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How Can I Learn Computer Software Now To Help Me Adapt To School and On-The-Job Situations In The Future?

College Credit Course–2 College Credits

A course designed for the student with minimal keyboarding experience. The major objectives are to develop touch control of the keyboard with speed and accuracy through proper keyboarding techniques and to learn proper formatting of letters, reports, memorandums, documents using footnotes and endnotes, headers and footers, and other special reports. Introduction to Business Computer Applications I is where students use Microsoft Office 2016 to learn the following:

• Demonstrate skill in the operation of the keyboard by the touch system.
• Demonstrate improved levels of both speed and accuracy in keyboarding skills.
• Develop speed and accuracy in both timings and production rates.
• Apply word division guidelines correctly, as well as use punctuation, abbreviations, capitalization, and numbers appropriately.
• Demonstrate correct formatting of business letters, tables, memorandums, and reports using footnotes and endnotes, headers and footers, and other special reports.
• Demonstrate skill in proofreading and editing.

Here is what some students comments are about the class:

• “You learn a lot of things you actually use.”
• “Two things I like about this class is that it teaches you to type better and things like learning how to format reports in Microsoft Word may help me in the future when I go to get a job.”
• “I learn a lot in this class.”
• “I learned to type faster and more accurate. Good skill to have in life.”
• “I think the class is really fun and understandable.”

Course Timeline

Daily Lesson Plans

Timings/Assignments Grading Scale

TMINGS			ASSIGNMENTS
SPEED (WPM=WORDS PER MINUTE)	POSSIBLE POINTS		ACCURACY	POSSIBLE POINTS
45 (+) wpm	20		0-2 errors	20
40-44 wpm	15		3-4 errors	15
35-39 wpm	10		4-6 errors	10
30-34 wpm	5		7-8 errors	5
<30 wpm	0		9+ errors	0