BA 110 Computer Keyboard

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For the downloadable version of the syllabus please click on the link below:

BA 110A Keyboarding - Syllabus.pdf

Meet your Instructor: Tim Skaggs is currently the Offensive Line Coach at Santa Ana College. He has been coaching football at Santa Ana College for the past 3 years.

In addition to coaching and teaching at Santa Ana College, Tim Skaggs trains athletes for Cams Real Speed (CRS) Lineman Academy.

He holds a BA in Education and a MS in Sports and Athletic Administration.

Course Description

This course is the first step in learning proper keyboarding techniques with accuracy using correct hand and finger positioning. Students will follow step-by-step instructions for all alphabet, numbers, punctuation, enter/return, and shift keys. Typing correctly without errors will provide the skills necessary to develop speed with accuracy.

Required Materials

 No Textbook: There is no book needed for this class!
 Internet to access FREE keyboarding web site with lessons, games, and tests.
 www.typing.com Username: sac + “ID Number” Password: password

Course Expectations

This is a college level course. Many students expect that an online or hybrid course will be easier or entail less time. This is not true. This hybrid class will take just as much time as a traditional classroom course. College credits are based on the Carnegie Unit, the structure of the US Education system, for a system of “unit”. One semester unit represents one lecture hour of required classroom time and two hours of student preparation time. Thus, a 3-unit course requires 3 lecture hours and 6 hours of student preparation for approx. 9 hours total per week.

Student Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate proficiency in basic keyboarding skills with accuracy and a minimum speed of 25 words per minute (3 minutes / 3 errors) with correct techniques
• Use keyboarding applications typically used in a business workplace
• Demonstrate mastery of the alphabetic keyboard with spacing and punctuation using proper techniques