BOT
1123 - Keyboard Skillbuilding
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
This
course further develops keyboard techniques emphasizing speed and accuracy. Prerequisite:
Document Formatting and Production (BOT 1113)
CREDIT/CONTACT HOURS
3
TEXTBOOK
Cortez
Peters’ Championship Keyboarding Drills
4th
Edition
Peters,
C., & Haley, M.
ISBN
0072936258 with software ISBN 0072936282 Part of ISBN 0073011533 (Bundle)
134
pages softcover spiral
©
2005
Boston:
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
SUPPORTING MATERIALS (lab manual, website, student manual, art/drawing supplies, etc.)
Cortez Peters software, folder,
red ink pen, flash/jump drive
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, Demonstration, Online
practice
ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance is
required of all students. An absence from class must be the result of
unavoidable circumstances such as sickness, family deaths, hazardous road
conditions, etc.
As a general rule a
student cannot expect to receive credit for a course if he/she has more
absences than 6 on MWF and 4 on TTH. Unavoidable circumstances will be taken
into consideration on an individual basis. After the student misses the maximum
number of absences, the instructor will report the student’s name to the
Records Office for the student to be cut out. A student may go through an
appeals process to nullify a cutout, but the cutout will probably stand unless
there are extenuating circumstances involved.
COURSE OUTCOMES (general objectives)
1. Key alphanumeric material with speed
and accuracy.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO’s) (specific objectives)
a. Key
straight-copy material at a minimum of 50 GWPM on a 5-minute timed writing with
a maximum of one error per minute.
b. Proofread
for accuracy.
ASSESSMENT (projects, papers, tests, activities, etc. that will be evaluated)
All daily
work and assigned timed writings will be graded weekly. (Note: Make up tests
will be given only for unavoidable absences which must be cleared in advance
with the instructor.) One test grade will be based on class participation.
(Note: If you are NOT in class you CANNOT participate.) All test grades are
averaged to determine the semester average. The semester average will count 80%
of the final grade and the final examination will count 20%.
EVALUATION (grading scale, rubric, checklists, etc.)
The following grading
scale will be used:
Application
A B C D
Corrective Practice 0-1 2-4 5-7 8-9
Rhythm Development 0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40
Skill Development 70 65 60 55
Proctored Timed
Writing 65+GWAM 60-64 55-59 50-54
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Academic
honesty is a fundamental attribute of higher learning. Students who violate the principle of honesty
deny themselves an opportunity to master the skills that they are credited to
possess, cheat their classmates of deserved recognition, and demean the college
and its degrees. It is a matter of great
concern that all members of the college community strive for high standards of
personal integrity.
Evaluation of each student’s level
of knowledge and understanding is a vital part of the teaching process, and
requires tangible measures such as reports, examinations, and homework. Any act that interferes with the process of
evaluation by misrepresenting the relationship between the work being evaluated
and the student’s actual state of knowledge is an act of academic
dishonesty. These acts of dishonesty
include but are not limited to: fraud,
cheating, plagiarism, forgery, and facilitating dishonesty. (Definitions found in Northeast Procedures
Manual).
ADA
STATEMENT
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION
ACT OF 1973 - (ADA)
Provide adaptations
and modifications to the learning environment for eligible impaired and/or
disabled students. All students with a disability, including distance learning
students, are strongly encouraged to contact the ADA/Section 504 Compliance
Officer located in Estes Hall at (662) 720-7207, or via email at kwpounders@nemcc.edu to discuss their disability and the
appropriate accommodations. Students must self identify in order to receive
accommodations. NEMCC Disability Applications may be obtained from the
Counseling Center in Waller Hall, or online from the College’s website at www.nemcc.edu.