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Course Name
The Best Online Typing Course

Contact Hours: 24
Course Description
This typing program is an indispensable tool for improving your productivity on a computer keyboard! It offers a fully customized learning scenario that suits beginners as well as those with more keyboard experience. For those who want to keep track of their progress, The program offers to evaluate user-performance with simple and detailed statistics. The software applies these statistics to come up with specially designed exercises that will help users improve on their weak points. For a learning method that is both effective and fun, the program offers:
  • 60 exercises and many customized improvement exercises;
  • 65 practice paragraphs
  • Fun animations
  • Advice on ergonomics.
System requirements:
  • You must be connected to Internet while taking this course.
  • Windows
  • Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher or
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher
  • Flash plug-in from Macromedia (to view Web site animation)
  • Java enabled
Macintosh
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher
  • Flash plug-in from Macromedia (to view Web site animation)
  • Java enabled
NOTE: This course description, outline and method are subject to change. This will not affect the outcomes which will help the student achieve favorable success in their course of study. 
Outcome
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Master keyboard typing.
  • Improve their typing precision.
  • Improve their speed.
  • Become more efficient with E-MAIL and CHAT lines, Professional Work.
Assessment
A fully-customized learning scenario. After each lesson section students will have the opportunity to take a review test.
Outline
This is a self-directed activity so you can take more time if needed to get up to speed. This web-based program is set up to be user friendly and allow you to learn as you go.

  1. Day 1: Students may start by the first series of lessons.
  2. Day 2: Students continue with the other lessons and start taking a few exercises.
  3. Day 3: Students may decide to establish certain speed goals and work on those objectives. It is important to take lessons each day. Students may start taking practice paragraphs.
  4. Day 4: Students continue their learning through various lessons and customized improvement exercises.
  5. Day 5: While learning to type it is most important to repeat the exercises regularly and not for too long at a time. In order to obtain the greatest profit from the time allowed to work regularity is essential. On day 5, students should establish a working routine and keep practicing.