Course Goals:- To develop personal and vocational keyboarding skills
- To touch-type (no looking at fingers) with a minimum of 25 net words per minute
- To acquire appropriate behaviour for an office environment
Course Outline - Keyboarding technique
- The keyboard (alphabetic keys, figures, symbols)
- Speed and accuracy
- Application (formatting, page setup, personal/business correspondence, multi-page reports)
- Proofreading
Evaluation
Grades will be based on the following:
Work Habits (technique, warm ups, drills) - 15% Timings - 40% Production (assignments) - 45%
** A Student who cannot touch-type an average of 25 words per minute (WPM) or more on a five minute test will NOT pass, regardless of the percentage achieved in the course. 25 WPM is the mandatory minimum.
WPM | Percent | | WPM | Percent | 44 | 100 | | 64 | 100 | 43 | 99 | | 63 | 99 | 42 | 98 | | 62 | 98 | 41 | 97 | | 61 | 97 |
40 | 96 | | 60 | 96 | 39 | 95 | | 59 | 95 | 38 | 94 | | 58 | 94 | 37 | 93 | | 57 | 93 | 36 | 92 | | 56 | 92 |
35 | 91 | | 55 | 91 | 34 | 90 | | 54 | 90 | 33 | 89 | | 53 | 89 | 32 | 88 | | 52 | 88 | 31 | 87 | | 51 | 87 |
30 | 86 - A | | 50 | 86 - A | 29 | 83 - B | | 49 | 84 - B | 28 | 81 | | 48 | 83 | 27 | 78 | | 47 | 81 | 26 | 76 | | 46 | 80 | 25 | 73 - B | | 45 | 78 | 24 | 71 - C+ | | 44 | 77 | 23 | 69 | | 43 | 75 - B | 22 | 67 - C+ | | 42 | 72 - C+ | 21 | 65 | | 41 | 71 | 20 | 63 | | 40 | 70 | 19 | 60 | | 39 | 69 | 18 | 58 - C- | | 38 | 68 | 17 | 55 | | 37 | 67 - C+ | 16 | 53 | | 36 | 65 - C | 15 | 50 - C- | | 35 | 64 | 14 | 45 | | 34 | 62 | 13 | 40 | | 33 | 61 - C | 12 | 35 | | 32 | 59 - C- | 11 | 30 | | 31 | 58 | 10 | 25 | | 30 | 56 | | | | 29 | 55 | | | | 28 | 53 | | | | 27 | 52 | | | | 26 | 50 - C- | | | | 25 | 45 | | | | 24 | 40 | | | | 23 | 35 | | | | 22 | 30 | | | | 21 | 25 | | | | 20 | 20 |
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