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About the Courseware
Copyright 2026 | Author: Audrey Roggenkamp
Keyboarding: Sessions 1-33 provides instruction in the basic keyboarding skills needed to key alphabetic, numeric, and symbol characters on a standard keyboard. The courseware also teaches the skills needed to use a 10- key numeric keypad. Through the new Keyboarding Online Lab, students will navigate key-reach videos, drills, and timings included in each session. No prior experience in keyboarding (or typing) is required to use this courseware.
The emphasis of this courseware is to develop a student's keyboarding speed and accuracy as well as the ability to think and key simultaneously. After successfully completing a course that uses this courseware, students will be able to:
- Key straight-copy alphanumeric material using correct touch techniques at an average rate of 40 words per minute (WPM) with a maximum of one error per minute.
- Key numeric copy using correct touch techniques on the 10-key numeric keypad at a rate of 25 WPM with no errors.
- Compose coherent content at the keyboard at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels.
Unit 1 Alphabetic Keys
Session 1 Home Row, Spacebar, Enter
Session 2 Right Shift, H, E
Session 3 Period, T, Comma, Caps Lock
Session 4 N, Left Shift, Colon
Session 5 I, G, Tab
Session 6 Skills Reinforcement and Proficiency Exercises: Sessions 1–5, Error Correction
Session 7 P, R, Question Mark
Session 8 M, O
Session 9 U, B, W
Session 10 Skills Reinforcement and Proficiency Exercises: Sessions 1–9
Session 11 V, Z, C
Session 12 Y, X, Q
Session 13 Skills Reinforcement and Proficiency Exercises: Sessions 1–12
Unit 2 Number Row Keys
Session 14 1, 2, 3
Session 15 4, 5, 6
Session 16 7, 8, 9, 0, Comma, Decimal Point
Session 17 Number Patterns and Number Style Guidelines
Unit 3 Punctuation and Symbol Keys
Session 18 Hyphen, Underscore
Session 19 Apostrophe, Quotation Mark
Session 20 Exclamation Point, Pound Sign, Dollar Sign, Ampersand
Session 21 Percent Sign, Asterisk, Parentheses, Brackets
Session 22 At, Equals, and Plus Signs
Session 23 Circumflex Accent, Less Than, Greater Than, Diagonal, Backslash
Unit 4 Numeric Keypad Keys
Session 24 4, 5, 6, 0, Enter, Num Lock
Session 25 7, 8, 9, Decimal Point
Session 26 1, 2, 3
Session 27 Skills Reinforcement and Proficiency Exercises: Sessions 1–26
Unit 5 Thinking and Composing at the Keyboard
Session 28 Composing Words at the Keyboard
Session 29 Composing Phrases and Sentences at the Keyboard
Session 30 Composing Sentences and Paragraphs at the Keyboard
Unit 6 Alphabet Reinforcement
Session 31 Skillbuilding: Letters A–I
Session 32 Skillbuilding: Letters J-R
Session 33 Skillbuilding: Letters S-Z
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Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts in Document Formatting
Appendix B Proofreading Marks
Index
NEW Keyboarding Online Lab
Through targeted studies and expert collaboration, we've built a new Keyboarding Online Lab that is easy to navigate, clean, and responsive.
Students will quickly master keyboarding skills and easily navigate lessons instead of being stuck in load times.
Instructor Resources
Our Keyboarding solution comes with robust resources for the program facilitator. Easily assign grades and track student progress through the gradebook and extensive reports provided.
Additional resources include:
- sample syllabus
- presentations with lecture notes
- session instructional support
- grading rubrics
- and more!
Unlimited Support
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