Computer Basics
Keyboarding - Introductory (TYPG 1600)
Learn the lifelong skill of “touch keyboarding” (not looking at the keys) to increase your efficiency when entering alphabetic text. This course is ideal for beginners or people with rusty keyboarding skills. By the end of the course, you may achieve a touch keyboarding rate of 20–25 words per minute based on three or five minute timings and upon the amount of time that you practice.
Textbook will be loaned to student and must be returned at the end of course
Textbook will be loaned to student and must be returned at the end of course
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Keyboarding and Speed Building - Advanced (TYPG 1601)
You will review the skill of “touch keyboarding” while increasing your
speed and improving your accuracy. You may achieve a touch keyboarding
rate of 25 – 50 words per minute depending upon your previous skill level
and the amount of time that you practice. At the end of the course, you will
receive a certificate stating your keyboarding speed in words per minute.
Textbook will be loaned to student and must be returned at the end of course
Textbook will be loaned to student and must be returned at the end of course
Prerequisites: Keyboarding - Introductory, or ability to “touch keyboard”
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