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Welcome to Business Keyboarding Miami Dade College, Wolfson

Welcome to Business Keyboarding Miami Dade College, Wolfson. By Professor F. Etti http://faculty.mdc.edu/fetti. Three Levels of Competency. Beginning Level OST 1100: College Credits OTA 0101: Vocational Credits Intermediate Level OST 1110: College Credits OTA 0102: Vocational Credits

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Welcome to Business Keyboarding Miami Dade College, Wolfson

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  1. Welcome toBusiness KeyboardingMiami Dade College, Wolfson By Professor F. Etti http://faculty.mdc.edu/fetti

  2. Three Levels of Competency • Beginning Level • OST 1100: College Credits • OTA 0101: Vocational Credits • Intermediate Level • OST 1110: College Credits • OTA 0102: Vocational Credits • Advanced Level • OST 2450: College Credits • OTA 0105: Vocational Credits

  3. Course Materials for Students • Textbooks • Keyboarding and Word Processing, Microsoft Word 2002 Book 1, (Lessons 1 - 60) – for Beginning and Intermediate Levels • Advanced Word Processing, (Lessons 61 – 120) for Advanced Level • Computer Storage devices • Floppy disks • USB Flash Drive (preferred) • Work Portfolio Folder

  4. College Provided Course Materials • Typing Software • Keyboarding Pro: for Skill-building • Micropace Pro: for Timed Tests • Word Processing Software • Microsoft Word • Computer Hardware • Full-function workstations • Laser Printer

  5. Typing is an Art Typing is Keyboarding and Keyboarding is Typing

  6. 3 Levels of Keyboarding Competency • Beginning Level • OST1100 – 3 College Credits • OTA0101 – 1.5 Voc Credits • Intermediate Level • OST1110 – 3 College Credits • OTA0102 – 2.5 Voc Credits • Advanced Level • OTA0105 – 2.5 Voc Credits

  7. Competency Evaluation:Beginning Level Speed and Accuracy • Minimum 25 wam with 6 errors or fewer in Timed Test for a C grade • Completion of Skill-building Lessons 1-25 in Keyboarding Pro • 15 hours of work in the Typing Lab (required for OST1100 only)

  8. Competency Evaluation:Intermediate Level Speed and Accuracy • Minimum 35 wam with 10 errors or fewer in Timed Test for a C grade • Completion of Word Processing exercises through Lesson 40; extra credit for later lessons • 15 hours of work in the Typing Lab (required for OST1110 only)

  9. Competency Evaluation:Advanced Level Speed and Accuracy • Minimum 45 wam with 10 errors or fewer in Timed Test for a C grade • Completion of Advanced Word Processing exercises in syllabus • Extra credit for work done above assigned exercises

  10. What are the Home Keys? • The 8 Home Keys are the anchors upon which modern touch-typing is based • A S D FG H J K L ; • The Space bar must always be pushed by either of the thumbs. • The Enter key must always be pushed by the right pinky. • The Shift keys must always be pushed by either one of the pinkies depending on the location of the letter to be capitalized.

  11. The QWERTY Keyboard

  12. Careers for High Typing Competency • Court Reporting • Legal Secretary • Office management • Accounting/Bookkeeping • Medical Office/Nursing • Law/Legal Clerk/Lawyer • Education/Teacher • And more…

  13. Careers for High Word-Processing Competency • Executive Secretary • Legal Secretary/Admin Asst. • Office management • Accounting/Bookkeeping • Law/Legal Clerk/Lawyer • Education/Teacher • And more…

  14. R U Ready?

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