SYLLABUS
ADVANCED TEXT ENTRY AND FORMATTING—OST 135–OL1
Spring Semester 2007
INSTRUCTOR: Chad
McKenzie OFFICE:
ITC Bldg., Room 110
Information
Technology OFFICE HOURS: MTWF 10-11; W 1-2
Bladen
Community College VOICE MAIL: 910.879.5640
http://www.bladencc.edu EMAIL:
cmckenzie@bladencc.edu
CREDIT: Four
(4) Semester Credit Hours / Five (5) Contact Hours
PREREQUISITE: OST 134
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to incorporate computer application
skills in the generation of office documents.
Emphasis is placed on the production of letters, manuscripts, business
forms, tabulation, legal documents and newsletters. Upon completion, students should be able to
make independent decisions regarding planning, style, and method of
presentation.
TEXT: Ober, et al., Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing for Windows,
10th Edition, Glencoe
McGraw-Hill, 2001.
MS Word 2002 Manual
USB Flash Drive
SOFTWARE: Microsoft
Word 2002 or Office XP
Gregg College Keyboarding and
Document Processing for Windows (GD9)
Distance Learning CD, 10th
Edition
Typing Test TQ (freeware)
http://www.touch-typing-tutor.com/TypingTestTQ-FreeTypingTest.htm
EQUIPMENT: Computer
and Printer
COURSE
COMPETENCIES:
At the end of this course, the
student will be able to successfully complete the following skills:
A. Keyboarding
¨ To key a minimum of 45
wpm for five minutes with no more than three errors on straight copy.
B. Language Art
¨
To
refine proofreading skills and correctly use proofreaders' marks.
¨
To
correctly capitalize, punctuate, and spell.
¨
To
recognize subject/verb and pronoun agreement and refine composing skills.
C. Word Processing
¨
To
use the word processing commands (MS Word) necessary to complete the document
processing activities.
D. Document Processing
¨
To
format reports, multi page letters and memos, formal reports, international
business documents, medical and legal office documents.
¨
To
design office forms office publications, and web pages.
Students with special needs related to a diagnosed
disability should contact Tommy Rains (910.879.5570; trains@bladencc.edu) in student services for assistance.
TIME SCHEDULE
OF PROCEDURES
WEEK UNIT LESSONS ACTIVITES
1 13 61‑65 Syllabus/Orientation/Icebreaker
Skillbuilding and Review
2 14 66‑70 Itineraries, agendas, and minutes of
meetings, procedures manual,
3 15 71-75 Multi page letters, special letter features, multi page
memos with tables, memo reports
4 16 76-80 Tables with footnotes, braced column headings formatted
sideways, multi page tables, pre-designed tables
5 Part 4 Test(s)
6 17 81-85 Formal Report Project
7 18 86-90 International Formatting (Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Japan)
8 19 91-95 Medical Office Applications
10 Part
5 Test(s)
11 21 101-105 Using templates and designing office forms (Letterhead,
Memo,
Notepads,
and miscellaneous forms)
12 22 106-110 Designing office publications (Cover Pages,
Announcements,
Flyers, Newsletters)
13 23 111-115 Creating, saving, and viewing web pages, creating frames,
creating
hyperlinks
14 24 116-120 In-basket review (Hospitality, retail, government,
manufacturing)
15 Part 6 Test(s); Timed Writings
16 Final Test
**Unless otherwise noted all assignments should be
completed by 11:00 a.m. on the due date.
Discussion Board post and 2 responses are also due each of the 16 weeks.
Beginning
Make sure you go the
Blackboard site for this course and navigate through the site learning where
everything is. Be sure to check out the Syllabus, Assignment, and Discussion
Board sections.
Complete the assignment for
Week 1 including the Discussion Board. Do not wait until the last minute.
Weekly
Procedure
If you have any problems,
please let the instructor know promptly. Work all exercises within each lesson.
Do not delete them until the end of the semester or unless I tell you it is ok
to.
Each of the 16 weeks has a
Discussion Board that you are to respond to.
You are to post to the Discussion Board and to respond to two other
students’ posts in a meaningful way. You are to correct any mistakes in your
posts and read everyone else’s posts and responses (noncompliance will result
in a loss of 1 of the ten total points for participation per occurrence). Make
sure you check the Announcements and the Discussion Board on a regular basis,
in case any changes are made to the Assignments.
Note: Late
assignments/Discussion Board posts and responses will not be accepted and will
result in a grade of 0 for that assignment (all for the week are due the same
date). All assignments are due by 11:00 a.m. on the
date given. You may turn in your lessons early but not late.
COURSE
EVALUATION:
ACTIVITY PERCENTAGES of Total Grade
Assignments............................................................... 40%
Tests .......................................................................... 20%
Participation .............................................................. 10%
Worth 10 total points. You lose these points
by not making a main post and 2 responses and making
corrections to them for the appropriate
week.
Timed Writings (4)..................................................... 20%
(See Timed Writing Scale)
Final........................................................................... 10%
TOTAL POINTS........................................................ 100%
Note: Pop Tests and Quizzes will be averaged into the
appropriate category. You are expected to keep up with the assignments and turn
them in on time. Late work is worth 0 POINTS. No make-ups will be given. Sometimes
situations arise and these will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Do not wait
until after the fact, let the instructor know ASAP.
GRADE
SCALE:
90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
60-69 = D
Below 60 = F
COURSE
MANAGEMENT:
1.
Administrative
Withdrawal: Class attendance of
100 percent is expected. If absences
exceed 20 percent (16 hours or 3 consecutive weeks), the student will be
dropped from the class with a letter grade of F. IF you do not make contact by
responding in the Discussion Board by January 17, you will be withdrawn from
the course. If absent from class for two consecutive
weeks, the student will be dropped from the course with a grade of “W” or “WF”
depending on the official withdrawal date.
2. Student
Initiated Withdrawal: A student
may initiate withdrawal before
midterm with a grade of W. After midterm, the student will
receive a grade of WF unless there
is proof of an extenuating circumstance approved by the instructor and Vice‑President
of Student Services.
3. Students are required to complete all
assignments. A written excuse accepted
by the instructor is required for a make-up test. Each student is expected to do his/her
own work. Cheating will result in Dismissal and an F in the class.
ADVANCED TEXT ENTRY AND FORMATTING (OST 135)
POINTS SCALE FOR TIMED-WRITINGS
The following points
will be used to determine timed-writing points.
The points below are based on 5‑minute timed writings. Two of your best five-minute timed writings
must be submitted by deadline date set.
NOTE:
The student will receive speed points and accuracy points on each timed
writing. The two points will be
averaged together to receive final timed-writing points
Speed Speed Points Error
Limit Accuracy Points
60 100 0 100
59 98 1 90
58 96 2 80
57 94 3 70
56 92 4 60
55 90 5 50
54 88 6
or more 0
53 86
52 84
51 82
50 80
49 78
48 76
47 74
46 72
45 70
44 68
43 66
42 64
41 62
40 60
39 58
38 56
37 54
36 52
35 50
GRADING CHECKLIST FOR PRODUCTION WORK AND/OR TESTS
Points will be deducted
for each item listed below that is keyed incorrectly.
1. Horizontal placement of each line.
2. Vertical placement of each line.
3. Omission of line or word.
4. Transposition of line or word.
5. Misspelled word.
6. Word division.
7. Incorrect punctuation.
8. Incorrect word processing command.
9.
Failure
to follow instructions.
Usage Policy for Computer
Classroom Labs
Access
·
Computer
labs will only be accessible when an instructor or lab facilitator has been
assigned to supervise the lab. At all
other times the labs will be locked.
·
Only
students currently enrolled in a computer course may use the instructional
computer labs to work on current projects assigned in an appropriate class.
·
Any
student wishing to use one of the computer labs outside of the normally
scheduled class time period needs to have permission from an instructor.
Printing
·
No
printing is permitted without the specific consent of an instructor.
Common
Courtesy
·
Students
should clean up the work area around them and return chairs to proper positions
when they leave the lab.
·
Conversations
during lab hours should be kept to a minimum to assure a quiet working
environment for all students using the facility.
·
No
food or drinks are allowed in the computer labs.
Equipment
·
Students
should inform the instructor of any software or hardware problems. In no instance should a student attempt to
repair or reset computers or printers, remove paper jams, or install software
of any kind without the permission of the instructor.
·
Students
should not leave saved files on any hard drive when they leave the lab. Student files should be transferred to either
a floppy disk or a CD.
THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO CHANGE ANY PORTION OF THIS SYLLABUS AT ANY TIME.
