STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

AT MORRISVILLE

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Course Outline/Syllabus

OFFT 135 Machine Transcription

Instructor: Mrs. Payette , Assist. Prof. E-mail: payettp@morrisville.edu

Office: Room 114 Charlton Hall

Phone: X6022

Required Text: Machine Transcription, Fourth Edition; by Carol A. Mitchell

Prerequisite: OFFT 111/112 and OFFT 113/114

Offered: Fall Semester

Upon completion of this course, a student will:

· Demonstrate knowledge of content/vocabulary of various documents relating to specific business fields.

· Improve upon decision making/problem-solving skills

· Demonstrate the production of a final mailable transcription in a timely manner

· Apply their knowledge of language skills when transcribing document

· Improve upon their listening and following instructions skills

· Produce a variety of documents with special formatting features for specific business fields, as well as proofread and edit material in a timely manner.

· Identify voice inflection – realizing emphasized material, breaks in dictated sentences, etc.

NOTE: Errors are not tolerated in business. Therefore, be sure to proofread all work before submitting to instructor. Errors in e-mail information are also not tolerated. In addition, be sure to proof copy when it comes out of the printer for overall appearance as well as typos.

Grading:

1/3 -- Homework -- Chapter Tapes (document production)

1/3 -- Language Boost Quizzes (from Grammar Pitfalls)

1/3 -- Final Exam

Homework assignments will not be accepted if not complete – No partial credit granted. Each Chapter must be complete when handed in.

Save lessons/assignments on disk as exercises may build from previous assignment(s).

Assignments will not be accepted if they do not have the following heading.

HEADINGS FOR ASSIGNMENTS

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** IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THIS HEADING IS ON EVERY ASSIGNMENT HANDED IN. HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THIS COMPLETE HEADING ON EACH PAGE.

Attendance:

Students are required to attend all classes. Students who exceed their two-hour absence may be dropped from the course. It is the student’s responsibility to understand all homework assigned from missed class. No homework extensions will be granted without written, authorized excuse.

Students with Disabilities

If you are a student with a documented disability, who wishes to use academic accommodations, you should do the following:

1). Speak with me during the first two weeks of class.

2). Talk with David Symonds or Stephanie Lawhorne to arrange your test accommodations. Both are located at the College Skills Center.