OTEC 2800 Office Keyboarding
Course Information
| Course Number | OTEC 2800 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Office Keyboarding |
| Description | This course covers the continuing development of keyboarding speed and accuracy. Advanced document formatting, such as letters, tables with special features, templates, labels, mail merges, multi-page reports, columns, etc., will be included. Students will continue to develop proofreading skills as they format documents from straight copy, rough draft, handwritten copy, and arranged and unarranged sources. (Prerequisite: A minimum keyboarding speed of 40 words per minute on a 3-minute timing, with 3 errors or less or advisor approval.) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 48 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 3 Credits, 48 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: A minimum keyboarding speed of 40 words per minute on a 3-minute timing with 3 errors or less or advisor approval.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Perform basic computer operations
- Practice touch keyboarding method to improve proficiency (speed and accuracy)
- Produce reports
- Perform keyboarding using the alphabetical keys
- Operate word processing application software
- Produce business correspondence
- Perform keyboarding techniques using the numeric keys
- Demonstrate ability to prepare final copy from various input sources (handwritten, rough draft, proof-marked copy, etc.)
- Perform keyboarding techniques using the service and symbol keys
- Apply document production skills using special annotations (headers, footers, footnotes, etc.)
- Prepare documents for mailing
- Proofread documents
- Apply reference material guidelines to production work
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
Additional information and forms can be found at: southcentral.edu/disability
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