Language: English
Description: Leave hunt-and-peck to the chickens. Effective and efficient keyboarding is more than tapping the correct letter. This course, offered by our accredited school partners, teaches you to react to letters instead of finding them on the keyboard. This breakthrough guide brims with step-by-step exercises for keyboarding with ease. Develop your digital dexterity with our Keyboarding Basics course. Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!
Instructor Description: This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment. Requirements Internet Access
Broadband or high-speed internet access is required. Broadband includes DSL, cable, and wireless connections. Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Moodle pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible. Hardware
Windows hardware configurations and processors are acceptable Mac computers MUST have Microsoft Window Operating Systems over Bootcamp (Bootcamp is a free download from Apple''s website) 1 GB RAM minimum recommended Operating Systems Windows XP, Vista or 7 and Mac OS X 10 or higher with Windows Web Browsers Google Chrome is highly recommended Internet Explorer is not recommended as it may not display certain menus and links Cookies MUST be enabled Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled) Kindle Reader App is needed for many courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded onto your computer.) Adobe PDF Reader Media Plug-ins (These may be required depending on your course media.) Adobe Flash Player (Required for many courses.) Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple Quicktime, Windows Media Player, &/or Real Player PowerPoint Viewer (Use this if you don''t have PowerPoint)
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Lesson 1 Keyboarding Made Easy Module 1
Basic Keyboard Positions
In module one, we will begin with becoming familiar with the keyboard layout. We will explore letters JFKD, the Space Bar, the Enter key, letters HGIE, letters LSA and Semicolon, letters URYT, and letters NVBMC. Also included in module one is proper hand positioning.
Preparing to Keyboard
Learning the Keyboard
Naming Your Fingers
Home Row
Position of Hands
Keyboarding Made Easy Module 2
Special Characters and Letter Combinations
Module two looks at corrective and improvement techniques in keyboarding. Also included is using special character keys and keying letter combinations.
Using the Shift Keys
Corrective and Improvement Techniques
Calculating Errors
Keying Letter Combinations
AutoBlend Prefixes
Keyboarding Made Easy Module 3
Alignment and Calculations
After looking at aligning text and proper positioning using tabs, module three will take us through different styles of text. Also included in module three is the number row and special characters included on the number keys. Once you are familiar with the keys, we can start working on our words per minute!
Text Alignment
Positioning Text Using Tabs
Using Text Styles
AutoBlend Suffixes
Calculating WPM
Keyboarding Made Easy Module 4
Putting the Strokes Together
After becoming familiar with the numeric keypad, module four will discuss how to write and format personal and business letters. Also included in this module is using electronic communication and creating newsletters.
Using the Numeric Keypad
Writing and Formatting a Personal Letter
Writing and Formatting a Business Letter
Fax Cover Sheets
Creating a Newsletter Hide Syllabus
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