Keyboarding & Basic Word Processing

Course Description

This course is designed to teach middle-grade students basic keying skills, which consist of fluent manipulation of letters, figures/symbols, and basic service keys, by touch. Emphasis is on the daily use of a computer system and appropriate software to provide integrated training through a learn/practice/sustain/assess plan of skill-building. Communication skills are reinforced as students learn to format, compose, and proofread documents.

Keyboarding

By the end of this unit, what should students know, understand, and be able to do?

Understand and apply the touch method in operating the alpha keys and numeric keys on the keyboard.


  • Implement proper keyboarding techniques.

  • Execute the touch method in operating the alphabetic keys and numeric keys.


Basic Word Processing

By the end of this unit, what should students know, understand, and be able to do?

Understanding formatting skills in document processing.


  • Apply formatting and editing features and operational keys appropriately.

  • Apply paragraph formats effectively.

  • Apply business document formatting techniques appropriately and effectively.

  • Apply table formatting techniques appropriately and effectively.


Learning Websites for this Course

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Course Resources and Materials

You must bring the following items to class:

No notebooks will be necessary (We will using a digital notebook for taking notes)

USB Drive

Headphones or Ear buds

Folder (taking home papers)

Pens (Black, Blue, and Red)

Pencils

Yellow Highlighters