OST 130 Comprehensive Keyboarding

Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course is designed to develop keyboarding skills and introductory document formatting. Emphasis is placed on keyboarding techniques and formatting basic business documents. Upon completion, students should be able to create documents in an ever-changing workplace.

Course is typically offered in Spring.
Course has transfer restrictions - 5 years

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Practice typing by including touch, including the alphabet, numbers, and symbols.
Demonstrate proper key stroking technique.
Apply correct spacing with punctuation.
Key at a given scale, a specific number of words per minute on a 3-minute timed writing.
Apply basic formatting techniques for various types of business correspondence using MS Word.