Name:   Rebecca Yankosky

Phone Number:  301-846-2632

E-mail:  byankosky@frederick.edu

Campus Mail Box Number:  173

Credits:  3

Last Day to Drop: April 8, 2010

Develops typewriting skills and techniques.  Covers basic procedures such as typing personal and business letters, envelopes, centering, tabulation, and manuscripts.  Goal is to key at least 30 words per minute.  This course may be waived upon examination.

Complete 3-minute timings within the error limits

Use proofreading and editing skills.

Format letters, memos, simple tables, and reports.

• Keyboarding tutorials
• Keyboard drills—speed and accuracy
• Application learning activities
• Production assignments
• Speed timings—1, 2, 3-minute exercises

Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing for Windows, 9^th Edition, (Kit) Glencoe/McGraw Hill

Evaluation Methods: 

20% Practice exercises

20% 3-Minute timings

60% Document Processing/Progress Tests

Grading Scale:

Test/Documents

Evaluation Weight

Final Grading Scale

For Documents

Document processing

60% of grade

A = 5 points

B = 4 points

C = 3 points

D = 2 points

F = 1 point

Practice exercises

20% of grade

3-minute timed writings

20% of grade

3-Minute Timing Speed Scale for End of semester:

A

32+

(1-2 errors)

B

26-31

(3-5 errors)

C

20-25

(6-9 errors)

D

19 and below

(10 + errors)

Students are expected to complete at least three timings at the highest speed achieved to receive credit for that speed.

A student progress report will be given at the beginning of the sixth week.

FCC provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments.  Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room 106A) in order to request and apply for services.  The SSD office will require appropriate documentation of a disability.  Questions related to accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office. 

Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC web page:  http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx. 

If you currently receive services from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in class.  I will hold any information you share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise.

Week 1      

Lesson 1: Home, Space Bar, Enter    

Lesson 2:  H E O R

Practice

Week 2      

Lesson 3:  M T P C

Lesson 4:  Right Shift V W

Lesson 5:  Reinforcement, Determining Speed

Practice/Language Arts

Introduce Word

Week 3      

Lesson 6:  I Left Shift G

Lesson 7:  U B : X

Lesson 8:  Y , Q  /

Practice/Language Arts

Word

Week 4      

Lesson 9:  N Z ? Tab

Lesson 10: Reinforcement, Determining Speed

Lesson 11:  5 7 3 9

Practice/Language Arts

Word

Week 5      

Lesson 12:  Review

Lesson 13: 8 2 0

Lesson 14:  4 6 1

Lesson 15:  Review

Practice/Progressive Practice

Word

Week 6     

Lesson 16:  $ ( ) !

Lesson 17:  Review

Lesson 18:  * # ‘

Lesson 19: & % “ @

Lesson 20:  Review

Lessons 21, 22, 23, 24, 25– review

REVIEW STUDENT PROGRESS

Practice/Diagnostic

Word

E-Mail

To view a list of graded assignments use this link.

Graded Assignments

Week 7     

Lessons 26-28 Reports

One-Page and Multipage Rough Draft

Business Reports with Lists

Week 8     

Lessons 29-30 Reports

Lessons 31-32 Business Letters

SPRING BREAK 3-21-05 TO 3-27-05

Academic Reports

Enclosures/Notations

Practice/Timings

Week 9     

Lesson 33 Envelopes/Labels

Lesson 34:  Memos

Lesson 35:  Correspondence Review

Block Style

Timings and drills

Week 10   

Lessons 36-37:  Tables

Boxed and

Open Tables with Titles

Timings and drills

Week 11   

Lessons 38-40:  Tables

Skills Assessment: Letter, report, table

Formatting

Timings and drills

Week 12   

Lessons 41-43 Business Reports

Footnotes

APA Style

MLA Style

Timings and drills

Week 13   

Lessons 44-45: Business Reports

Lessons 46-50 Correspondence

Citations Preliminary/Pages

Personal Titles, Closings, Memos with Lists, Copy Notations, Modified Block

Week 14   

Lessons 51-55 Employment Documents

Resumes, Letters of Application &Follow-up

Week 15   

Skills Assessment

Documents/timings

Graded Assignments

Due

Lesson

Assignment(s)

Week 7

26

Report 26-1

Week 8

27

Report 27-3

28

Report 28-5

29

Report 29-7

Week 9

30

Report 30-9, 30-10

31

Correspondence 31-3, 31-5

32

Correspondence 32-7, 32-8

Week 10

33

Review envelopes and labels-- practice the exercises (not graded)

34

Correspondence 34-14, 34-15

35

Correspondence 35-17, 35-19,

Week 11

36

Tables 36-1, 36-2, 36-4

37

Tables 37-5,37-6, 37-7

38

Tables 38-8, 38-9, 38-11

39

Tables 39-12, 39-13, 39-14        

Week 12

41

Report 41-13

42

Report 42-15

43

Report 43-17, 43-18

Week 13

44

Report 44-19, 44-20, 44-21

45

Report 45-22, 45-23

46

Correspondence 46-22, 46-23

47

Correspondence 47-24, 47-25

Week 14

48

Correspondence 48-27, 48-28

49

Correspondence 49-30

50

Correspondence 50-32, 50-33

Week 15

51

Report 51-27

52

Report 52-29, 52-30

53

Correspond. 53-36            Top