OST 110: Document Formatting and Introduction to Word Processing
COURSE SYLLABUS
The course provides experience in word processing including the mastery of touch typing with speed and accuracy using industry standard software.
Course Credits: 3 Credit Hours
Contact Hours: 45 Contact Hours
Prerequisites/Co-requisites: RDG 020 and Consent of Instructor (OST 101 equivalent skills)
This course contains 3 Modules:
Module Name |
Credit Hours |
---|---|
Module 1: Word Processing Functions |
1.0 |
Module 2: Document Letters Memoranda |
1.0 |
Module 3: Document Tables and Reports |
1.0 |
Total Credit Hours: |
3.0 |
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Session |
100% and No-Show Activity |
50% |
No Refund |
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15 week |
Within 7th day |
8th-27th days |
After 28th day |
14 week |
Within 6th day |
7th-25th days |
After 25th day |
13 week |
Within 6th day |
7th-24th days |
After 24th day |
12 week |
Within 5th day |
6th-22nd days |
After 22nd day |
11 week |
Within 5th day |
6th-20th days |
After 20th day |
10 week |
Within 4th day |
5th-18th days |
After 18th day |
9 week |
Within 4th day |
5th-16th days |
After 16th day |
8 week |
Within 4th day |
5th-15th days |
After 15th day |
7 week |
Within 3rd day |
4th-13th days |
After 13th day |
6 week |
Within 2nd day |
3rd-10th days |
After 10th day |
*Dates for 100%, 50% and no refund are from the start date of the course.
Attendance is verified throughout the course until you reach your end date. You will need to make sure you are accessing the course and completing course requirements (listed in the course calendar) on a consistent basis as attendance must be verified through out your time in the course until a grade is posted (A, B, C, E, or W)
Upon completion of this course module, the student will be able to:
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
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.
This course contains three (3) modules to complete. The contents and grading for each module are listed below. The grades for each module will be averaged based on grade received and the credit hour of each module to determine the final grade for this course.
First you will complete a course pre-test, based on your score you will either move to the credit for prior learning section (see below), or you will proceed to the first module. Each module contains a module pre-test (where you can also obtain credit for prior learning—see below). Each module has various reading assignments, videos and website, chapter assignment(s), learning activities, and a chapter post-quiz.
This course will be evaluated on the homework assignments, chapter quizzes, and the final post-assessment exam for each module. You will take a pre-test to evaluate your knowledge of the course materials. A pre-test allows you to see how much knowledge you already have about a topic. Books and searching on the Internet are not to be used as this is not your knowledge, its someone else's and doing this is a form of cheating. Homework assignments will make up 30%, unit quizzes 10%, timed writings, 20%, and the final post-assessment exam 40%.
This course will be evaluated on the assignments, timed writings, unit quizzes and the final post-assessment exam. You will take a pre-test to evaluate your knowledge of the course materials.
The course will have one pre-assessment to determine any prior learning of content. Each module will also require the completion of a Module Pre-Assessment Exam. This will allow you to see what areas you are strong in and what areas need additional work. If you complete the Module Pre-Assessment Exam with an above-average score, you will have the option of proceeding to the post-test for this module which if passed successfully will allow you to obtain credit for this module and proceed to the next module to gain credit for prior learning. In order to achieve credit for prior learning you must score a 90% on both the module pre- and post-assessment. If you do not achieve the required score, you will be directed to complete the entire module. All pre-assessments ARE NOT calculated in the overall grade for each module and for the overall grade of the course.
KCTCS Online open-entry course modules are based on the goal that students will demonstrate mastery of content. Through KCTCS Online, students have the opportunity to receive credit for prior learning. To receive this credit, students must demonstrate mastery of the course module competencies through the following steps:
Learners are required to score 70% or higher of the total points. If learners score below 70% of the total points on the Module Post-Assessment, they will be directed to areas of weakness for restudy in order to master subject topics, prior to reattempting post-assessment exam. Learners will have three tries to successfully pass the Module Post-Assessment Exam; however, the last score will be used. The Final Post-Assessment Exam of each module is worth 40% of your overall grade for the module. Learners will be given opportunity to take a practice exams as well as any unit exams before attempting the Module Post-Assessment Exam. In order to achieve credit for prior learning, learners must score a 90% on both the pre- and post-assessment.
Task |
Percentage |
---|---|
Assignments (3) |
30% |
Unit Quizzes (2) |
20% |
Timed Writings (3) |
30% |
Final Post-Assessment Exam |
20% |
Total |
100% |
All assignments, projects, and assessments will be graded within 24-48 hours of submission. See Final Grading Calculation for how the score received for this module will calculate into the final grade for the full course.
This course is presented as a full (or parent) course with chunks of content called modules (since these modules can be taken separately). You will receive a score for each module. The score for each module is averaged together (determine by credit hour of each module) to determine your final grade for the full (or parent) course. The percentage score received for each module will be multiplied by the credit hours of the module to give a total module percentage. Each of the total module percent scores will be added together then divided by the total credit hour of the full (or parent) course to obtain a final percentage score for the course. Based on where the final percentage score falls on the grade scale will determine the final letter grade to be posted for the student.
Module |
Percentage Score Received for each Module |
Credit Hours |
Total Percentage |
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OST1101: Word Processing Functions |
X 1.0 |
|
|
OST1102: Document Letters Memoranda |
X 1.0 |
+ |
|
OST1103: Document Tables and Reports |
X 1.0 |
+ |
|
|
Total Credit Hours> |
3 |
+ |
|
Final Percentage Score> |
=100 |
The following grading scale will be used to assess your overall average for all course related assignments and exams.
A - 90 – 100%
B - 80 – 89.9%
C - 70 – 79.9%
E - 69.9% or below
Incompletes are not given for this course. You are expected to work at a consistent pace
throughout the course and complete all course work by the course end date.
Plagiarism and cheating are serious academic offenses. The KCTCS regulations pertaining to plagiarism and cheating can be found in Section 3.1.1 (page 6) of the KCTCS Code of Student Conduct at:
https://kctcs.edu/Current_Students/Code_of_Student_Conduct.aspxPenalties for violation of these policies can be found in Section 4.B.ii (page 11).
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Course Resources : This course covers the material in Units 1-4, 7 and 9 along with the Skillbuilding Unit. Units 1-4 will be used as a review.
Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing (GDP); Lessons 1-60 text Kit (includes GDP website access and Word 2013 Manual)
11TH EDITION By Scot Ober and Jack Johnson and Arlene Zimmerly, Copyright: 2011, Publication Date: Apr 02 2010, ISBN 10: 0077319362, ISBN 13: 978007731936
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