MORRISVILLE STATE COLLEGE

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

 

 

 

Course Outline/Syllabus                                                      

OFFT 114      KEYBOARDING 2-B

                       

Class: On-line                                                            Instructor:  Ms. Sullivan

                                                                                    E-mail:  sullivja@morrisville.edu

                                                                                    Office:  Room 124 Charlton Hall

                                                                                    Phone:  X6230

 

Text:               Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing, by Ober, Johnson, Rice, Hanson (Lessons 1-60)

 

Prerequisites:  OFFT 113 (C grade or better)

                       

 

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Course Description:  Eight-week course continuation course (from Keyboarding 2-A).  This course focuses on further development of keyboarding skills and speed.  During these 8 weeks additional Language Arts Exercises are practiced, including spelling and punctuation.  Composing at the keyboard (from instructor as well as machine dictation) will also be introduced. 

 

 

Note:  A minimum grade of C is required for Office Technology majors to pass this course.  An D, F, or Incomplete will prevent an Office Technology major from proceeding to some Core Requirments within various Office Technology concentrations (i.e., OFFT 216) Non-majors can pass with a D grade.  It is highly recommended to practice 3 – 4 hours per week, including lesson homework and speed timings.

 

Homework Assignments:  All homework assignments should be handed in at the beginning of the class.  No homework assignments will be accepted late.  

 

 

 

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

 

HEADINGS FOR ASSIGNMENTS/TIMINGS

 

 Your name                                                                                                    OFFT 114

WEEK #                                                                                                          PAGE #

                                                                                                                        LINE #

 

 

** IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THIS HEADING IS ON EVERY ASSIGNMENT HANDED IN.  PART OF GRADE WILL REFLECT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:  Please see your instructor when absent from class for make-up work.  After you are absent one more time than the class meets per week, you may be dropped from the course.  Please note that this class meets twice a week.  Being tardy (T) means being late for class.  3 T’s = 1 Absence.

 

 

Grading

                        20%     Project

                        20%     Test  Skill Assessment

                        35%     Keyboard Composition assignments

25%     Timed writings (You should successfully complete two (2) 3-minute timed writings.)

           

                                    A                      55 or more wpm with 3 or less errors

                                    B                     50-54 wpm with 3 or less errors

                                    C                     45-49 wpm with 3 or less errors

                                    D                     40-44 wpm with 3 or less errors

                                    F                      39 or less wpm with 3 or less errors

 

 

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.