MEDA140 College Keyboarding and Document Processing: Department of Health Sciences: Office Administration

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MEDA140 College Keyboarding and

Document Processing
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES: OFFICE
ADMINISTRATION
I. Course Number and Title
MEDA140 College Keyboarding and Document Processing
II. Number of Credits
3 credits
III. Number of Instructional Minutes
2250
IV. Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
V. Other Pertinent Information
VI. Catalog Course Description
Students use computers to learn the touch method of keyboarding and the basic features
of Microsoft Word to produce letters, tables, reports and memos. Eligibility for exemption
determined by placement test.
VII. Required Course Content and Direction
1. COURSE LEARNING GOALS
Students will:

1. type on a keyboard at a minimum speed of 30 wpm on a five-minute


straight copy timed writing with no more than one error per minute;
2. apply proper formatting procedures and accurately key business and
personal letters, tables, memos, bound and unbound reports, and
bibliographies;
3. demonstrate the ability to proof and edit all documents for proper
hyphenation, capitalization, spelling, word usage and punctuation; and
4. interpret proofreaders' marks properly using word processing software
rough draft copy.

2. PLANNED SEQUENCE OF TOPICS AND/OR LEARNING


ACTIVITIES
1. the alphabetic keyboard
2. the numeric keyboard
3. symbol keys
4. orientation to word processing
5. business letters
6. simple tables
7. academic and business reports
8. rough draft reports
9. reports with footnotes
10. employment documents
3. ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR COURSE LEARNING GOALS
The assessment of course learning goals is based on:

1. keying a 5-minute times writing with a minimum speed of 30 wpm with


no more than one error per minute
2. creating a properly formatted business letter, memorandum, report and
table using Microsoft Word.

4. REFERENCE, RESOURCE, OR LEARNING MATERIALS TO BE


USED BY STUDENT:

See course syllabus.

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