Course Offerings

If you want to learn touch-typing or improve your existing typing skills, this is the perfect course for you! In these lessons, you'll use the Keyboarding Pro 5 program, a typing tutorial designed for personal computers, to learn how to touch-type-that is, to type text you read from a printed page or a computer screen without looking at your keyboard. With the skills you master here, you'll become faster and more confident at the keyboard. By the end of the course, you'll know how to touch-type the alphabetic, numeric, and symbol keys; create, save, and edit word processing documents; and successfully take a timed writing test during a job interview.

Course Objectives

Learn how to create, edit, and save word processing documents.

Study how to use the word processor's timed writing feature to continually hone your skills.

Learn posture tips to minimize fatigue and help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.

Outline of instruction

Lesson 1 - Getting Started With Key Pro 5

Lesson 2 - Lowercase Letters, Plus the Reaches to the "e" and the "n"

Lesson 3 - The Left Shift, h, t, and Period Reaches

Lesson 4 - Learn the r, Right SHIFT, c, and o Reaches

Lesson 5 - The w, Comma, b, and p Reaches

Lesson 6 - The g, Question Mark, x, and u Reaches

Lesson 7 - The q, m, v, and Apostrophe Reaches

Lesson 8 - The z, y, Quotation Mark, and Tab Reaches

Lesson 9 - Alphabetic Key Review, the 1 and 8 Number Reaches, and Timed Writings

Lesson 10 - Number Reaches, Deleting Text, and Alphabetic Key Review

Lesson 11 - Number and Symbol Reaches, Number Rules, and Key Review

Lesson 12 - Symbol Reaches and Skill Building

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

1

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

None

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Text and Supplies Needed

Hardware Requirements:
This course must be taken on a PC. Please note that Macs, Chromebooks, Surface, and all other tablets are not compatible.

Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge is also compatible.
When the class starts, you'll receive instructions for downloading and installing a working copy of Keyboarding Pro 5. Please do not purchase or download the software from another source.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

None

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance"• Students must successfully pass 10 quizzes with a minimum grade of 70% by the second quiz attempt.
• If all quizzes are not passed with 70 or better by the second attempt, the final exam score must be 70% or higher on the first attempt for successful completion.
• The Final Exam must be taken by the Wake Tech course end date
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Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

If you want to learn touch-typing or improve your existing typing skills this course is for you!

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Non-Credit Online Learning http://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
[email protected]