Keyboarding I
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KEYBOARDING & COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Course Description

Prerequisite:  None

 

This is a 1 credit, semester long, required course which places emphasis on techniques of computer keyboarding operations and mastery of word processing, spreadsheet, database, and desktop publishing performance.  It also emphasizes accuracy of copy produced.  This plan of emphasis is in harmony with the generally accepted computer application principles of skill learning and with a large body of keyboarding research.  Formatting within the word processing section includes arranging, spacing, and placing copy according to accepted conventions for specific documents (letters, reports, tables, forms, and so on).  Also, the spreadsheet section of this course is used for financial analysis and recordkeeping of many types.   The third section of this course explores the use of the database.  This electronic collection of related information is stored, retrieved, and manipulated in ways that meet the needs of the user.  This plan along with the South-Western Keyboarding and Information Processing text will be used in conjunction with our newest software, Microsoft Office 2007, an integrated applications suite.

 


Guaranteed Graduate Outcomes:

 
  • The students will learn the alphabetic and numeric keys on the computer.
  • The students will be able to read different scales used in typical keyboarding situations.
  • The students will learn to format letters, memos, reports, and tables according to standard keyboarding rules.
  • The students will be able to format financial worksheets in a manner that can be used for comparison and manipulation.
  • The students will be able to create, manipulate, and extract information created in a database.
  • The Students will be able to create flyers, posters, tables, calendars, multi-sided documents using Microsoft Publisher 2007. 
  • The students will be able to become an independent learner by following appropriate directions.

Objectives:

The students will adjust computer for correct margins, spacing and style
The students will demonstrate proficiently how to operate the keyboard by touch
The students will use the computer with skill and appropriate functionality
The students will apply format to all documents according to standard keyboarding rules
The students will practice importing clip art/photos to file via Internet
The students will apply all learned skills when formatting spreadsheets, databases,  desktop publishing assignments as an independent learner

Methods of Measurement:

Daily Assignments
Individual Job Simulations

Grading Scale:

94-100 = A
84-93 = B
74-83 = C
64-73 = D
63 Below = F

Materials: 

 

  • Keyboarding and Information Processing, Robinson, Hoggatt, Shank, Beaumont,Crawford, Erickson, South-Western Publishing Co., 2000.

  • 101 Spreadsheet Exercises, Brooks, Second Edition, 1992

  • 101 Database Exercises, Stewart, McMinnis, Melesco, Second Edition, 1992