Course Information

Developing the ability to bring word processing to its full capabilities with knowledge for a position in today’s marketplace.  This course contains the continuation of basic typing skills and emphasizes the formatting of various kinds of business correspondence reports, tables, electronic forms, and desktop publishing projects from arranged, unarranged, and rough-draft sources

1. Format business correspondence correctly.
2. Document input formatting and arrangement.
3. Grammar correction, content, word usage, and spelling.
4. Merging multiple documents by form files with data files.
5. Enhance document format with design elements.
6. Utilize clip art and word art.
7. Create complex business documents.
8. Format tables use formulas in tables.
9. Format complex reports with footnotes, endnotes, and indexes.
10. Develop preliminary pages for reports (title page, letter of transmittal, table of contents, and executive summary).

Course Topics:

Goals

Lessons 61 – 85    35 WPM 2 (e)
Lessons 101 – 110    40 WPM 3 (e)

 

Module 1 –– Lessons 61-63

Module 2 –– Lessons 64-65

Module 3 –– Lessons 66-68

Module 4 –– Lessons 69-70

Module 5 –– Lessons 71-73

Module 6 –– Lessons 74-75

Module 7 –– Lessons 76-80

Module 8 ––Test 4-76, 4-77, 4-41

Module 9 –– Lessons 81-85

Module 10 –– Lessons 101,102,103

Module 11 –– Lessons 104-105

Module 12 –– Lessons 106-110

Module 13 –– Lessons In-Basket Review 116,118,119

Module 14 ––Test 6-18, 6-107

Finished – You may use any time left at the end of the trimester to play catch up, redo assignments you want to improve on, or just sit back and wait for your grades.  By this time, you have gained a great skill and you may want to go back to continue keeping up your speed and redo some timings, since you have improved your speed and accuracy.  Remember, I take the best of your scores.

Specific Course Requirements:

Students will need to be motivated and self-directed, with the ability to follow instructions, use email, and follow a time-line.

Textbooks, Supplementary Materials, Hardware and Software Requirements

Required Textbooks:

Please visit the Virtual Bookstore to obtain textbook information for this course:  http://rodp.bkstr.com

None required.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.

Instructor Information

Fran Swain fswain@paris.tec.tn.us  644-7365  ext. 153.

Assessment and Grading

Testing Procedures:

College Keyboarding and Document Processing (GDP) is software used to teach, test, and grade keyboarding and word processing. Throughout the modules you will be graded at various progress checks and testing points.

Grading Procedure:

SKILLS SCORE:

Timed Writings, Progress checks, and Tests are administered throughout your modules as follows: Notice the time and error limitations for each progress check. Your time accumulates as you create the documents and increases each time you edit the documents. You must make at least a C (77) on all Progress Checks and Tests or you will be asked to re-do the progress check and/or test.

Timings: Three and five minute timed writings beginning after lesson 60
A=48+ wpm Two Errors are Acceptable (by the time you finish lesson 80)
A=48+ wpm Two Errors are Acceptable (by the time you finish lesson 100)
A=50+ wpm Two Errors are Acceptable (by the time you finish lesson 119

Progress Check: Lesson 65
Correspondence 63
10 minute time limit
4 errors

Progress Check: Lesson 70
Report 70-54
45 minutes time limit
1 errors

Progress Check: Lesson 75
Report 57
30 minute time limit
2 errors

Progress Check: Lesson 80
Table 40
11 minute time limit
0 errors

TEST (Click the Test Only button after you finish Table 40-15 Progress Check)
Correspondence Test 4-76
19 minutes
2 errors

Correspondence Test 4-77
8 minutes
2 errors

Table Test 4-41
20 minutes
4 errors

Progress Check: Lesson 85
Report 81-61
15 minute time limit for all three documents
1 errors

Progress Check: Lesson 110
Report 86
30 minute time limit
4 errors

TEST (Click the Test Only button after you finish In-Basket Review 119)
Form 6-18
12 minute time limit
4 errors

Report 6-106
25 minute time limit
4 errors

Report 6-107
26 minute time limit
1 errors

The Participation grade will be based on completion of assignments on time, email communications, and sharing information with other students and the instructor.

Grading Scale:

Assignments and Participation

Assignments and Projects:

See Course Topics and calendar for due dates and assignments

Punctuality:

Students are permitted to work ahead of the time-line in this course. You must adhere to the minimum completion time-line to finish this course as required by the end of the trimester.

Guidelines for Communications

Email:

• Always include a subject line.
• Remember without facial expressions some comments may be taken the wrong way. Be careful in wording your emails. Use of emoticons might be helpful in some cases.
• Use standard fonts.
• Do not send large attachments without permission.
• Special formatting such as centering, audio messages, tables, html, etc. should be avoided unless necessary to complete an assignment or other communication.
• Respect the privacy of other class members

Technical Support

If you are having problems logging into your course,
timing out of your course, using your course web site tools, or other technical problems, please contact the Eduprise Help Desk by calling :

1-866-550-7637 (toll free)

or go to their website at:

http://help.rodp.org