INTRODUCTION TO
KEYBOARDING
POFT 1127
(Internet)
Syllabus
Course
title: Introduction to
Keyboarding
Course
number: POFT 1127
Prerequisites:
a. Computer with internet
connection.
b. E-mail address.
Course
Description:
This
course serves as an introduction to the microcomputer keyboard and is designed
to provide the opportunity to develop microcomputer keyboarding basic skills in
a minimum amount of time for those entering a variety of fields such as
word/data processing, accounting, and other areas where alpha, numeric, and/or
symbol keyboarding is utilized.
Instructor Information
Name: Del Spencer
E-mail: dspencer@tvcc.edu
Office
Location:
Office
hours: M-F
Phone:
903-675-6251
Textbook
Required
Text:
ISBN:
0-07-302340-X
Course Goals
A. Learn to operate by touch the
alphabetic, number, and symbol keys.
B. Learn to operate by touch the ten-key
numeric keypad.
C. To achieve your highest speed accuracy
levels by the end of the instruction period on a 2-minute timed typing.
Method of Evaluation
The
final grade will be determined by the following criteria:
Three
two-minute timings from Lessons 11-20 using the following scale:
A = 35+ words per minute; error
limit 5
B = 30-34 wpm; error limit 5
C = 25-29 wpm; error limit 5
D = 20-24 wpm; error limit 5
F = 19 and below; error limit 5
Your
first 2 timed writings must come from 2 different lessons. Example: one grade
from Lesson 11-14 and one grade from Lessons 15-19.
Your
third timed writing will come from Lesson 20.
If
you can not attain the 5 error limit, 2 wpm will be deducted for each error
over the 5 error limit.
The
3 timed writing grades will be averaged to get your Final Grade.
Due Dates and Submission
Dates
Check
the calendar for due dates and submission dates for you assignments.
To
install the Home version of GDP on your computer:
Go through Steps 1-9 to log on.
Your settings control
how GDP works on your system. To specify your settings:
You
will not be able to submit your work until you are registered by the
instructor. Also, your email address that you send to your instructor MUST be
the same as the one you entered in the Settings in the GDP program on your
computer.
Send
your email address to your instructor as soon as you log on for the first time
to the WebCT site and you have entered your settings in your GDP software.
The
Distance-Learning configuration allows you to upload your GDP data files to the
Instructor Management Web site and receive back information from your GDP
instructor. In order for the distance-learning configuration to work properly,
the following conditions must be met:
·
Your computer must use a MAPI-compliant email system. Email
systems such as Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express are MAPI-compliant. AOL
and CompuServe are NOT MAPI-compliant.
·
Your system must have a default email address. The default
email address is the one marked with "(default)" in the Mail settings
in Window's Control Panel.
·
Your instructor's email address must be correct. Your email
address in your installation and the email address used by your instructor to
register you on the IM Web site must be identical and correct in your settings.
·
Your instructor must registered you on the IM Web site
before you can submit your data.
At
any time while logged on to GDP in the Distance-learning configuration, you can
send updated information to the Instructor Management Web site, as follows:
If you
do not have MAPI-compliant email, you can still send your student data to the
Instructor Management Website so that you can use the GDP software in a
distance learning mode.
If you
do not have a MAPI-compliant email program, you cannot use the UPDATE feature in GDP.
Instead
use the EXPORT feature to export your work to the IM Web
site.
Here is the
procedure:
1. When you finish working, select Export Student Data...from
the File drop-down menu.
2. Click the Browse
button, choose the desired location to save the file, and click OK.
3. Select the file to be exported and click Export. The exported files are stored as one
compressed file with the extension of .EXP.
4. Open your email program and attach the *.EXP file to
the email message and send it to gdpupload@glencoe.com
Steps for Exporting Data
DIRECTIONS
FOR EXPORTING KEYBOARDING
FILES TO
THE INSTRUCTOR GRADEBOOK
1.
Right click start
2.
Select
Explorer
3.
Select
C drive
4.
Click
File/new/folder
5.
Name
the folder
6.
Exit
Explorer
7.
Go
to the Keyboarding Program
8.
When
you finish working, select Export student Data from the file drop-down menu.
9.
Click
browse button, choose the desired location (C:\ name of your folder created in
Steps 4 and 5) to save the file, and click OK.
10. Select the file(s) to be
exported and click Export. The exported files are stored as one compressed file
with the extension of .EXP.
11. Exit the Keyboarding
Program
12. Open your email program
and attach the *.EXP file (Insert file) to the email message and send it to gdpupload@glencoe.com. The compressed
file is received seamlessly by the Instructor Management Web site and the data
is placed into your Portfolio, provided that your instructor has entered your
email address into the Instructor Management Web site system and it is
identical to the email address you entered on your Personal Information form
under the Options menu.
Steps For Submitting Your Timings
a.
Open the keyboarding program.
b.
Click on File – Select Portfolio.
c.
Change the Start Date to
d. Remove
check from “All” under lessons.
e.
Enter the Lesson number of the timing you want to submit.
f.
Remove the check from “All” under Exercise Types:
g.
Click in the box to the left of Timed Writings
h.
Click OK.
i.
Click on the timing you want to submit.
j.
At bottom, click on “Export to HTML.”
k.
Change “Save in” box to Drive A.
l.
Change “File name” box to Lesson 11
m.
Click “Save”
n.
Click “Return” at bottom.
o.
Exit the keyboarding program.
Submitting Your Timings
a.
Logon
to the WebCT site.
b.
Click
on the “Assignments” icon.
c.
Click
on the “Lesson number” you want to submit.
d.
Under
heading “Submit Assignments” click on Upload file.
e.
Click
on browse.
f.
Change
“Look in” box to Drive A. (Make sure your keyboarding data disk is in Drive A.)
g.
Locate
the assignment you want to submit and double click on it.
h.
Click
upload.
i.
At
bottom of screen, under “Notification” heading, type in YOUR e-mail address.
j.
Click
“Submit Assignment”
k.
You
should see a “success” statement that your assignment was submitted.
l.
Repeat
these steps for each assignment you want to submit.
Course Outline
Unit
1 - Keyboarding-The Alphabet
Lesson
1: Home Keys, Space Bar, F J D K S L A ;
Lesson
2: New Keys H E O R
Lesson
3: New Keys M T I C
Lesson
4: New Keys Right Shift V
Lesson
5: Review
Unit
2 - Keyboarding-The Alphabet
Lesson
6: New Keys N W , G
Lesson
7: New Keys Left Shift U B :
Lesson
8: New Keys P Q / X
Lesson
9: New Keys - Z Y ?
Lesson
10: Review Tab
Unit
3 - Keyboarding-The Numbers
Lesson
11: Number Keys 4 7 3 8
Lesson
12: Review
Lesson
13: Number Keys 2 9 1 0
Lesson
14: Number Keys 5 6
Lesson
15: Review
Unit
4 - Keyboarding-The Symbols
Lesson
16: Symbols and Word Division # ( )
Lesson
17: Symbols and Word Division % > A
Lesson
18: Symbols & $ _
Lesson
19: Symbols and Editing Text * @ =
Lesson
20: Symbols ! +
Appendix:
Ten-Key Numeric Keypad