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Keyboarding Pro
provides alphabetic,
numeric, keypad,
and skill-building
instruction. This is
excellent software
for learning and
reviewing the
keyboard.
The Alphabetic
module teaches the
entire keyboard and
correlates with
lessons 1-25 of
College Keyboarding
16E for textbook
keying.
Each new key
learning lesson
teaches 4 keys. An
additional 5 lessons
of review are built in
for student practice.
Lesson numbers
always appear on
the right side of the
screen for easy
navigation among
lessons.
Many of the
lessons include
movies and 3-D
animations to teach
students proper
keyboarding
techniques.
Each new key is
taught by the
professor and correct
hand placement is
reinforced.
Drill lines offer
practice of the new
keys taught in the
lesson.
A lock and flash
feature ensures that
the proper key is hit
throughout the
practice.
The Textbook
keying tab refers the
student to the
College Keyboarding
16E text to learn to
type from copy rather
than only from the
screen.
The program
identifies numbers of
errors and calculates
GWAM for the
student.
The Build skill
tab always shows
the proper technique
at the top of the
screen for student
reference.
GWAM is
calculated and a goal
is given to help
increase speed and
accuracy.
The Lesson
report tab provides a
summary of progress
throughout the
lesson.
The Numeric &
Skill module teaches
the top row number
and symbols on the
keyboard.
Users work
through the lessons
using the tabs at the
bottom of the screen,
just like the
alphabetic keying
lessons.
The Skill Builder
section provides
drills and timings for
those users who
need additional
practice or who finish
regular assignments
quickly.
The Skill Builder
section of the
software provides an
additional 20 lessons
of keying practice
that are not found in
the text.
The emphasis of
the timings can be
on speed or
accuracy depending
on the needs of the
user.
Through the Skill
Builder menu,
diagnostic writings
taken from the College
Keyboarding 16E text
can be accessed.
The Diagnostic
Writings allow for 1, 3,
or 5 minute timings and
one or two spaces after
a period for a variety of
additional textbook
keying options.
The Numeric
Keypad module
includes new key
learning, skill
building, and a
game.
The Numeric
Keypad is taught in
4 lessons.
An open screen is
available for users to
complete timings
provided by the
instructor.
Diagnostic
writings are included
for additional
practice.
Three interactive
games are included
to keep the user
interested and
provide additional
drill lines for practice.
These games
include two skillbuilding games for
the keyboard and
one for the numeric
keypad.
The Instructor
Utilities are
accessed when
using the site license
version of the
software.
The Edit Student
Preferences option
provides easy
access to student
passwords and class
information.
The Review
Student Progress
option provides
access to a variety of
student reports.
The most
comprehensive report,
the Lesson Report,
gives the instructor a
snapshot of the user’s
progress throughout a
lesson.
The report notes if the
backspace key was
enabled for that
particular lesson.
The user’s typed
copy and errors are
printed on the report for
the Textbook keying
and Build skill tabs in
the lesson.
The Summary
Report gives the
instructor a view of
the user’s progress
throughout all of the
lessons.
Checkmarks note
which section of the
software was
completed.
The Prepare a
Class Summary
Report option
provides a report that
summarizes results
by class to get a
comparison of
student progress in
relation to one
another.
The Class
Summary Report is
available for the
alphabetic, numeric,
skill-builder, and
keypad sections of
the software.
The Diagnostic
Writings option
allows the instructor
to create diagnostic
writings for users to
access through the
Build Skill section.
Keypad Timed
Writings can also be
created by the
instructor for
additional skillbuilding practice.
CheckPro is
CheckPro
is
assessment software
assessment
software
thatprovides
provides
that
immediate feedback
immediate
feedback
on keyboarding and
on keyboarding and
proofreading skills.
proofreading
The software skills.
checks
The
software
drills,
timings, checks
selected
drills,
timings,
documents,
and
selected
documents,
production
assessments
from
and
production
lessons 26-120from
of
assessments
College Keyboarding
Lessons
26-120 of
16E for speed and
College
Keyboarding
accuracy.
16E for speed and
accuracy.
From the Lesson
menu, you can
activity,
choose any activity
within that lesson.
Checkmarks identify
the activities that
have been
completed.
Skill-building
Skill-building
activities
activities within
within the
the
lesson
lesson include
include
feedback.
feedback.
A graphic of the
A graphic
of the
keyboard
is always
keyboard
is always
on the screen
so
on
thecan
screen
so the
users
review
users
can
position
ofreview
keys the
position
of keys away
without looking
without
from thelooking
screen.away
from the screen.
Timed writings
from the text are
scored for speed and
accuracy. Users are
provided with a
calculation of their
GWAM and number
of errors.
Keying
Keyingerrors
errorsare
are
identified
identifiedon
onthe
the
screen
screenand
andthe
the
printout
printoutwith
with
proofreader
proofreadermarks.
marks.
Documents
Documents from
from
the
the text
text are
are keyed
keyed
and
and checked
checked in
in Word
Word
for
for keyboarding
keyboarding
accuracy.
accuracy.
In the checked
document,
keyboarding errors
are identified with
proofreader’s marks.
The Document
Document
The
Analysis Report
Report
Analysis
shows the
the number
number of
of
shows
passes the
the user
user
passes
made to
to correct
correct the
the
made
errors in
in the
the
errors
document, time
time
document,
spent on
on the
the
spent
document,
document,
keyboarding rate,
rate,
keyboarding
types of
of errors,
errors, and
and
types
more.
more.
The Instructor
Utility offers a
variety of options for
instructor class
management.
The
The instructor
instructor
mayclass
choose
choose
to
to
The Instructor Utility offers a variety of options for instructor
management.
update
update the
the class
class
preferences
preferences
including
including accuracy
accuracy
rate,
rate, backspace
backspace use,
use,
and
and spacing
spacing after
after
punctuation.
punctuation.
The
The Prepare
Prepare
Student
Student Reports
Reports
option
option provides
provides
access
access to
to an
an
assortment
assortment of
of
student
student reports.
reports.
While
While in
in the
the
Prepare
Prepare Student
Student
Reports
Reports section,
section, the
the
instructor
instructor will
will select
select
a
a class
class and
and student.
student.
Select
Select the
the type
type of
of
report
report you
you would
would like
like
to see.
see.
The Lesson
Report displays time
on document, speed,
errors, and accuracy.
The results for 2
passes and 3 edits
for each exercise.
The
The Timed
Timed
Writing
Writing Summary
Summary is
is
organized
organized by
by length
length
and
and reports
reports the
the rate,
rate,
errors,
errors, and
and number
number
of
of backspaces.
backspaces.
Instructors can
view student reports
by
by document.
document.
In
In the
the checked
checked
document,
document, errors
errors are
are
identified
identified with
with
proofreader’s
proofreader’s marks.
marks.
The
The Prepare
Prepare
Class
Class Summary
Summary
Report
Reportsoption
optiongives
gives
aa snapshot
snapshot of
of
student
student progress
progress in
in
relation
relation to
to other
other
members
members of
of the
the
class.
class.
The
The instructor
instructor
may
may choose
choose to
to view
view
the
the class
class summary
summary
by
by document.
document.
This report
This report
provides
very
provides
very
detailed information
detailed
information
of the student’s
skill
of
the student’s
in producing
theskill
in
producing the
document.
document.
Distance Learning
is just one click away
with Keyboarding
Pro and CheckPro.
Manage your
keyboarding
classes from
anywhere at
anytime.
A complete
distance learning
solution is now
available.
Students click one
button to send their
student files to the
Instructor over the
Internet.
One button too time
consuming? Set the
program to handle
sending files
automatically.
Receive student
results over the
Internet with just a
couple mouse clicks.
It couldn’t be easier!
Student files are
placed in the correct
folders automatically.
No more drag and
drop or email
problems.
Monitor individual
student and class
progress from the
comfort of your
home.
View individual
student and class
reports from
anywhere using only
a web browser.
Manage distance
learning classes from
your home or
classroom computer.
Control class
preferences
including backspace
key settings, game
access, and more...
MicroPace is a
versatile timed
writing and skill
development
program that can be
used in any
keyboarding class.
Once users know
the alphabetic keys,
MicroPace helps
increase speed and
accuracy through
timed writings,
paced writings, and
prescriptive drills.
The Timed
Writing, Paced
Writing, and Drill
Practice routines in
MicroPace can be
used briefly each day
to measure straight
copy speed and
accuracy. They can
be used several
times per week for
longer skill-building
sessions.
In Timed Writing
routines, users key
timed writings from the
College Keyboarding
16E text. Errors are
shown by using
proofreader’s marks and
highlights.
The total number of
errors and rate are
displayed in the top right
corner to give users
feedback on their
progress.
The Paced
Writing routines help
students work towards
improving their speed
by 6 GWAM for each
set of paragraph
timings. In the paced
writing routines,
quarter-minute goals
are marked by
underlines to keep
students at an even
pace.
Error diagnostics
within the program
identify the most
frequent error made
by the user in the
timed writings routine
and provide drill lines
to practice. A red dot
on the tab identifies
the most frequent
error made by that
user.
A word processor,
complete with a
timer, is available for
additional practice
and to create
instructor timed
writings.
The timer options
can be changed to fit
the needs of the
class.
The game keeps
the user interested in
the software and
provides opportunity
for additional drill line
practice.
The Student
Performance
Record displays the
results of the three
best timings.
The results of the
20 most recent timed
writings are included
to provide
information on user
progress throughout
the writing.
In the Instructor
Utility, you can
customize the length
of timings, turn the
backspace key off or
on, and allow two
spaces after a period
based on
preferences.
In the Instructor
Utility, grades can
be automatically
assigned based on
keying rates
determined by the
instructor.
The College
Keyboarding 16E
series uses proven
learning techniques
and skill-building
applications to
guide users from
the basics and new
key learning to
mastery in
advanced
formatting using the
functions of Word
2003.
College Keyboarding
16E and software
have been approved
by the Microsoft
Office Specialist
Program. When
students complete
this courseware, they
leave prepared to
take the Microsoft
Office certification
exams at the Core &
Expert skill levels.
Correct keyboarding
techniques are
emphasized throughout
for user reference.
Keyboarding Pro
software provides
numerous opportunities
for keying practice from
the text to increase
speed and accuracy.
Keyboards illustrate
correct fingering so
users learn proper
techniques from the
start.
Extra skill-building
lessons built into the
text can be completed
using the Keyboarding
Pro Open Screen.
Competent language
arts skills are essential
for success in the
workplace. Proofreading,
capitalization,
composition and other
language arts skills are
reinforced. Skill-builder
lessons throughout the
text provide additional
practice.
The College
Keyboarding 16E series
teaches document
formatting using the
functions of Microsoft Word
2003. Word processing
commands are taught in
the first lesson or two of
each module and applied
with simple drills. The
remaining lessons provide
extensive opportunities to
apply the commands and
reinforce new learning
while extending
keyboarding skills.
New formats are
explained and
illustrated with
callouts for proper
placement and user
reference.
Model documents
make it easy for
users to create their
own documents in
the proper formats.
Drills that can be
completed using the
CheckPro software
reinforce new
functions.
Document processing
is the focus of Lessons 61120. The modules move
from easy to complex
formats and functions:
Modules such as
Computerized Forms and
Collaborative and
Meeting Documents
emphasize today’s
priorities and work styles.
Additional skill-building and
communication activities
are included for review.
A Software Training
Manual is available on the
Web for those who need
more instruction.
A Style Guide at
the end of the text
provides easy
access to model
documents and
communication skills.
This reference guide
section provides
users with a
convenient place for
review of document
formats.