| 2
3 4 |
GDP Lessons 34, 35,
and 36; SW KeyChamp Sessions 1, 2, 3, and 4
GDP Lessons 37, 38, and 39; SW KeyChamp Sessions 5, 6, 7, and 8 GDP Lessons 40, 41, and 42; SW KeyChamp Sessions 9, 10, 11, and 12 |
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| 5
6 7 |
REPORTS—28-5, 28-6,
29-7, 29-8, 41-13, and 43-17; SW KeyChamp Sessions 13, 14, 15, and 16
GDP Lessons 43, 44, and 45; SW KeyChamp Sessions 17, 18, 19, and 20 TEST (REPORTS); GDP; Lessons 46, 47; and 48; (READ 28H, 28I, 31-F, 31-G, 32-H, 33-G, 46-E, 46-F, 47-E, 48-E, 49-E and 50-G) |
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| 8 | CORRESPONDENCE—35-19, 40-20, 47-24, 47-25, 50-32, and 50-33; SW KeyChamp Sessions 21, 22, 23, and 24 | ||||||||
| 9
10 11 |
Lessons 49, 50; and
51; SW KeyChamp Sessions 25, 26, 27, and 28
TEST (CORRESONDENCE); GDP Lessons 52, 53; and 54 GDP Lessons 55, 56, and 57; SW KeyChamp Sessions 29, 30, 31, and 32 |
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| 12 | GDP Lessons 58, 59, and 60; SW KeyChamp Sessions 33, 34, 35, and 36 | ||||||||
| 13 | SW KeyChamp Sessions 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44 | ||||||||
| 14 | SW KeyChamp Sessions 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52 | ||||||||
| 15 | SW KeyChamp Sessions 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 | ||||||||
| 16 | FINAL EXAM (COMPREHENSIVE) | ||||||||
| II. Course Objectives*: | |||||||||
| A. | Student will keyboard
by touch, use basic keyboarding terminology, and follow instructions.
I, II, III, and IV |
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| B. | Student will format
various business documents accurately at a reasonable speed.
I, II, III, and X |
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| *Roman numerals after course
objectives reference goals of the OST program.
III. Instructional Processes*:
*Strategies and outcomes listed after instructional processes reference Pellissippi State's goals for strengthening general education knowledge and skills, connecting coursework to experiences beyond the classroom, and encouraging students to take active and responsible roles in the educational process. |
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| IV. Expectations for Student Performance*: | |||||||||
| Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: | |||||||||
| 1. | Keyboard by touch at a rate of 42 gross words a minute for five minutes. A | ||||||||
| 2. | Keyboard with no more than 5 errors during a five-minute timing. A | ||||||||
| 3. | Define terms associated with keyboarding, documents, operating system, and document formats. A | ||||||||
| 4. | Follow both written and oral instructions. A | ||||||||
| 5. | Proofread and revise copy using proofreader's marks. B | ||||||||
| 6. | Center documents horizontally and vertically. B | ||||||||
| 7. | Prepare bound and unbound reports. B | ||||||||
| 8. | Format unarranged copy in correct letter and report styles. B | ||||||||
| 9. | Prepare tables in correct format. B | ||||||||
| *Letters after performance expectations reference the course objectives listed above. | |||||||||
| V. Evaluation: | |||||||||
| A. Testing Procedures: 90% of grade | |||||||||
| 90% Speed
and Accuracy. Five-minute timed writings will be given. The AVERAGE of
the top three writings will be taken at the end of the term to determine
the semester speed and accuracy grade.
Five-Minute Speed and Accuracy Scale (by
end of semester)
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| B. Laboratory Expectations: 10% of grade | |||||||||
| 5% Tests:
Production tests will be given to determine the quantity of work produced
within a specified time. Application tests will be given to assess the
student's ability to correctly format the business documents covered in
the course. Written tests will be given to assess the student's knowledge
of the correct formatting procedures used to correctly format the business
documents.
5% Daily Work. Selected daily work will be graded. The student will also format office documents (letters and reports). The grading scale for these documents is as follows: Production Scale Errors 0
1 2-3 4
5+
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| C. Grading Standards: | |||||||||
| At
the end of the semester the final grade will be based on the following
scale:
A
93 - 100
It is strongly recommended that OST majors have a final grade of C (75 percent) or better before enrolling in the next keyboarding course. |
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| VI. Policies: | |||||||||
| A. Attendance Policy: | |||||||||
| Pellissippi State Technical Community College expects students to attend all scheduled instructional activities. As a minimum, students in all courses must be present for at least 75 percent of their scheduled class and laboratory meetings in order to receive credit for the course. Individual departments/programs/disciplines, with the approval of the vice president of Academic Affairs, may have requirements that are more stringent. | |||||||||
| B. Academic Dishonesty: | |||||||||
| Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. Students guilty of academic misconduct, either directly or indirectly through participation or assistance, are immediately responsible to the instructor of the class. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions which may be imposed through the regular Pellissippi State procedures as a result of academic misconduct, the instructor has the authority to assign an F or a zero for the exercise or examination or to assign an F in the course. | |||||||||
| C. Other Policies: | |||||||||
| Lab
Time: This college-level course is structured as a lecture-format class.
You will be expected to do lab work in addition to class work to complete
assignments. Occasionally, time will be allowed at the instructor's discretion
to complete assignments in class. Open labs are available at all campuses.
Check posted hours.
Proficiency Credit by Examination: A student with a minimum GPA of 2.5 may apply for credit by examination for any college-level course at Pellissippi State on the basis of past experience or training. The student's application for credit by examination must be approved by the department head and the vice president of Academic Affairs. The OST Program will administer ALL credit-by- examination tests on the second Saturday of the semester. A student must pass the credit by examination with a grade of "C" (75%) or better. |
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