KEYBOARDING for College and Careers

Course credit: 1/2

This course is designed to prepare students for the electronic word processing world encountered in higher education and in today’s business environment. Emphasis is placed on developing speed and accuracy at the keyboard.

Proficiency with fundamental computer applications will be achieved through the following topics: basic document formatting, file management, proofreading, composing at the computer, e-mail, oral presentation notes, and desktop publishing. 

video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

 

  Unit 1   Speed and Accuracy          (3 weeks & continuing 1 day/week)

 

 

  Unit 4    File Management

 

  Unit 7    Desktop Publishing

 

  Unit 2   Basic Document Formatting

  • Memo's

  • Letters

  • Reports

  • Career Portfolio

 

 

  Unit 5    Composing at the Computer (continuing, 1 day/week)

 

  Friday Fun

  • Keyboarding Games

  • Lesson Completion

 

  Unit 3    Proofreading

 

 

  Unit 6    E-mail

 

  Final Exam Project

  • TBA

 

Resources

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Please make sure that your monitor is turned off and your speed skin is on your keyboard!

 

C3 - Crowley Computer Consulting local computer firm discusses...

Microsoft Access

  

Workshop I outline

Workshop II outline

2002 menus

Sample files

Microsoft Excel

  

3 class outline

Analyzing Data

Chart This!

Formulas, Formulas, Formulas

Power User Techniques

Cheat sheet

Sample files

Microsoft PowerPoint

Workshop outline

Microsoft Publisher

Workshop outline

2002 menus

Microsoft Word

Long Document Techniques

Mail Merge

Microsoft Office 2003 to Office 2007 Transition

 8/08

Workshop outline

Slideshow - 1 Office transition

Slideshow - 2 Word

Slideshow - 3 Excel

Slideshow - 4 Outlook

Slideshow - 5 Powerpoint

Slideshow - 6 Publisher

Slideshow - 7 Access