| Instructor: | Professor Darlene McClure (Del Norte Campus & Online) Darlene-McClure@redwoods.edu Office Telephone: 707-465-2341 |
| Welcome | Welcome to BT112 - Keyboarding Skill Development (Online). BT112 is
a one-unit keyboarding class, which requires a minimum 3-hour per week
commitment from each student. Students will be working to improve their
speed and accuracy at the keyboard. BT112 is a great class to take to
brush up on keyboarding skill, which is often a prerequisite for many
office technology positions.
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| Course Description |
BT112, Keyboarding Skill Development, is a course designed
to help students improve their keyboarding skills as well as develop
10-key keypad speed and accuracy. Specific drills will be taught to
correct individual keyboarding deficiencies. Students at any level will
be able to continue their development of keyboard control through
repetitive typing of specific drills designed to improve both speed and
accuracy
typing of specific drills designed to improve both speed and accuracy. This class will help improve speed and accuracy at the keyboard.
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| Required Textbooks: |
Textbook:
Skillbuilding Mastery
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| Course Availability: |
The course syllabus and assignment schedule will be posted on
Blackboard the week prior to the beginning of Spring 2008 semester - the
information should be available to you by January 15, 2008. If you would
like more information about this class prior to January 15, please email
the instructor, Darlene McClure.
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| Instructor Contact: |
Contact Darlene McClure at
darlene-mcclure@redwoods.edu or at
ddmcclure@charter.net Darlene McClure teaches full time on the Del Norte Campus and may be reached by telephone at 707-465-2341.
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| On-Campus Requirements: |
There are no requirements to attend on-campus meetings. All work
will be completed online. You may, however, use the computers in the
Computer Lab on the Del Norte campus during open lab hours. Those hours
will be posted at the beginning of Spring 2008 semester.
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| Student Requirements: |
Ability to touch type 20 words per minute (Students not typing at 20
wpm may wish to enroll in BT111, Keyboarding I or BT110, Microcomputer
Keyboarding.)
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| Computer
Set-up Skills |
Online courses require adequate computer skills. Students must have
Internet available and a current email address prior to enrolling in
BT112. The required keyboarding software is accessed through a
server in Arizona and is available 24 hours per day.
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| Online Commitment |
Students should plan to keyboard a minimum of three hours per week
working at the keyboard to improve keyboarding speed and accuracy.
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| Accommodations: | If you need accommodations to succeed in this online class, please
contact the Disabled Students Services program on the Eureka campus at
707-476-4280 or on the Del Norte campus at 707-464-2330.
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| Getting Started | On or before January 22, go to the Blackboard login site at
www.redwoods.edu Follow the login
instructions given at that site. You will need your Student ID#
to access your Blackboard account at College of the Redwoods. Click on
the link to BT112 where you will find the Course Syllabus and detailed
instructions on how to proceed with your class.
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