Instructor Contact Information

 

CBTE101
Keyboarding for computers
CRN 92978
Fully Online

Mike Waters
Instructor
Mesa College


mwaters@sdccd.edu

 

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

 

     Paradigm Keyboarding:

Sessions 1-30, Fifth Edition

William Mitchell, Consultant; Ronald Kapper, College of DuPage

2006 • 144 pages

 

ISBN:

0-7638-2310-4
978-0-76382-310-8

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

 

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

 

Course Description

 

Beginning Computer Keyboarding

 

Course Objectives

 

·          To gain complete control of the keyboard and develop the locational security necessary to permit quick, rapid stroking.

·          To reach 30 or more words a minute and a level where stroking is automatic (See Grade and WAM scale)

·          To help the student build basic level mastery on straight-copy material

·          To reinforce the English language

·          To introduce the concept of thinking and keying simultaneously (composition).

·          To teach and reinforce proper stroking techniques, correct body positioning at the keyboard and a neat work environment

·          To introduce ergonomic tips regularly throughout the class to minimize repetitive stress injuries associated with keyboarding.

·            To create and manage files

Course Specific Information

 

SYLLABUS


SCHEDULE in syllabus

 

 

 

Application and Registration Information

 

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

  1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
  2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
  3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system
  4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
    Tuition and Fees Information.
  5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980) 

  1.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm