Typing Pal--The Best Online Typing Course

Typing Pal--The Best Online Typing Course

Full Description

Typing Pal 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, Typing Pal 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, Typing Pal 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

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: A) Master keyboard typing. B) Improve their typing precision. C) Improve their speed. D) Become more efficient with E-MAIL and CHAT lines, Professional Work.

Assessment:

Typing Pal offers a fully-customized learning scenario. After each lesson section students will have the opportunity to take a review test.

Course Information (see above or below lessons, outlines, activities, etc.) The following outline suggests a fast-track 5 day approach. This is a self-directed activity so you can take more time if needed to get up to speed. In fact, you can use this program for 1 year from the day of enrollment. This web-based program is set up to be user friendly and allow you to learn as you go.

Day 1: Students may start by the first series of lessons.

Day 2: Students continue with the other lessons and start taking a few exercises.

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.

Day 4: Students continue their learning through various lessons and customized improvement exercises.

Day 5: While learning Typing Pal, 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 on Typing Pal, regularity is essential. On day 5, students should establish a working routine and keep practicing.

Contact Hours: 20