MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/1165A114/OST105infosheet.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" OST 105 KEYBOARDING

OST 105 KEYBOARDING=

 

Instructor:  Dorothy Sims        =        E-Mail Address:  simsd@midlandstech.edu

 

 

Phone:  (803)738-7732 Beltline Campus=

*Leave your name and= message with the department secretary.  If you need to speak to me, leave a telephone number with the secretary, and I will return your call.  <= /o:p>

 

Course Description:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  This course focuses on the mastery= of keyboarding and basic formatting principles.

 

Attendance:  Students are responsible for work covered from the first day of class, and any classes missed are counted as absences.  Students are allowe= d four absences.  After four absences= , the student will be withdrawn from the class.&= nbsp; It is the student’s responsibility to keep up with the number = of class periods missed.

 

Classwork/Homework:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Students are expected to complete = the lessons in class using the Glencoe Keyboarding software.  Students who are absent from class= may complete the lessons in the computer laboratories that are available on campus.  Beginning with Lesson= 2, students will type drills from the lessons as homework.  Classwork will be printed upon request.  Students will need a textbook and two 3.5 HD diskettes in order to complete assignments.

 

Disability Services:=   MTC provides accommodations, as appropriate, to individuals who have documented disabilities.  Students interested in receiving information about accommodations and services should contact a counselor in= the Disability Resource Center at 738-7636 Beltline Campus or 822-3505 Airport Campus.  Confidentiality of the information received will be maintained.

 

Makeup Tests:  Tests will be announced a week in advance.  Students who are abs= ent during a scheduled test may make up the test within a week of the test date.  It is the student’= ;s responsibility to schedule makeup tests.

 

Departmental Grading Scale:          94-100        &= nbsp;   A

87-93      =             &nb= sp;         B

        =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;              78-86        &= nbsp;     C

Below 77 &= nbsp;      F

 

Grade Computation: Speed (timed writings)                 &= nbsp;   -    30%<= /p>

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Tests        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;     -    20%<= /p>

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Techniq= ues        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       -    10%<= /p>

            =             &nb= sp;            =            Homewor= k        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;        -    10%            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =                  &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;          &= nbsp;   Lessons/Drills        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   -    30%

            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =           Total        &= nbsp;          100%