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OFTD (Office Technology) - Course Outcomes


OFTD-1120 - Microcomputer Keyboarding
  • Demonstrate keyboarding skills acceptable for business use
  • Demonstrate the proper reach techniques for all alphabetic and number/symbol keys using the touch method
  • Demonstrate proper use of space bar, return keys, tab key and other significant keys associated with keyboard
  • Demonstrate proper keyboarding technique while applying keyboarding skills
  • Keyboard straight copy for 5 minutes with a minimum proficiency rate of 15 net words a minute with 5 errors or less
OFTD-1130 - Editing Skills for Office Communications I
  • Develop editing and proofreading skills
  • Detect and correct errors in abbreviations, capitalization, and number expressions
  • Detect and correct errors in plurals, possessives, and word usage
  • Recognize errors and use appropriate revision symbols to correct errors
OFTD-1140 - Office Technology and Procedures I
  • Understand their role in the structure of business organizations
  • Develop human relation skills to enable them to function effectively as an office team member
  • Manage time and work efficiently
  • Understand the impact of integrated office technology in the office environment
  • Schedule appointments and set up meetings
  • Make travel arrangements
  • Process and distribute the 'product'--information
OFTD-1160 - Basic Keyboarding Mastery
  • Demonstrate keyboarding skills acceptable for personal use
  • Demonstrate the proper reach techniques for all alphabetic and number/symbol keys using the touch method
  • Demonstrate proper use of space bar, return keys, tab key and other significant keys associated with keyboard
  • Demonstrate proper keyboarding technique while applying keyboarding skills
  • Produce 1-, 2-, and 3-minute timed writing with a limited number of errors
OFTD-1170 - Office Transcription I
  • Apply the skills of keyboarding, listening, decision making, while simultaneously using the transcribing equipment to produce written communications
  • Apply cognitive skills of spelling, punctuation, grammar, formatting, problem-solving, editing, and proofreading to produce “Mailable Documents”
  • Develop language art skills through the text sections of spelling, grammar,  vocabulary, sentences, listening boosts, in order to transcribe accurate documents
  • Demonstrate the level of expertise in word processing needed to produce accurate business correspondence
OFTD-1180 - Speech Recognition Software I
  • Complete enrollment process to “train” the computer to understand his/her voice
  • Speak clearly, smoothly and deliberately by practicing enunciating words, commands, and punctuation
  • Correct speech errors quickly using a variety of techniques
  • Learn how to train software so that speech errors are corrected permanently
  • Students will learn how to use capitalization features in software
  • Create symbols and special characters using software
  • Correctly generate numbers using software
  • Navigate through their documents by character, word, line, and paragraph from beginning to end
OFTD-1190 - Speech Recognition Software II
  • Experience how speech recognition can be used in typical medical, legal, marketing, human resources and corporate communications situations
  • Dictate a job description for medical careers
  • Prepare job description of their own
  • Research, dictate and record medical definitions and terminology
  • Dictate a cover letter for a medical career
  • Prepare a cover letter of their own
  • Dictate using correct punctuation
  • Research, dictate and record legal definitions and terminology
  • Dictate an attorney’s memo from handwriting
  • Improve speech recognition accuracy
OFTD-1220 - Microsoft Office Applications I

Skill Development:

  • To develop accuracy and speed in keyboarding skill via individualized diagnostic and prescriptive software
  • To keyboard straight copy for 5 minutes with a minimum proficiency rate of 30 net words a minute with 5 errors or less

Microsoft Office Word 2010:

  • Develop the ability to produce documents that are acceptable at the certification level
  • Use basic editing skills in document preparation
  • Use basic formatting skills in document preparation
  • Create tables to be incorporated into documents
  • Create documents using the merge function
  • Create envelopes and labels using the merge function
OFTD-1250 - Office Accounting
  • Organize and set up a chart of accounts
  • Journalize transactions according to the rules of debit and credit
  • Post journal transactions to ledger
  • Prepare a trial balance with adjustments to the worksheet
  • Prepare financial statements from the worksheet
OFTD-1280 - Editing Skills for Office Communications II
  • Apply grammar rules to produce error-free documents
  • Proofread for errors in sentence structure
  • Produce documents using correct punctuation style
  • Edit documents for clarity, conciseness, and completeness
OFTD-1370 - Business File Management
  • Demonstrate electronic filing, editing, and retrieval of business documents using a Microsoft Office Access and Excel database 
  • Create a database and a table using Microsoft Office Access and Excel 
  • Perform queries using a Microsoft Office Access and Excel
  • Create Forms and reports using a Microsoft Office Access and Excel 
  • Modify tables and reports using a Microsoft Office Access and Excel

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