CLARENDON COLLEGE – PAMPA CENTER
Office Technology Certificate Program
Division of Business and Technology
KEYBOARDING AND DOCUMENT FORMATTING
POFT 1329
Credit Hours: 3
Semester: Spring 2008
Classroom: Pampa Campus Rm 105
Instructor: Jan Haynes
Phone: 806-665-8801-Ex 2012
Email: Jan.Haynes@clarendoncollege.edu
Office Location: Room 105
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9:00am-12:00 and 1-4:00pm; and
other times by appointment.
Course Description: Sill development in the operation of the
keyboard by touch applying proper keyboarding technique: demonstrate an
acceptable level of keyboarding skills with a minimum speed of 30 wpm and no
more than 5 errors on a 3 minute timed writing. Mastery of
the keyboard technique by touch; applying and building straight-copy skill,
paced practices.
Statement of Purpose: To partially satisfy the requirement for the
Office Technology certificate.
Textbook: Ober,
Johnson, Rice, and Hanson, Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Pro.
Book 1 (Lessons 1-60), 10th Edition;
McGraw Hill Publishing. Kit 1 or if you plan to
take advanced classe Kit 3.
Student
Requirements: Students are responsible for completing any assigned
reading or activities/homework by the due date given.
Students should be in class and ready to begin on time with all
materials required for that class.
Students
Students should not have more than four
(4) absences each eight (8) week period of the semester. Four
tardies are counted as one (1)
absence.
Methods
of Instruction: 1. Hands-on
drills until the keyboard is learned by touch typing.
2.
Type timed writings analyzing errors and applying suggested corrective methods.(Methods will include technique exercises such as response
patterns or balanced-hand and one-hand words.)
The various techniques are explained, and instructional directions are
given with each exercise. (lessons 1-60 will be
covered.) Accuracy is developed through timed writings and corrective drills.
3. Mis-stroke analysis
and prescription are used in the development of reports, production of
manuscripts, business letter correspondence, tabulation and tables.
4.
The Skill building Program and Pace Programs (speed building computer software
programs) are implemented into Keyboard Mastery using the computer keyboard.)
Alphabet and number diagnostic reviews are presented, along with warm-up and
practice drills for timed writings.
Course Objectives:
The student will be able to:
1.
Master the keyboard by touch.
2.
Achieve smooth continuous keying.
3.
Learn to format business communications such as personal
letters, business letters, memos, address envelopes, produce unbound reports,
and compose at the typewriter.
4.
Build speed and accuracy to a minimum level of
achievement of 30 wpm.
Statement of Purpose: To partially satisfy the requirements for the
Office Technology certificate.
Grading
Policies & Evaluation: The
student’s goal will be to type a 3 minute time-writing at a rate of 30 plus
words (see below) per minute with a limit of 5 errors.
Speed Grade:
A= 40 plus words
B= 35-39
C= 30-34
D= 25-29
F= below 25
Class
assignments 25%
Speed/timed
drill 25%
Tests 50%
The final semester grades will be
figured as set in the current catalog:
90
to 100=A 80-89=B 70-79=C 60-69=D Below 59=F
A student’s final grade will be made
available through Campus Connect at Clarendon College’s website.
Classroom
Policies:
Classroom Conduct: Cell
phone Use: Students are ot to have cell phones out or in
use during class. It should be turned to
off or vibrate.
Failure
to comply with lawful direction of a classroom instructor is a disruption for
all students enrolled in the class.
Cheating violations include, but are not limited to: (1)obtaining an
examination, classroom activity, or laboratory exercise by stealing or
collusion; (2) discovering the content of an examination, classroom activity,
laboratory exercise, or homework assignment before it is given; (3) using an
unauthorized source of information during an examination, classroom activity,
laboratory exercise, or homework assignment; (4) entering an office of building
to obtain unfair advantage; (5) taking an examination for another person; (6)
completing a classroom activity, laboratory exercise, homework assignment, or
research paper for another person; (7) altering grade records; (8) using any
unauthorized form of electronic communication device during an examination,
classroom activity, or laboratory exercise; (9) Plagiarism. Plagiarism is the using, stating, offering,
or reporting as one’s own, an idea, expression, or production of another person
without proper credit.
Disciplinary
actions for cheating in a course are at the discretion of the individual
instructor. The instructor of that
course will file a report with the Dean of Students when a student is caught
cheating in the course, whether it be a workforce or academic course. The report shall include the course,
instructor, student’s name, and the type of cheating involved. Students who are reported as cheating to the
Dean of Students more than once shall be disciplined by the Dean. The Dean will notify all involved parties
within fourteen days of any action taken.
Accommodations Statement for American
with Disabilities Act Statement:
Dropping
a Course: A student who is enrolled in a developmental course
for TSI purposes may not drop his/her only developmental course unless the
student completely withdraws from the college.
A student may drop any other course with a grade of “W” any time after
the census date for the semester and on or before the end of the 12th week of a
long semester, or on or before the last day to drop a class of a term as
designated in the college calendar. The
request for permission to drop a course is initiated by the student by
procuring a drop form the Office of Student Services. (Refer to other policies
concerning this issue in the current college catalog online.)
Withdrawal
from College: When a student finds it necessary to withdraw from
school before the end of the semester, he or she should obtain a withdrawal
form from the Office of Student Services.
Students may also withdraw from the college by sending a written request
for such action to the Registrar’s Office.
The request must include the student’s signature, the student’s current
address, social security number and course information details. Students who withdraw after the census date
for the semester and on or before the end of the 12th week of a long semester,
or on or before the last day to drop a class of a term as designated in the
college calendar will be assigned a grade of “W”. (Please visit with me before you drop the
course.) If you decide you must
withdraw, a formal procedure must be followed in order for you to receive a “W”
on your transcript. The last day to drop
must be followed, which is found in college catalog. If you quit and do not formally withdraw, you
will receive a grade of “F” on your
transcript.
Tentative Course Schedule and Outline:
Week 1-2-3: Learn
Alphabetic keys, numbers and symbols by touch
Week 4: Reports
Week 5: Type Envelopes, labels, create boxed tables
Week 6: Reports with footnotes, headers and footers, dot
leaders
Week 7: Employment Documents change fonts, column widths
Week 8: Business Letters and Memos