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OADM 1460: Speed and Accuracy Development

EFFECTIVE DATE DEPARTMENT SCHOOL

September 2017 Legal Administrative Assistant Hospitality, Food Studies and


Applied Business

DESCRIPTION

This course helps students develop keyboarding speed and accuracy, using selected timed writings and drills. This
course is part of the full-time Legal Administrative Assistant Program.

CREDITS YEAR OF STUDY

1.0 1st Year Post-secondary

PREREQUISITES

None

COREQUISITES

None

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate a minimum keyboarding speed of 60
gross words per minute, with a maximum of 5 errors each, on four 5-minute timings.

PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT & RECOGNITION (PLAR)

None

HOURS

Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 0


Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 25
Total Hours: 25

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Students work at their own pace to improve their keyboarding speed and accuracy, completing assigned drills and
tests under the general supervision of an instructor.

GRADING SYSTEM PASSING GRADE

Letter Grade (A-F) C+

EVALUATION PLAN

Type Percentage Assessment activity

Other 30 Five-minute timings

Other 25 Honour rolls

Other 20 Skill development paragraphs

Other 25 Speed and accuracy studies

COURSE TOPICS

Accuracy and speed studies


Skill development paragraphs (one-minute timings)
Five-minute timed writings
Accuracy honour roll
Speed honour roll
Notes:

Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on
the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/ .
To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.

Broadway campus Downtown campus


604.871.7000
1155 East Broadway 250 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V5T 4V5
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V6B 1S9
vcc.ca
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