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At the end of this course, students will be able to: • Use the keyboard with correct posture, and identify the home keys and their importance in touch-typing. • Touch-type the letter keys with increasing speed and accuracy. • Touch-type capital letters, special characters, and standard punctuation. • Develop increasing speed and accuracy, and calculate words per minute typing speed Course Description This course is designed for students who want to learn how to touch-type to increase their speed and efficiency on the keyboard. Unit 1: Introduction to Keyboarding Topic A: Getting started Topic B: The keyboard Unit 2: The five key phrases Topic A: The first key phrase Topic B: The second key phrase Topic C: The third key phrase Topic D: The fourth key phrase Topic E: The fifth key phrase Unit 3: Words and sentences Topic A: The first two fingers Topic B: The first, third, and fourth fingers Topic C: The third and fourth fingers of the left hand Topic D: Sentences Unit 4: Capitalization, punctuation, and numbers Topic A: Capitalization Topic B: The number row Topic C: Punctuation Unit 5: The numeric keypad Topic A: Playing with numbers Unit 6: Speed and accuracy Topic A: Improving speed and accuracy Topic B: Speed drills |