2024-2025 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Pierce College Catalog
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BTECA 100 Business Keyboarding: Key the Alphabet by Touch (1 credit)



Course Description
Students use a computer keyboarding program to learn to keyboard by touch with correct fingering using proper ergonomic position at a computer workstation.

Course Content
A. Alphabetic and Service Keys
B. Speed and Accuracy Focus
C. Type by Touch with Correct Fingering
D. Correct Ergonomic Position

Student Outcomes
1. Type alphabetic text at a minimum rate of 15 wpm for 2 minutes with no more than 4 errors.

2. Demonstrate typing by touch with correct fingering position on the alphabetic and service keys.

3. Demonstrate proper ergonomic position at a workstation.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situatoins, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.

Lecture Contact Hours 10
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10

Potential Methods
A. Discussion, in class or online
B. Instructor assessment
C. Objective test
D. Peer assessment
E. Computerized test
F. Self assessment
G. Individual project
H. Completed documents



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