Instructor: Arthur
Braden Quarter: Spring 2005
Voice
Mail: Please Email
Me E-mail: karthur_@pacbell.net
Class meets M/W in Room 213 from 6:00P – 7:40P
Instructor Biography: Arthur
Braden has been teaching at Heald for over 16 years. He has taught all of the
programming, web design (i.e. CIW Certified Internet Webmaster, and
Cold Fusion), electronics (FCC
Radiotelephone Communications
License and FCC Ship Radar Endorsement) and mathematics courses,
and taught courses in environmental science, psychology, english, MS Office Suite applications,
A+
certification and other computer-oriented courses. Arthur is
currently finishing an advanced
Computer Science
degree at
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COURSE
DESCRIPTION |
Students develop touch control of the
keyboard. They build speed and
accuracy through skill building exercises and keyboarding timings. Emphasis
is placed on proper typing techniques.
Students practice keying primary business documents such as letters
and memos. 3 Units |
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TEXTBOOK(S)
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Gregg College Keyboarding
& Document Processing, Lessons 1-20, 9th Edition, with Take Home CD, Ober et al, 2002, Glencoe McGraw-Hill and Skillbuilding:
Building Speed and Accuracy on the Keyboard, 3rd Edition, Eide et al, 2003, Glencoe McGraw-Hill. |
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GRADING |
Exams |
10% |
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Projects
& Assignments |
80% |
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Participation |
10% |
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Please
Read! |
A grade of 89.50 percent or higher
earns an A grade; 79.50 to 89.49 percent earns a B grade; 69.50 to 79.49
percent earns a C grade; 59.50 to 69.49 percent earns a D grade. A minimum
grade of C is required in major courses or courses that are prerequistes for
advanced courses. If you keep up with
the homework each week then you can expect to have an A in the grades that
are updated each Monday night of the week, a few minutes after class begins,
as viewed on MyPortal: http://myportal.heald.edu/ps/signon.html SPECIAL
NOTE: In S101 students must keyboard at 35 words per minute (see paragraph
below *) on two different 5-minute timed writings (timings), back to back
continuously, with no more than 3
errors or they receive an Incomplete (I) in the course no matter what grade
they have. Students who receive an
Incomplete will be assigned to a P010 Workshop in the following quarter. As soon as students meet the 35 words per
minute goal in P010, they receive a grade for S101 Keyboarding. If a student does not meet the required
S101 keyboarding speed by the end of the quarter following S101, the student
will be given an “F” in S101. Students
in this category must repeat S101 Keyboarding. For this reason, we will begin practicing
for this the week after you take your Mid Terms. * Graduation requirements vary from major to
major. For most “business” programs the requirement is 40 wpm. (You must determine this for your
particular major.) |
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Makeup
exams |
Each student
has the opportunity to make up one exam per course. Students should consult
with their instructor for make up policies for this course. |
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Alternative
Credit |
A
challenge exam is available. It may be
taken before the start of the quarter or early in the first week of
instruction. Please see the Director of Academic Affairs or your instructor
for more information. |
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Attendance |
Policies and standards at Students are required to attend all
classes daily and are expected to be ready for class at the scheduled time.
The student’s participation in class is essential to success in academic
achievement and in the workplace. The official student transcript reflects
both an academic grade and an attendance percentage for each class. Please
refer to the Attendance Policy distributed by your campus Director of
Academic Affairs for specific guidelines. |
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P.H.A.T. FRIDAYS |
P.H.A.T.
Fridays are designed to “Provide Helpful Assistance & Teaching” to all
students. While attendance is not
taken, we encourage each student to take advantage of this special learning
opportunity. I
will be available to provide each of you with learning opportunities by
running workshops, study sessions, labs and tutoring sessions. As a class, we can continue to decide on
ways we can enhance your learning when we meet per the following times: I will be available: Monday and Wednesday: 5:00P - 6:00P in Room 213 Tuesday and Thursday: 5:30P –
6:00P in Room 213. Friday: 4:30 – 5:30 in Room
213. |
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Professional
Appearance |
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Information
Technology Policy |
The use of any computer software or
information technology equipment (computer, router, switch, etc.) by students
shall be in compliance with all laws and Heald policies. Students may not
violate any intellectual property rights and may not compromise or tamper
with or utilize the software or equipment for inapproriate or unauthorized
purposes. All such property belongs to Heald or is under Heald control and
may be inspected or monitored by Heald personnel at any time and for any
purpose. |
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Request
for Special Assistance |
If you believe
you have a disability that may require accommodation, we encourage you to
contact the Director of Academic Affairs (DAA), who is the campus coordinator
of disability services, immediately to ensure adequate time to arrange for
the appropriate accommodation. You
will be asked to present documentation from a qualified examiner. |
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Homework
Homework will be posted
online at: http://www.mindodyssey.com/
via the Course Syllabus link for
our class.
After getting to this web page click on the Weekly
Assignment. Assignments are
always due
on Thursday at midnight ,
and if you need the extra time you can turn it in on Friday. Late work of any kind
is assessed 20% per day, where weekends count
as one day. Homework is 50% of your
overall grade.
Grades will be updated on
Monday of each week to reflect the work you’ve submitted the previous Thursday.
If you don’t check your
grades every week you may find that at the end of the quarter that any errors
are
now a permanent feature of your grades, so let
me know ASAP if you see an error!
P.H.A.T. Fridays
P.H.A.T.
Fridays are designed to “Provide Helpful Assistance & Teaching” to all
students.
This time will be
available per the schedule below. While
attendance is not taken at these times,
we encourage each
student to take advantage of this special learning opportunity. I will be
available to provide each of you with learning opportunities by running workshops,
study sessions,
labs and tutoring sessions. As a
class, we can continue to decide on ways we can enhance your
learning when we meet at these times.
Nights:
Monday and Wednesday: 5:00P - 6:00P in Room 213
Tuesday and Thursday: 5:30P –
6:00P in Room 213.
Friday: 4:30 – 5:30 in Room
213.
Plagiarism and Cheating:
Students may wish to share
information with others in the classroom. If an assignment looks in part to
be similar or exactly like that of another
colleague then no action will be taken by the instructor.
However, similar to copyright law,
if two or more assignments are submitted to the instructor that are
more than 75% alike then a single grade of
(100-mistakes)/(students involved) will be split amongst them
for the first offense. Thereafter such an occurrence will be
assessed full credit (Grade 0). Every
quarter
your instructor must do this before students
are willing to take it seriously.
Cheating on test’s and plagiarism
are your instructor’s pet peeves. Take care of your education by learning the
subject matter, and it will take care of you.
Grade Distribution
A grade of 90 percent or
higher earns an A grade; 80 to 89 percent earns a B grade; 70 to 79 percent
earns a C grade;
60 to 69 percent earns a D
grade.
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Summer
Quarter |
Date: |
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Substitute
Teacher |
Monday,
August 22nd and “possibly” Wednesday, August 24th |
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Monday,
September 5th |
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Mid
Term |
Wednesday,
August 31st Ergonomics (Keyboard
quizzes throughout the quarter to be announced.) |
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Final
Typing Assignments / Timings Attempts |
Wednesday,
October 5th |
SYLLABUS
For each week it is announced, the Keyboard Quizzes will involve knowing progressively more and more
about each key on the keyboard (memorization). Activities for the following weeks may be shifted to different
time intervals as class progress dictates from your instructor’s viewpoint; however, any changes will be
announced at least one week in advance. You are expected to finish homework by midnight of the Friday
at the end of each week listed here.
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Topic |
Activities |
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Week 1 July 27 - 29 |
Introduction to Keyboarding |
Welcome &
Introductions Heald Course Information
Sheet Course Overview |
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Week 2 August 1 - 5 |
Unit 1 – Keyboarding: The
Alphabet |
Gregg College Keyboarding text Lesson 1: Home Keys (page 3) Lesson 2: H, E, O, R (page 5) Lesson 3: M, T, P, C (page 7) Lesson 4: Right Shift, V, ., W (page 9) Skillbuilding Exercises (pages 4, 6, 8, & 10) Lesson 5: Review (page 11) |
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Week 3 August 8 - 12 |
Unit 2 - Lessons 6- 8 Keyboarding: The Alphabet |
Lesson 6: I, Left Shift, - , G (page14) Lesson 7: U, B, :, X (page 16) Lesson 8: Y, , Q, / (page 18) * Note that we are
following our class syllabus as best as possible. J |
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Week 4 August 15 - 19 |
Unit 2- Lessons 9 Lesson 10 Review Keyboarding: The Numbers Unit 3 |
Lesson 9: N, Z, ?, TAB (page 20) Lesson 10: Review (page
23) We will have a lecture the
first class day of the week, and a short quiz on the second day of the week
over the memorized keyboard, development of the QWERTY keyboard, the origins
of the first typewriter and information on the class discussion (the first
class day of the week). Here are the web sites, some of which you’ve already
seen, if you’d like to look over them on the history of typing, Ergonomics
and proper keyboarding techniques: http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/myths.html
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ate/keyboarding//Research/CarpalTunnel.htm
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Week 5 August 22 - 26 |
Unit 3 – Keyboarding: The Numbers Lessons 11-12 |
**** Reminder: You will
have a substitute the first day of the week! **** If you have any problems
then eMail me at the address at the top of this web
page! J Lesson 11: Number Keys 5,
7, 3, 9 (page 25) Lesson 12: Review (page
26) J The following we will
attack next week – I will restructure some of the assignments for the
following weeks in this online syllabus. J Next Week: Lesson 13: Number Keys 8,
2, 0 (page 30) Lesson 14: Number Keys 4,
6, 1 (page 32) Quiz this week per last
week’s notes. If you do any of these at
home then you can print out what you did by viewing your “portfolio”, then
while holding down the Alt key press Prt Sc “print
screen” to put a copy of it into memory, then open up MS Word and click the
paste button to paste it into Word.
Then you can just print it and bring it in as proof that you finished them [i.e. don’t
try to export them to a floppy at home and then come to school to import the
logs]. J |
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Week 6 August 29 – September 2 |
Unit 3 – Keyboarding: The Numbers Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Review Unit $ Keyboarding The Symbols |
Many of your classes this
week you will have Mid Terms in. None
for our class. J Lesson 13: Number Keys 8,
2, 0 (page 30) Lesson 14: Number Keys 4,
6, 1 (page 32) |
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Week 7 September 5 – 9 |
Lesson 15 Lesson 16 Our First 5-Minute Timings! |
Lesson 15 and 16 this
week. This is the first time we
officially take time out in the class and do 5-Minute Timings this week. J Remember
that you need to do 2
of the 5-Minute Timings (chosen in class) at a minimum speed of
35 WPM with 3 errors or less accuracy by the end of this course. I will be showing the class how to print
out the timings in a larger font via visiting the Glencoe web site shown at
the front of your GDP book, selecting Speed and Accuracy, double clicking the
file you want, clicking the lower option button to open the file with a
program of your choosing, and then selecting MS Word. You then delete all of the text (for the
first 3 pages) that is obviously not part of your timing, select all of the
text in the document, and select a larger font from the font size pull-down
selection list. Notes: As you know, you
can work on your homework at “home” by installing the GDP software (CD that
came with your kit) per the instructions in the GDP book (it’s easy to install J). Then you
can do the work, select File à Portfolio à Ok and slide to the group of Lesson steps you
would like to print. Then hold down
your Alt key and press PrtSc, which puts a copy of
the screen in memory. Then go into MS
Word and click the Paste button to paste what is in memory onto the
screen. Now you can print it out to
prove you did the homework. J |
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Weeks 8 and 9 September 12 - 23 |
Unit 4 – Keyboarding: The Symbols |
Lesson 17 will be due by
September 23. You must practice the 5-minute
Timings for the files Business01, Business02, Business03, Business04, and Business06
that we downloaded from www.gdp.glencoe.com.
** For the timings to
count you “must” let me know just before you would like to take the timings “for
the record”. I will then give you 2 “random”
timings (you may not choose the ones you wish to do) for you to test with. For Practice: A) Click on Skillbuilding and select 1-Minute Timings B) Notice that the second
list shows 1-J., 2-G., 3-G., 4-H., and 5-G. to correspond to each of the
1-Minute Timings in your green Gregg College Keyboarding book for each of the
lessons completed last week. Each of these
has a red “Goal”. For instance, on
page 4 for 1-J. you have a red “Goal: At least 10 wpm/1’/3e”. This means that you must achieve 10 words
per minute / in 1 minute / 3 (e)rrors
maximum. C) You should achieve the
goal for each of these 1-Minute Timings you practiced last week. Skillbuilding by Eide text Entry Timing, Page 2 If you were not here when
we did so, download the example of a 5-minute timing used for passing this
course from the textbook web site at www.gdp.glencoe.com and select Interactive Activities, then Speed and
Accuracy, then Business 01 file which will start the download of this
file. The file will then be stored in
the c:\GDP9-Home\ctw subdirectory (or wherever you installed it at home) and
then I will give you a copy of this file (if you can figure out at home how
to create a working copy of the file by opening it up in Notepad and deleting
the extra characters, you can use that) so that you can practice this
Timing. Then you will enter this
Timing by selecting Timings, then Custom Timings,
then click OK and your file will show up as a 5-Minute timing. |
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Week 10 September 26 - 30 |
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Lesson 17 and practice the
5 Minute Timings! (Surprised? J ) Do Skillbuilding
Exercises (pages 4, 6, 8, 10) |
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Week 11 October 3 – 5 |
Skillbuilding Exercises / Timing Practice Final Timed Writings |
All we do this week is
practice 5-min. timings and you will have opportunities to pass one of them
for the quarter early. You need to
have 35 wpm with 3 errors or less, and you can not take the 5-min. timing for
the course until I know that you are doing this (the moment before your
attempt I will give you the “okay” after looking to see that your attempt is
legitimate). With so many at better
than 35 wpm, and considering that almost everyone does pass this, I am expecting
many to finish with this early so that you don’t have to wrestle with it in
the final week. Last day to attempt Final
Timings is the Friday of this week |