CAOT 2 Textbook CoverCAOT 2: Computer Keyboarding II

3 units, transfer CSU

Los Angeles Valley College
Fall 2011

Section 7006
 Online Course

Class Syllabus
(as of August 17, 2011, subject to change)

 

Instructor Information
Instructor: Gina Jerry
Phone: 310-434-4686
E-mail: jerry_gina@smc.edu
Website: http://www.ginajerry.com
Class Website: http://myetudes.org
GDP 11 Website:
 		 http://lavc.gdp11.com/

Course Overview/Description

Course Overview: This Computer Keyboarding II class is a full-semester, 3-unit course delivered online via the Internet, email, and special course software. To enter the course, you should have the ability to type 30 words a minute. If you are successful, your minimum speed at end of course should be 40 words a minute accurately by touch. You will build keyboarding speed and accuracy, and you will produce mailable business letters, tables, reports, memos, and desktop published documents using Microsoft Word 2010.

Course Description: The course provides a thorough training in keyboarding skills and emphasizes formatting various kinds of business correspondence including business letters, envelopes, reports, business forms, and tables of increasing complexity. Continued emphasis is placed on keyboarding techniques, improving speed/accuracy on timed writings, and developing proofreading skills. Required for CAOT certificates and AA Degree.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: CAOT 1 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent. Ability to type 30 words a minute for 5 minutes with 5 or fewer errors. 

Recommendations: If you type 20 words a minute and want only to improve speed and accuracy, you may enroll in CAOT 9, Computer Keyboarding Improvement, which has no document processing. If you do not type at all or do not type by touch, you should enroll in CAOT 1. 

Minimum Required Skills

BEFORE beginning this course you must possess the ability to:

Course Objectives

As a result of successfully completing CAOT 2, the student will:

  1. Type a minimum of 40 words a minute on a 5-minute timed writing with 5 or fewer errors.
     
  2. Demonstrate good work habits, correct typing techniques, and skill in using the microcomputer and printer.
     
  3. Recognize, evaluate, and correct errors in content and format of documents.
     
  4. Improve language arts skills, including word division, proofreading, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and keyboarding composing skills.
     
  5. Produce mailable business documents including specialized letters, tables, reports, memos, and desktop published documents using Microsoft Word 2010 for windows

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Applying keyboard mastery skills, students will key alphabetic material at a minimum rate of 30 words a minute for five minutes with a maximum of 5 errors.
     
  2. Using word processing software students will create and edit business letters, reports, and memos.

Required Textbook

Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing, Kit 3: Lessons 1-120, Word 2010 [With Student Word Manual and Easel and Software Registration Card] Ober, Johnson, Zimmerly; McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2011. This book comes bundled in a boxed kit with the items you see below and an easel.

ISBN: 0-07-735662-4

Textbook
Lessons 1-120

Word 2010 Manual

Registration Code
Textbook Lessons 1 - 120 Word 2007 Manual Registration Code

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

In order to take this course on-line you MUST have:

Will GDP 11 run on a Mac?

Yes, you can access our GDP 11 website on a Mac. You can complete all skillbuilding assignments on a Mac, but you cannot use Microsoft Word 2008 for the Mac for the document processing assignments.

Online Tutorials

Since this course is taught using Valley College's Etudes learning system you should review the following Etudes tutorials as soon as possible at http://www.lavc.edu/virtualvalley/tutorials.html:

Text Tutorials

Video Tutorials

Course Expectations

Everyone comes to the class with different expectations.  This online course DOES duplicate the content of the traditional course, but NOT the delivery. An online course relies on a self-directed student completing the assignments, readings, and threaded discussions on their own time schedule while meeting the posted deadlines. Students who perform at their potential, have high self-esteem, welcome change and are willing to assume responsibility, make decisions, and express opinions, are successful in this online course.

It is very easy to fall behind in an online class. There are no scheduled on-campus or on-line class periods. The entire course is asynchronous and can be accessed at your convenience. Your only requirement is to complete assignments and exams as scheduled on the course schedule. You must be a self-directed student who can plan your schedule to accommodate the deadlines outlined in the syllabus. Cyber students are often in multiple life roles and time is a valuable commodity.

You are expected to visit the course website several times a week.  Ideally, once a day.  Once there, you will find announcements, lecture material, assignments, and exams.

Method of Evaluation

Letter grades will be determined using a standard percentage point evaluation as outlined below:

POINT RANGE

GRADE

PERCENTAGE
900-1000 A 90%-100%
800-899 B 80%-89%
700-799 C 70%-79%
600-699 D 60%-69%
Below 600 F 59% and under

Total points will be computed as follows:

ASSIGNMENTS POINTS PER ITEM TOTAL POINTS
Registration Email and Survey 1 Email @ 10 pts & 1 Survey @ 12 pts 22
Lesson Skillbuilding 60 Lessons @ 3 pts each 180
Lesson Document Processing 47 Lessons @ 3 pts each 141
Class Discussions 6 Discussions @ 10 pts each 60
Unit Tests 3 Tests @ 100 pts each 300
Timed Writing Checks 3 Checks @ 100 pts each 300

TOTAL POINTS 

 1003

 

Method of Instruction

This class is taught 100% online via the class website at  http://myetudes.org. This site contains your class discussions, grades, and instructions for homework assignments and tests. Most of your work will be done using the GDP 11 website (registration code required) and Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010.

Regarding Computer Assignments

  1. Computer assignments consist of the skillbuilding and document processing lessons found in your textbook.
     
  2. These assignments must be submitted by 11:00 p.m. on the due date listed in the class schedule.
     
  3. Full credit will only be given for documents submitted that are mailable and error-free. Edit each word processing document until it contains no more than 3 errors. Sample solution files are available at our class website to compare your final copy before you submit your lessons to your instructor. You may not re-do a lesson and/or document after the due date and it has been graded by the instructor.
     
  4. Students found cheating on any part of an assignment will receive no points for the total assignment. This includes sharing work or copying sections of another student's work. Regardless of the circumstances, both students involved will be considered at fault. So, do NOT offer your files to any student, even if they "only want to see what the finished assignment looks like".
     
  5. A significant portion of your grade is based on these assignments. Do not wait until the night an assignment is due to attempt it so that you have adequate time to review the material and remedy any possible technical difficulties or issues. Although the due day is Monday evening of each week try your best not to wait until the weekend to begin your assignments. If you, for example, email me at 5:00 pm on a Monday with a question about the assignment that’s due that evening, you will not receive an answer in time to complete the assignment. Not understanding the assignment is not considered a valid excuse for not turning it in on time.

Regarding Class Discussions

  1. You will receive 10 points credit for contributions to each of the six class threaded discussions by their assigned due dates.
     
  2. On certain weeks, I will provide you with a topic or instructions that you must complete for participation credit.

Regarding Timed Writings
  1. There are three timed writing checks which are worth 100 points each.
     
  2. At specific times in the course I will average the three best 5-minute timings with 5 or fewer errors.
     
  3. Your score is calculated based on how close your keyboarding speed meets the goal set in your textbook at that point in the course.
     
  4. Your score will lowered for every group of 1-5 errors, exceeding the 5-error limit.

Regarding Unit Tests
  1. The Unit Tests are practical exams using the GDP 11 website and Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010. You will be asked to complete word processing documents similar to your homework assignments to demonstrate your knowledge in the given subject. No make up exams will be given. No exceptions.
     
  2. Cheating will not be tolerated. Any student caught cheating on an exam may be assigned a failing grade for the course.

Drop Dates Fall 2011

Dropping the class is YOUR responsibility. Students are responsible for withdrawing from a class and must not expect faculty to initiate withdrawal procedures for them.

September 12, 2011

Drop classes without incurring fees
• in-person or Internet

September 23, 2011
September 25, 2011

Drop classes without receiving a “W”
• in-person or Internet
• by Internet

November 18, 2011
November 20, 2011 *

Drop classes with a “W”
• in-person or Internet
• by Internet

*Letter grade required from this date forward

Academic Standards Policy

Enrollment in a class may be terminated due to unsatisfactory student conduct, undue disrespect towards an instructor or administrator, or academic dishonesty. Each student is responsible for maintaining standards of academic performance established for each course in which he or she is enrolled.

If you violate the Standard of Student Conduct for Dishonesty, your instructor will complete a Faculty Disciplinary Form indicating the code of conduct that was violated, explaining the facts and details of the charge, and noting the disciplinary action taken. This form will be signed by both you and your instructor and will be filed with the Dean of Student Services for reference in case of repeat violations. This may result in a permanent log of the students who cheated recorded in the students’ LAVC files.

Cheating can result in disciplinary action such as failing grade on a test(s) or assignment(s), disciplinary probation, suspension or termination of financial aid, and even permanent expulsion.

The following actions are considered cheating:

  1. Allowing another individual to assume one’s identity for the purpose of enhancing one’s grade in any of the following: testing, field trips, or attendance.
     
  2. Falsifying or attempting to falsify attendance records and/or grade rosters.
     
  3. Representing the words, ideas or work of another as one’s own in any academic exercise (plagiarism), including the use of commercial term paper companies.
     
  4. Changing answers on a previously scored test, assignment, or experiment with the intent to defraud.
     
  5. Copying or allowing another student to copy from one’s paper (disk) or answer sheet during an examination. (This includes looking at someone else computer while taking an exam or doing the homework assignment.)
     
  6. Giving and/or taking information during an examination by any means including sign language, hand signals, secret codes, or electronic transmission (like email).

In addition, it is considered cheating by:

No distinction will be made between the student who did the work or test and the student who received or copied the work or test.