COURSE INFORMATION

Learner Competencies and Outcomes

Upon completion of this course module, the student will be able to:

  1. Use software to create, edit, and print documents.
  2. Identify steps in the word and information processing cycle.
  3. Key and format personal letters.
  4. Edit documents using spell check and grammar program.
  5. Key and format business letters and format multiple page letters.
  6. Create and format memoranda and format multiple page memoranda.
  7. Format basic headers and footers.
  8. Key and format small, large, and interoffice envelopes.
  9. Key and format address labels.
  10. Fold and prepare correspondence for distribution.
  11. Create tables using tabs and table features.
  12. Use reference materials.
  13. Key and format outline.
  14. Key and format unbound, leftbound, and topbound reports.
  15. Key and format report references.
  16. Insert and format page numbers.
  17. Proofread and edit copy using proofreaders' marks.
  18. Key and format rough draft copy.
  19. Key three five-minute timed writings with a minimum of 35 WAM.
  20. Use touch method to operate numeric keypad to develop speed and accuracy.

Outline

 I.   Word Processing Functions

      A.     Steps in Word Processing Cycle
B.     Format Menu and Codes
      C.     Text Enhancemen
      D.     Edit Feature

II.  Letters and Memoranda

      A.     Personal Letters
      B.     Business Letters
      C.     Special Features

III. Tables

      A.     Table Features
      B.     Entering Text into Tables
      C.     Special Formatting Functions

IV. Reports

      A.     Formats
      B.     Outlines

V.  Miscellaneous

      A.     Timed Writings
      B.     Proofreading
      C.     Numeric Timings

General Education Competencies

Students should prepare for twenty-first century challenges by gaining: 

1. Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural worlds through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts.

2. Intellectual and practical skills, including

3. Personal and social responsibility, including

4. Integrative and applied learning, including synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized skills.