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Frederick
Community College CIS103B-ONL Executive Keyboarding Spring 2010 |
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Class Begins: 1/23/2010 |
Class Ends: 5/14/2010 |
Last Day to Drop: 4/9/2010 |
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You must send your email address to the instructor before class
begins |
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Instructor Information: |
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Name: Susan Boyne |
Office: C222 |
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E-mail:
sboyne@frederick.edu |
Phone Number: 301-846-2410 |
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Office Hours:
see Instructor information in Bb |
Campus Mail Box #: 107 |
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Course Information: |
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Credits: 3 |
On-campus Meetings: Orientation |
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Prerequisites: COS103-A |
Co-requisites: None |
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Meeting Day(s): Any day |
Meeting Time(s): Any time |
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Course Description: |
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This
course is designed for students who have keyboarding experience and want to
further their skills in the area of administrative or executive office
skills. Students will identify their speed
and accuracy problems, develop practice routines to help correct those
problems, and learn basic and advanced business formatting. Emphasis will be placed on how to prepare
employment documents, how to handle office tasks, how to edit and abstract written
materials, and how to make decisions and set priorities. |
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Core Learning Outcomes: |
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By the
completion of the course students will: |
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Communicate clearly using vocabulary and language associated
with specific skill areas |
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Produce useable documents |
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Demonstrate proficiency in speed and accuracy |
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4.
Integrate keyboarding skills with other software packages |
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Additional Outcomes: |
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By the
completion of the course students will: |
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Continue to develop basic keyboarding skills and emphasize the
formatting of various kinds of business correspondents, reports, tabulations,
and electronic forms from unarranged and rough-draft sources. |
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2.
Complete a minimum of three different five-minute timings with
no more than five (5) errors. |
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Create the three basic formats of business letters. |
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Create data table format. |
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5.
Complete business forms from templates. |
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Instructional Methods: |
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Keyboard drills--speed and
accuracy |
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Production assignments |
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Five-minute timed writings |
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Text for Course: |
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College
Keyboarding & Document Processing for Windows Lessons 61-120, 10th Edition, Ober, Johnson, Zimmerly,
Glencoe McGraw-Hill. 2006. |
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Evaluation Methods: |
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20% Practice Exercises |
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20% Timed Writings |
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60% Document Processing & Tests |
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The Grading Scale For Document
Processing Assignments: |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
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5 Points |
4 Points |
3 Points |
2 Points |
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5-Minute Speed Scale—By TOUCH 5 Error Limit (Averaging the three BEST
timings during the semester) |
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A |
B |
C |
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Speed |
50+ |
43-49 |
35-42 |
30-35 |
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Numerical Scale For End Of Term
Grades: |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
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90%-100% |
80%-89% |
70%-79% |
60%-69% |
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Change of contact information: |
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Please notify me immediately of any change
in e-mail address, phone number(s), residence address, or any other means of
contact |
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Attendance/Participation Policy: |
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Attendance: Students
are required to submit assignments via e-mail by the date assigned on the
syllabus, unless otherwise instructed.
Refer to the online Assignments folder for due dates of weekly
assignments. Participation: Students
should use the discussion board to post questions and tips and provide
responses to other students and instructor questions. Students who encounter problems with their
assignments or text are encouraged to post their question on the discussion
board first. Classmates are then
requested to try and offer solutions to the question. |
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Privacy and
Communication in this course: |
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Email is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and
student-student communication. In the Blackboard environment by default, your
email address is available to all students in this course. However, students are permitted to use
email addresses of other students in this course only for the purpose and the
duration of this course. Students who are concerned about the privacy of
their personal email address are reminded of commercially available products
that allow them to create unique email addresses specifically for the purpose
and duration of this course. The instructor can be expected to respond to regular student email
inquiries (grades, posted assignments, and tests excluded) within the time
frame of 48 hours. |
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Academic
Honesty: |
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Work in this course is subject to the
provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Honesty. Plagiarism in any form will
not be tolerated. As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty
at ALL times. Make sure that all
sources, particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations,
paraphrases, and ideas. |
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Software Piracy: |
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Software
that is copyrighted is intended for use in its original form. Duplicate copies can be produced only if
written the manufacturer grants permission.
The U.S. law states that noncompliance may result in civil damages not
exceeding $50,000 and criminal penalties of up to one (1) year and/or a
$10,000 fine. Minors are not exempt
from copyright law. |
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Students with Disabilities |
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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. |
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Progress Report: |
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Grades will be posted in the grade book section of the blackboard
site weekly. Students can monitor
their progress/grades throughout the semester via the Blackboard grade book. At the end of the sixth week, students will be notified by the
instructor if they have a grade lower than a C. You will have an opportunity to evaluate
your progress in this course and decide if you need to make any adjustments
(additional study, tutoring, conference with instructor) to assure your
success in this course. |
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Notes: |
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You will
be working in a self-paced environment which will require you to use your
time wisely and efficiently in order to set your work speed, to make decisions,
and to set priorities |
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Graded work is divided into
three sections: 1.
Skill building: MUST be
completed using the keyboarding software 2.
Timings: MUST be
completed using the keyboarding software 3.
Document Processing: MUST
be completed using the keyboarding software.
A copy of the portfolio report as well as a copy of the Word document
will be submitted in the Bb assignments area. |
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All document processing will be saved as directed in the book using
the keyboarding software. You will
create the document ONCE. Students
will be expected to proofread and find all mistakes before submitting
assignments. You will not be given the
chance to edit and correct assignments.
If the portfolio report shows that documents have been edited, you will
receive a score of 0 for that document. |
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To receive an A in this course,
all assignments must be completed |
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If you have any questions or
concerns, please notify the instructor by e-mail |
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TOPICAL Outline |
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Class: |
Content : |
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Week 1 1/23/2010 |
Syllabus/Course Preview Review/Timings |
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Week 2 1/30/2010 |
Unit 13—Lessons 61-65 Skill Refinement |
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Week 3 2/6/2010 |
Unit 14—Lessons 66-70 Reports |
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Week 4 2/13/2010 |
Units 13 & 14—DUE Skillbuilding |
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Week 5 2/20/2010 |
Unit 15—Lessons 71-75 Correspondence |
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Week 6 2/27/2010 |
Unit 16—Lessons 76-80 Tables |
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Week 7 3/6/2010 |
Unit 15 & 16— DUE Skillbuilding |
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Week 8 3/13/2010 |
PROGRESS TEST |
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Week 9 3/20/2010 |
Unit 18—Lessons 86-90 International Formatting |
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SPRING BREAK |
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Week 10 4/3/2010 |
Unit 19—Lessons 91-95 Medical Office Applications |
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Week 11 4/10/2010 |
Skillbuilding |
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Week 12 4/17/2010 |
Unit 20—Lessons 96-100 Legal Office
Applications |
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Week 13 4/24/2010 |
Unit 19 & 20— DUE Skillbuilding |
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Week 14 5/1/2010 |
PROGRESS
TEST |
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Week 15 5/8/2010 |
Unit 21—Lessons 101-105 Using and Designing Office Forms |