Online Class: Typing and Keyboarding 101

Elevate your typing proficiency from foundational skills to advanced speed and accuracy through structured lessons and rigorous practice drills, preparing you for the demands of the modern business environment. Learn precise structuring and etiquette for various business documents to enhance your professional communication.
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    Lessons
  • 44
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 21,018
    Students
    have taken this course
  • 20
    Hours
    average time
  • 2.0
    CEUs
 
 
 

Course Description

Typing and Keyboarding for the Modern Business Professional

In today's digital age, rapid typing isn't just a skill, but a fundamental tool in our daily professional lives. From constructing crucial business reports, crafting compelling sales letters, updating blogs, to responding to emails - typing has become the cornerstone of our day-to-day tasks. The faster and more accurately you type, the more efficient you become, leading to enhanced productivity and opportunity.

Introducing: Typing and Keyboarding for Business Professionals

This comprehensive course is designed for both beginners looking to set their foundational skills and for pros who want to enhance their typing prowess. What sets this course apart:

  1. Reinforced Learning: Each lesson concludes with a quiz to consolidate your grasp on the crucial touchpoints of that lesson. It ensures you've mastered the present content before progressing.

  2. Mastery through Practice: Speed is futile without precision. Our unique drills are designed to boost not just your speed but also your accuracy.

  3. Business-Ready Formats: Dive deep into the correct structure and etiquette for common business documents. This ensures your professionalism isn't just in the content but also its presentation.

  4. Benchmark Your Progress: Regular tests will provide insight into your improvement in both speed (wpm) and accuracy.

  5. Extended Learning: We understand the importance of continual learning. Hence, we offer curated links to reputable websites with typing games and tests for extended practice.

Course Outline:

  • Lesson 1: Home Row Keys - Your foundation starts here. Master the central keys that act as your typing anchor.

  • Lesson 2: Top-Row Keys - Explore the top row, understanding finger placements and movements.

  • Lesson 3: Bottom-Row Keys - The low line of keys holds importance, especially with the frequency of their usage in business terms.

  • Lesson 4: Numbers and Symbols - Numbers drive businesses. Grasp the keys that help you crunch those numbers in reports.

  • Lesson 5: Shift Keys - Understanding the duality of keys using the Shift function.

  • Lesson 6: Enter and Backspace - More than just movement, these keys help in formatting your documents perfectly.

  • Lesson 7: Tab and Caps Lock - Dive into the nuances of creating well-formatted, clean documents.

  • Lesson 8: Shortcut Keys - Time-saving keystrokes that every professional should have up their sleeve.

  • Lesson 9: Mastering the Keys - A consolidation lesson. We pull everything together to ensure no key is left unturned.

  • Lesson 10: Skill Drills - Practice makes perfect. Enhance your speed and accuracy with intensive drills.

  • Lesson 11: Sentence Repetition - Focus on common business phrases, ensuring you type them with fluidity.

  • Lesson 12: Paragraph Practice - Move from isolated sentences to full paragraphs, increasing complexity and scope.

  • Lesson 13: Speed Boosters - Techniques and drills specifically crafted to elevate your typing speed.

  • Lesson 14: Timed Tests - Challenge yourself! How do you fare under the clock?

  • Lesson 15: Business Letters - Dive into the formal world of business correspondence.

  • Lesson 16: Memos - The backbone of inter-office communication. Learn its structure and importance.

  • Lesson 17: Personal Business Notes - Because not every business message is a formal letter. Master the art of short, effective communication.

  • Lesson 18: Email Mastery - In the modern world, emails are king. Learn not just to type, but also the etiquette that goes with it.

  • Lesson 19: Resumes - Your first step to a dream job is crafting a perfect resume. Learn its structure and content.

  • Lesson 20: Application Letters - A companion to your resume, the application letter can often be the deciding factor in job applications.

The Digital Transformation in Business

As businesses undergo a digital transformation, the reliance on typed communication mediums is only set to increase. This course will not only enhance your typing skills but will also impart the understanding of when, how, and in what format to communicate. It's more than just a typing course; it's a communication masterclass for the modern business professional.

Join us and take your professional communication skills to new heights. Every keystroke is a step towards a brighter professional future.

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Course Lessons

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  • Lesson 1. Cultivating Keyboard Proficiency through Home Row Practice

    Efficient typing begins at the home-row, your fingers' starting point, from which they stretch to reach other keys. Through repetitive practice drills, enhance your touch-typing skills, always resetting to the home-row.

  • Lesson 2. Quick Guide: Mastery of Top-Row Finger Techniques

    Typing accuracy is developed in this lesson by memorizing which top-row keys are struck by which fingers, maintaining hand positions, and practicing mixed key patterns repeatedly. Building muscle memory is emphasized to facilitate typing without visual aids.

  • Lesson 3. Reach and Return: Bottom-Row Techniques

    Developing proficiency in bottom-row keys requires memorizing the finger-to-key assignments and practicing sequences to build muscle memory. Ensure to always return your fingers to the home row to prevent slowing down your progress.

  • Lesson 4. Unlocking the Fourth Row: Techniques for Typing Rows of Numbers and Symbols Efficiently

    Fourth-row typing hinges on correct finger placement and the habit of promptly returning to the home keys after each strike. Cultivating this rhythm through daily practice enhances both typing speed and accuracy over time.

  • Lesson 5. Shift Key Practice for Enhanced Rhythm and Speed

    Mastering the shift keys involves using your pinky fingers to alternate between keys, thus ensuring efficient use of both hands when typing capital letters and symbols. Practicing this skill regularly will lead to improved typing speed and rhythm, making you a more proficient typist.

  • Lesson 6. Keys of Precision: Mastering Enter and Backspace

    The lesson focuses on mastering the use of the backspace and enter keys to improve typing fluidity. Through structured practice exercises, learners are encouraged to become proficient without disrupting their typing flow.

  • Lesson 7. Tab and Caps Mastery: Efficient Typing Techniques

    Explore the practical applications of the Tab key for formatting and moving through fields, alongside using the Caps Lock for typing capitalized blocks of text. Progressive exercises target competence in using these keys across various keyboard rows.

  • Lesson 8. Mastering Keyboard Efficiency: Unleashing the Power of Shortcut Keys

    Insert key lets you toggle between insert and overtype modes, while Delete key removes text to the right of the cursor, helping streamline text editing. Home and End keys return the cursor to the beginning or end of lines or documents, aiding efficient navigation.

  • Lesson 9. Keyboard Patterns Practice

    The lesson provides structured exercises for each key on the keyboard, promoting hands-on practice to reinforce memorization and prevent the habit of looking down while typing. It is essential for learners to revisit additional practice sections for optimal typing fluency.

  • Lesson 10. Mastering Keyboard Confidence: Unlocking Ambidextrous Typing Skills

    Enhance typing proficiency through hand coordination drills by typing lines repeatedly without glancing at the keyboard. Correct errors by practicing lines at different speeds until accurate typing is accomplished.

  • Lesson 11. Typing Mastery: Focus on Speed and Accuracy

    To boost typing proficiency, engage in repetitive sentence typing without looking at your hands, aiming to lift speed and maintain accuracy. Focus on correcting mistakes and challenge yourself by attempting faster typing once error-free.

  • Lesson 12. Flow, Speed, Accuracy: The Benefits of Paragraph Typing Practice

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  • Lesson 13. Mastering Typing Velocity: The Art of Repeated Sentences

    Repeating easy sentences is key to boosting typing speed, and by practicing consistently, you'll see significant progress by the end of the lesson. Take a speed test before and after to measure improvement, and practice words with errors until they are second nature.

  • Lesson 14. Typing Speed Tests

    Practicing typing using timed tests involves specific goals, such as achieving certain words-per-minute with minimal errors, preparing individuals for more advanced tasks. Evaluation is done with scales counting every 5 characters as a word, allowing precise measurement of typing efficiency.

  • Lesson 15. Crafting Effective Business Correspondence: A Reader-Centric Approach

    The formal layout of a business letter includes components such as heading, date, and inside address, which organize information in a clear and predictable order. Each section serves a distinct purpose, guiding the reader through the message smoothly.

  • Lesson 16. Communicating Effectively Through Memos

    Understanding and effectively using the correct tone and formatting in memos are essential skills for clear internal communication, whether confirming ideas, sharing news, or documenting agreements. By using short paragraphs and lists, writers can present information in an engaging and easily digestible format in these crucial documents.

  • Lesson 17. Concise Communication: Brief Business Notes

    A well-crafted personal business note can make a lasting impression by being direct yet cordial, which can be a powerful tool for nurturing business connections. Remember to keep it short, relevant, and free of errors to effectively convey your message.

  • Lesson 18. Crafting Professional Business Emails with Care

    Craft business emails with professionalism by using meaningful subject lines, proper greetings, and clear, concise messages; always remember to write as if you're presenting on company letterhead. Proofreading before sending ensures that your communication reflects well on both you and your organization.

  • Lesson 19. Resume Essentials: Crafting Your Career Identity

    Crafting a resume involves strategic organization of work experience, education, and skills into an appealing narrative that attracts the attention of employers. Ensuring error-free content and tailored highlights aids in creating a strong professional impression, making the resume stand out.

  • Lesson 20. Mastering the Art of Crafting an Impactful Application Letter

    Tailor the application letter by including specific details relevant to the position, and always ask for an interview while providing contact information.
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Define the correct finger positioning for striking each home-row key on a QWERTY keyboard.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in typing specific sequences of characters on the home row with consistent accuracy.
  • Demonstrate the ability to accurately strike all top-row keys while maintaining correct finger placement and returning to the home row after each key press.
  • Identify and match each top-row key with its corresponding striking finger through consistent practice and recall exercises.
  • Demonstrate accurate finger placement on the bottom row keys by typing given sequences without looking at the keyboard
  • Identify and recall which finger corresponds to each key in the bottom row, ensuring correct keypress with minimal error rate
  • Demonstrate correct finger positioning and key striking technique for fourth-row number and symbol keys by accurately typing guided sequences without errors.
  • Identify and apply the specific finger-to-key assignments for the left and right hand for fourth-row keys by completing practice exercises five times without looking at the keyboard.
  • Demonstrate proper use of both shift keys to efficiently type capital letters and symbols using the appropriate pinkie finger
  • Identify home, top, bottom, and fourth rows on the keyboard to improve accuracy in shift key exercises
  • Demonstrate the correct use of the backspace and enter keys to efficiently edit and format text during typing exercises.
  • Use the right fourth finger accurately to reach and strike the backspace and enter keys without interrupting typing flow.#
  • Demonstrate the ability to use the tab key to indent text and navigate form fields efficiently.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

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Course Title: Typing and Keyboarding 101
Course Number: 7550009
Lessons Rating: 4.3 / 5 Stars (9,353 votes)
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: This course is offered online and is accessible in every state across the U.S., including California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. Learners in English-speaking countries like Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa can also enroll.
Last Updated: May 2024
CEU Value: 2.0 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Classes
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams
Instructor: Linda Zavadil
Syllabus: View Syllabus
Course Fee: $120.00 U.S. dollars

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Student Testimonials

  • "It was very helpful. It made you practice everything and read questions properly and answer what I was asked. I found the email, note, resume and application letter very useful." -- Eileen D.
  • "I really enjoyed this typing course! It was easy to follow and understand and I got to do it at my own pace. It helped me improve on my typing skills immensely and I would highly recommend it to my peers if they would like to do the same." -- Lori L.
  • "The course was very helpful in becoming more proficient in typing...Overall, this course has been a tremendous help to me." -- Alysia B.
  • "I found both the keyboarding skill lessons and the document lessons very well presented and helpful. Thanks!" -- Nancy A.
  • "I took this course to strengthen my typing skills and am very glad I took it. This course has helped me become a better typist." -- Bethany L.
  • "I really appreciated all aspects of this course. The typing practice work was huge for me but the last 4 assignments in business and professionalism was extremely useful as well." -- Lydia J.
  • "This course was very knowledgeable and informative. I learned content that I didn't know about and structure of papers that I didn't know you needed to include in stuff." -- Amjad J.
  • "This course was incredibly helpful and I am so grateful that I took it. I have been typing for a very long time; however, I realize that I am always a student, even to a craft that I have nearly mastered. From beginning to end, I learned something new (and improved) with each lesson. Thank you." -- Ashley J.
  • "This course was very helpful in refreshing my keyboarding skills." -- Michael W.
  • "This course was very, very helpful. My skills greatly improved!" -- Cora B.
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