Transcript Technology Class Information

Technology Class Information
You will need to copy all blue words
in your folder.
Basic Classroom Rules:
• Sit in assigned seat unless you have
permission to move
• NO food/drinks/candy/gum allowed
• Be respectful of classroom equipment and
other students
• Stay on task
• Stay on appropriate websites
Bathroom/Water Policy
• You must have YOUR agenda to use the restroom
• You must use the restroom/water fountain
closest to my classroom unless they are out of
order
• You must sign out in the notebook by the door
• You must take and return the hall pass
• You may NOT make a habit of using the restroom
or asking for water
• You may NOT ask for either privilege during
instruction (unless it is an emergency)
Typing Instructor
1. Double-click on the Typing Instructor icon on
your desktop
2. If a name is already entered, select the light
blue globe named “Add”, if not type your first
and last names – STOP HERE
3. Select the Purple Globe named “Skill Test”
4. Type the words on your screen using the
correct typing position (as best as you can)
5. The Skill Test will determine your beginning
WPM and skill level
Typing Instructor
6. Each class period will begin with you logging
on to Typing Instructor, selecting your name and
clicking the Green globe that says “OK”. This will
take you to the Travel Port that allows you to
either “Go” to your daily lessons on your plan or
to the “Terminal” where you can practice specific
lessons and where we will take our tests every
other week.
7. Click on “Go” and complete at least two parts
of your typing plan. Plans include lessons,
practice tests, and games.
Typing Instructor Test Day
1. Instead of going to your lesson, go to the Travel
Port and select “Terminal”.
2. Select the black square named “Lessons”
3. Using the dropdown box, find the lesson
“Random Sentence Practice”. Type this lesson
until you are instructed to set up your test.
4. Test Set-up – go back to the Terminal and select
the black square named “Tests”
5. Test Name – Touch Typist Test, Music – None,
Time – 5 minutes
6. After your test, go to “Settings” and increase
your goal by 2 WPM
Typing Instructor Goals
• To learn to type using the proper hand
positioning (shown on the lessons)
• To increase your adjusted word per minute
(AWPM) by at least 8 each nine weeks. This
averages to an improvement of 2 WPM/typing
test.
• To limit the amount of time spent looking at
your hands and the keyboard
Typing Instructor Credit
• Typing grades are not issued until the end of
the nine weeks. This ensures you have had
enough time to develop your typing
technique and improve your AWPM
• Typing is worth two test grades each 9 weeks
• Letter grades are assigned based on how
many AWPM you improve that 9 weeks:
8 or more WPM = A
6-7 WPM = B
4-5 WPM = C
2-3 WPM = D
0-1 WPM = F
Typing Technique
1. Home Row Keys – A S D F J K L ;
2. Your hands should stay at the home row
keys as your “base”. Your thumbs align with
the spacebar.
3. The fingers are assigned the keys on a
diagonal line with the home row. The
diagonal slants to the left (\).
Keyboard Position
Class Assignments
• Assignment directions are numbered and
placed in the class direction folders attached
to your computer monitor
• You are responsible for placing these papers
back into the folders to ensure they are
available for other students
• When you have completed your typing
lessons, you should move onto the current
project
Saving your work:
1. All work must be saved with your full name
and the name of the project.
2. Computers have folders under My
Documents for each period.
3. Save your work in this folder with the
correct name.